Hybrid PHP/Laravel Dev with AI Coding Tools

Searchability; Hadleigh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Searchability in the United Kingdom is seeking a PHP/Laravel Developer to join a small, established team. Hybrid role in Hadleigh with 2 days in the office and 3 days remote, focusing on PHP fundamentals and Laravel/Symfony experience.

You'll work on production applications, build RESTful APIs, and contribute across backend and frontend tasks while using AI coding tools to boost productivity, under guidance but with independence.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of commercial software development experience.
• Strong PHP experience with Laravel and/or Symfony.
• Proficient in JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• Experience with MySQL or relational databases.
• RESTful API development and integration.
• Git/GitHub version control.
• Knowledge of secure web development practices.
• Awareness of OWASP vulnerabilities.
• Ability to understand and work within an existing codebase.
• Experience with Claude Code or Anthropic tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining web applications using PHP and Laravel.
• Building new functionality and improving existing applications.
• Developing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Working across backend development and frontend features.
• Working with JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• Using MySQL and relational databases.
• Working within Linux‑based development environments.
• Using Git/GitHub for version control.
• Using Claude Code and other AI‑assisted development tools as part of your workflow.
• Reviewing and adapting AI‑generated code.
• Writing clean, maintainable and secure production code.
• Identifying and addressing common web application security vulnerabilities.
• Collaborating closely with other developers and stakeholders to deliver new features.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Symfony

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

MySQL

RESTful APIs

Git/GitHub

OWASP

AI coding tools

Tools

Laravel

Symfony

MySQL

GitHub

Claude Code

Anthropic

Linux

Bootstrap

Tailwind

Job description

Searchability in the United Kingdom is seeking a PHP/Laravel Developer to join a small, established team. Hybrid role in Hadleigh with 2 days in the office and 3 days remote, focusing on PHP fundamentals and Laravel/Symfony experience.

You'll work on production applications, build RESTful APIs, and contribute across backend and frontend tasks while using AI coding tools to boost productivity, under guidance but with independence.