Senior Software Engineer (PHP)

JR United Kingdom; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a fast-growing technology company as a Senior Software Engineer, where you'll drive innovation in a leading SaaS platform. You'll design scalable APIs, create impactful features, and mentor junior developers while working with modern technologies like PHP, Laravel, and Svelte. This role offers the opportunity to influence the future of digital marketing solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience with modern back-end frameworks, preferably PHP with Laravel.
• Knowledge in developing Single Page Applications (Svelte preferred).
• Familiarity with Docker and cloud infrastructure concepts (Azure).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable features for the REST API.
• Create impactful new features for the platform dashboard.
• Mentor junior developers to foster growth.

Skills

API Design

Clean Code

Agile Methodologies

Mentoring

Unit Testing

Integration Testing

E2E Testing

Version Control

Tools

PHP

Laravel

Svelte

Tailwind CSS

Docker

C#

.NET

Azure

Job description

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Join a fast-growing technology company that's transforming how businesses connect with their customers. My client's innovative SaaS platform is leading the way in the digital marketing space, and they're looking for talented engineers to help shape the future.
Your new role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll drive technical innovation while developing and maintaining scalable, high-performance features for the SaaS platform. You'll play a crucial role in:

• Designing and implementing scalable features for the REST API
• Creating impactful new features for the platform dashboard
• Writing clean, maintainable code with comprehensive automated testing
• Performing insightful code reviews to elevate team performance
• Participating actively in agile ceremonies
• Mentoring junior developers to foster growth and technical excellence

What you'll need to succeed

• Building and maintaining scalable APIs using modern back-end frameworks (PHP with Laravel preferred)
• Developing Single Page Applications (Svelte preferred)
• Working with Tailwind CSS
• Implementing Unit, Integration, and E2E testing
• Version control expertise (managing branches, merging code, resolving conflicts)

Valuable additional experience:

• Docker for containerised development environments
• C# and .NET frameworks
• Cloud infrastructure concepts (Azure)

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