Lead Developer

Blu Digital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm is seeking a Lead Developer in Sheffield to oversee both front-end and back-end development using Laravel PHP. You'll be responsible for the platform's architecture and development, while also mentoring the development team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in full-stack development, SaaS products, and automated testing frameworks. This exciting role offers the chance to make significant contributions to product development and support team growth.

Qualifications

• Track record of building high-performance products.
• Strong technical skills and understanding of software development practices.
• Experience with SaaS-based products on cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop software for the front-end and back-end systems using Laravel PHP.
• Provide new development and maintenance fixes for the system.
• Drive and evolve the architecture of the existing platform.

Skills

Full-stack development

PHP

Laravel

CI/CD

API integrations

Automated testing

UI/UX design

Line management

Tools

PHPUnit

PHPStan

Job description

Lead Developer

Sheffield

Are you looking for an exciting new role? Are you looking to make the next steps in your developer career?

My client is looking for a Lead Developer to join their team. As Lead Developer you will be responsible for the overall architecture and development of the platform, including front‑end and back‑end components, along with supporting the growth of the development team.

The role itself will be to develop Software for the front‑end web experience and back‑end system using Laravel PHP. You will be taking an existing platform and building in‑house capabilities for development & infrastructure. On a day‑to‑day basis, you will be providing new development and maintenance fixes for the system while driving and evolving the architecture of the existing platform. You will be ensuring high‑quality and integrated automated testing while Integrating toolsets to assist with the development process such as CI / CD. The role will involve supporting the skills growth development of team members, so line management experience is needed, this role ihands‑onands on. You must have had good experience wit full‑stack development with PHP and Laravel.

You must a track record of building high‑performance products, strong technical skills, and a good understanding of software development and delivery practices. My client requires you to have experience with SaaS‑based products on cloud platforms, including API integrations with external systems. You will be able to Implement the front‑end framework, and libraries and implement UI / UX designs. Must have had experience working with automated unit and integration testing tools and frameworks such as PHPUnit and PHPStan.

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