Back-End PHP Developer

Van Dijnsen; Preston, Liverpool, Manchester, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

25 days holiday

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Tech scheme

Electric Car Scheme

Sick pay

Future career progression

Job summary

Skiddle is seeking a motivated software engineer to join a fast-moving team, working across PHP and Node.js back-ends and owning features from concept to delivery.

You will contribute to a range of cloud-based services while maintaining focus on reliability, testing, and accessibility, collaborating with colleagues across disciplines.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of commercial PHP experience with Laravel or Symfony.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating with third-party services.
• Solid understanding of MySQL.
• Experience with AWS and Elasticsearch.
• Ability to write automated tests and improve test coverage.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Able to explain technical solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Willingness to work across PHP and Node.js back-end services.

Responsibilities

• Takes ownership of work from ticket refinement through to delivery, review, and release.
• Experience raising and reviewing pull requests, engaging in code reviews.
• Comfortable with object-oriented design and writing maintainable PHP code.
• Experience working on production systems where reliability, security, and user impact are critical.
• Ability to work across legacy code and improve it incrementally, with pragmatic trade-offs.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Symfony

Node.js

REST APIs

MySQL

AWS

Elasticsearch

Code Reviews

Testing / TDD

Object-Oriented Design

Education

Computing degree or equivalent

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Linux

Job description

Skiddle was born in 2001 as a what's on guide and began selling tickets in 2006 and is now one of the UK's most loved ticketing services selling tickets for tens of thousands of events throughout the UK, from independent club nights through to 60,000 capacity festivals. Skiddle currently sells tickets for the likes of The Warehouse Project, Creamfields, Digbeth Dining Club and Live Nation , and hundreds of independent venues and promoters across the country. Likewise, we host the largest festival guide in Europe.

Role Summary

With over 10 million page impressions per month with a 30+% growth year on year, you will be working on the busiest event ticketing website in the UK. As an integral member of the team, you will have expertise to suggest approaches to finding solutions and are able to drive a project from concept to completion. Our development team is small but moves quickly, so an understanding agile workflow and developing in an iterative process is an advantage.

Person Specification

We're looking for a m otivated and thoughtful software engineer to join our team, who will thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment while upholding our core values through authenticity. You'll be well-organised, communicate clearly with techni cal and non-technical colleagues, and approach challenges with understanding and compassion.

The role spans multiple technologies and codebases, combining established PHP and Node.js systems across a range of cloud-based services. It's a great opportunity for someone who enjoys learning, broadening their technical skillset and contributing ideas without over-engineering.

We're keen to hear from people who are curious, engaged and motivated by continuous improvement - in their own work and across the wider team. A relevant computing degree or equivalent commercial experience is welcome, and examples of projects you've worked on are always of interest.

• Takes ownership of work from ticket refinement through to delivery, review, and release, proactively communicating progress, risks, and blockers
• Experience raising and reviewing pull requests, engaging constructively in code reviews
• Comfortable with object-oriented design and writing maintainable, testable PHP code
• Experience working on production systems where reliability, security, and user impact are critical
• Ability to work confidently with legacy code and improve it incrementally, making pragmatic trade-offs where appropriate
• Minimum of 2-3 years of commercial PHP experience, including work with a modern framework such as Laravel or Symfony
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating with third-party services
• Solid understanding of MySQL
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Ability to clearly explain technical solutions and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Willingness and ability to work across PHP and Node.js back-end services
• Experience writing automated tests, or a clear interest in improving test coverage and maintainability
• Experience with ElasticSearch
• Experience with AWS
• Good understanding of user experience and accessibility best practices
• Experience with AI-powered development tools
• A wareness of industry trends and best practices, and sharing relevant insights with the team where appropriate

What can Skiddle offer

Our company culture is informal, friendly and lively, with a team built up of like-minded individuals who all share a passion for music.

In return for your commitment, you can look forward to excellent working conditions in a progressive and growing company that acknowledges and rewards its staff for their efforts . You'll enjoy various team outings throughout the year, with Christmas parties and regular team-building days, and be given the opportunity to attend fantastic events and get involved with charitable fundraising activities.

We can offer:

• Friendly working environment / Casual dress
• Health insurance provided by Vitality following 1 year of service
• 25 days holiday rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Performance-based compensation
• Cycle to work schemefollowing 1 year of service
• Tech schemefollowing 1 year of service
• Electric Car Scheme following 1 year of service
• Company pension
• Sick pay
• Future career progression

Hours: 37.5 Hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Important Information: The successful applicant must agree to a Basic Disclosure under the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) procedures. Employment will be confirmed to the successful applicant subject to a satisfactory Disclosure report.

Minimum of 2-3 years of commercial PHP experience, including work with a modern framework such as Laravel or Symfony

City: Remote with the opportunity to work from one of our offices: Preston, Liverpool, Manchester or London