Junior PHP Developer – 11894SR-PHP

Proactive Appointments Ltd.; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + buy/sell option

Private Medical Health Insurance

Pension

Quarterly away trips

Flexible Hybrid Working

Job summary

Proactive IT Appointments are exclusively representing a leading organisation based in Exeter in their search for a Junior PHP Developer. This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate with 2-5 years’ experience to take the next leap in their career.

The role focuses on engineering by writing code and addressing backlog requirements, with a specialist focus on assisting the Engineering Manager to drive flow, manage Jira Kanban boards, and maintain release health and quality across web and

Qualifications

• Strong background as a Software Engineer, Web Developer, or related role with hands-on coding.
• Proficiency in PHP and/or Python, relational databases (SQL), and Git workflows.
• Experience with web/mobile release cycles and pre-production deployments.

Responsibilities

• Write code and address backlog requirements; build new features and fix bugs.
• Reduce technical debt while ensuring production releases are smooth.
• Assist Engineering Manager with Jira Kanban boards and release health.

Skills

PHP

Python

SQL

Git

Kanban

Tools

Docker

Jira

Job description

11894SR-PHP
£40k – 50k per year

Junior PHP Developer

Proactive IT Appointments are exclusively representing a leading organisation based in Exeter in their search for a Junior PHP Developer. This is a fantastic oppurtunity for a candidate that has 2-5 year’s experience, to take the next leap in their career. The roleprimarily focuses on engineering writing code and addressing backlog requirements, this position carries a specialist focus: directly assisting the Engineering Manager in driving flow, managing Jira Kanban boards, and maintaining strict release health and quality standards across web and mobile products. You will build new features, fix bugs, and reduce technical debt while serving as the primary engineering catalyst to eliminate delivery bottlenecks, ensure pre-production operational quality, and orchestrate smooth production releases.

Experience Requried:

• Strong background as a Software Engineer, Web Developer, Technical QA Engineer, or Quality/Delivery Engineer with proven hands-on coding capability.
• Demonstrated proficiency in PHP and/or Python, relational databases (SQL), and Git version control workflows.
• Direct experience orchestrating web and mobile release cycles, executing pre-production deployments, and managing release stability.
• Practical experience working with Docker and containerised development setups.
• Proven track record of actively managing Jira boards using Kanban flow principles to optimise team output.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + option to buy and sell (5)
• Private Medical Health Insurance
• Pension
• Quarterly away trips
• Flexible Hybrid Working

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