Junior Developer

Bionic; Chester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Eyecare scheme

25 days annual leave

Paid family/ religious day of leave

Charity volunteering day

Option to buy/sell up to 3 days leave

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Bionic in Chester is seeking a Junior Developer to join our growing team. You’ll build and enhance Laravel applications and customer journeys, writing clean PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You will work closely with experienced developers and contribute to live customer-facing projects.

You’ll gain hands-on experience, participate in code reviews and sprints, and learn to integrate with third-party APIs while building internal tools using Livewire, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS.

Qualifications

• Around 2 years' commercial experience in a PHP development role.
• Good knowledge of Laravel and its core components.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL.
• Confident using Git within a collaborative development environment.
• Strong communication skills and confidence working with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Curiosity, initiative and a willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Building and enhancing features across Laravel applications.
• Developing customer-facing journeys, admin tools and internal services.
• Writing clean, maintainable and tested PHP code.
• Creating interactive user experiences using Livewire, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS.
• Working with MySQL databases and optimising queries.
• Troubleshooting issues, identifying root causes and delivering fixes.
• Participating in code reviews, sprint planning and team ceremonies.
• Supporting integrations with third-party APIs and providers.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Git

Livewire

Alpine.js

Tailwind CSS

Communication

Curiosity

Tools

Livewire

Alpine.js

Tailwind CSS

Filament

PHPUnit

Job description

AtBusiness Comparison(part of the Bionic group),we'remaking life easier for UK businesses by helping them find better deals on the products and services they need, from energy and broadband to finance and insurance. As part of the Bionic Group,we'recombining the agility of a growing tech business with the support and investment of a larger organisation.

We'relooking for a Junior Developerwho'spassionate about technology, eager to learn, and ready to make an impact from day one.You'lljoin a close-knit team where your ideas matter, your development is supported, and your work goes live for real customers.

The Role

You'llbecome part of a team of four developers working across customer-facing comparison journeys, internalplatformsand business-critical services. We use a modern tech stack with minimal legacy code, giving you the opportunity to work with technologiesyou'llcontinue to use and develop throughout your career.

Working closely with experienced developers,you'llgain hands-on experience while following a structured development plan designed to support your growth.

What you'll be doing:

• Building and enhancing features across our Laravel applications
• Developing customer-facing journeys, admintoolsand internal services
• Writing clean,maintainableand tested PHP code
• Creating interactive user experiences using Livewire, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS
• Working with MySQL databases and optimising queries
• Troubleshooting issues,identifyingrootcausesand delivering fixes
• Participating in code reviews, sprintplanningand team ceremonies
• Supporting integrations with third-party APIs and providers

The Candidate

• Around 2 years' commercial experience in a PHP development role
• Good knowledge of Laravel and its core components
• Strong understanding of HTML,CSSand JavaScript
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL
• Confident using Git within a collaborative development environment
• Strong communicationskills and confidence working with both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Curiosity,initiativeand a willingness to learn

Nice to haves:

• Experience with Livewire, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS
• Filament or similar admin tooling frameworks
• Automated testing usingPHPUnitor Pest
• Experience with Laravel queues and scheduled tasks
• StatamicCMS
• AWS or other cloud platforms
• Agile working practices and Jira

About Bionic

Bionic has over600 colleagues working acrossfiveoffice locations and6businesses; Bionic - London, Bionic Outbound – Luton, Think Business Loans – Chelmsford, Business Comparison – Chester,Utility Bidder – Corby,and Smart – Field based agents.

We have a high energy work environment wherever the location; you can feel the passion the moment you walk through our door! Our work environments are packed with amazing people and energy, hubs of collaboration.

Benefits

We know that our employees are what sets us aside from our competitors, our benefits are just part of the way we say thanks.

Enhance your health & wellbeing

• Private healthcare cover
• Employee Assistance Programme, including a virtual GP service, priority physio & talking therapies
• Eyecare scheme

Taking time away from work

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with tenure
• 1 paid family & religious day of leave per year - following successful probation period
• 1 paid charity volunteering day per year
• Optionto buy/sell up to anadditional3 days leave per year

Family matters: for the special moments

• Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
• 2 days off for your wedding upon joining, and up to 5 days after 2 years' service

Financial wellbeing

• Auto-enrolled salarysacrificespension scheme
• Life assurance
• Season ticket Loans, salary advances & loans to buy/rent a home – based on tenure
• Cycle to work scheme

Recognition

• Highflyers incentive, a VIP experience for our high performers across Bionic group to celebrate success
• Company summer & Christmas party celebrations, business and localzonely& annual awards and recognition
• Long service awards