Laravel Developer

Ronald James; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Ronald James is seeking a Senior PHP Full Stack Developer to join our Newcastle-based team. You will design and build scalable backend services in Laravel, owning core service logic and engaging with third-party integrations.

You’ll work alongside DevOps and QA to refine CI/CD, testing, and deployments, while contributing to frontend improvements with Livewire and modern tooling. You will collaborate across teams, maintain Docker environments, and help drive technical direction for the platform

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with PHP 8.0+ and Laravel 10+.
• Experience across the full stack including Blade, Livewire, and modern frontend tooling.
• Solid MySQL database design/optimisation; Redis for caching/queues.
• Experience with Docker/docker-compose; background job processing.
• Git workflows, PRs, peer reviews; CI practices.
• Able to work independently on large tasks and contribute to technical direction.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.
• Testing and QA mindset, with PHPUnit exposure.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services in a Laravel environment.
• Own service-layer logic; implement modular solutions for integrations.
• Improve queue handling, reliability, and error management for async processes.
• Collaborate with DevOps/QA on CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Maintain Docker-based development environments and queue workers.
• Identify and remediate technical debt; ensure production readiness.
• Support system integrations via third-party APIs.
• Contribute to code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Assist frontend tooling with Livewire, TailwindCSS, and Vite.
• Stay updated on Laravel ecosystem and technical improvements.

Skills

PHP 8+

Laravel 10+

Full stack

Blade

Livewire

CI/CD

Docker

Redis

MySQL

Git

Testing

Education

BSc in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Docker Compose

Git

Vite

TailwindCSS

NodeJS

PHPUnit

Job description

Salary: £38,000 - 78,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience with PHP 8.0+ and Laravel 10+, building robust and maintainable applications
• Comfortable working across the full stack, including Blade, Livewire, and modern frontend tooling such as Vite, TailwindCSS, and Node
• Solid understanding of database design and optimisation, ideally with MySQL, and experience using Redis for caching and queues
• Experience working in containerised environments such as Docker and docker-compose
• Hands-on experience with background job processing and queue-based workflows
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows, pull requests, and peer code reviews
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams
• Pragmatic approach to testing and quality assurance, ideally with exposure to PHPUnit and CI practices
• Ability to work independently on larger tasks while contributing to overall technical direction

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop backend services that are scalable, testable, and maintainable within a modern Laravel environment
• Take ownership of service-layer logic, addressing existing gaps and implementing clean, modular solutions to support integrations and business operations
• Collaborate with the team to improve queue job handling, reliability, traceability, and error management across asynchronous processes
• Work closely with DevOps and QA to support CI/CD pipelines and ensure automated testing and deployments meet quality standards
• Maintain and optimise local development and Docker-based environments, including queue workers and supporting services
• Proactively identify and resolve technical debt, contributing to platform stability and production readiness
• Support system integrations with third-party services and internal APIs
• Contribute to code quality through peer reviews, consistent development patterns, and knowledge sharing
• Assist with improvements to frontend tooling and workflows, contributing to UI components built with Livewire, TailwindCSS, and Vite
• Stay up to date with developments across the Laravel ecosystem and contribute to ongoing technical improvements

Technologies:

• Backend
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• Docker
• Frontend
• Git
• Support
• Laravel
• MySQL
• PHP
• PHPUnit
• Redis
• TailwindCSS
• UX UI Design
• NodeJS

More:

We are looking for a Senior PHP Full Stack Developer to join our development team and contribute to the evolution of a Laravel-based platform. This role is suited to someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, improving system architecture, and working across both backend and frontend layers of a modern, containerised application. You will work within a small, focused office-based team, taking ownership of core service logic, background processing, and third-party integrations. The position offers a high level of ownership and the opportunity to influence technical direction. This is a fully office-based role in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, with a permanent salary of 50000 - 55000.

last updated 36 week of 2026