Magento Developer

OpenSourced Ltd; East Midlands; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote UK

Flexible hours

Project ownership

Tech lead pathway

Development budget

Home office allowance

Team meetups

Job summary

OpenSourced Ltd is seeking an experienced Senior Magento 2 Backend Developer to join a growing engineering team. You will own backend development, architecture and delivery for high-performance eCommerce platforms for recognised brands.

You’ll work remotely from anywhere in the UK with flexible hours, taking technical ownership of projects and mentoring other developers while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable Magento solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience developing Magento 2 applications.
• Excellent PHP 8+ development skills.
• Experience working with GraphQL, MySQL and API integrations.
• Good understanding of Magento architecture, modules and extensions.
• Experience with Git, Composer and Linux environments.
• Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Experience delivering complex eCommerce projects.
• Ability to troubleshoot, optimise and maintain production environments.

Responsibilities

• Developing, maintaining and optimising Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce applications.
• Building scalable backend solutions using PHP 8+ and GraphQL.
• Taking technical ownership of Magento projects, from initial setup through to delivery.
• Developing integrations with third-party platforms and APIs.
• Troubleshooting complex backend issues and improving application performance.
• Contributing to architecture decisions, technical planning and development standards.
• Supporting and mentoring other developers through code reviews and technical guidance.
• Collaborating with frontend developers, project managers and other stakeholders.

Skills

Magento experience

PHP 8+

GraphQL

MySQL

Git

Linux

CI/CD

Docker

Testing (Unit/Integration)

Code reviews

Tools

Composer

CircleCI

GitHub Actions

Hyvä

Redis

Varnish

Job description

We're working with an established digital commerce agency that's looking to bring an experienced Senior Magento 2 Backend Developer into its growing engineering team.

This is an opportunity to work on complex, high-performance eCommerce platforms for recognised retail and consumer brands, with genuine ownership over backend development, architecture and technical delivery.

You'll join a collaborative team of experienced developers, working with modern technologies and having a real say in how projects are built and delivered.

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing, maintaining and optimising Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce applications.
• Building scalable backend solutions using PHP 8+ and GraphQL.
• Taking technical ownership of Magento projects, from initial setup through to delivery.
• Developing integrations with third-party platforms and APIs.
• Troubleshooting complex backend issues and improving application performance.
• Contributing to architecture decisions, technical planning and development standards.
• Supporting and mentoring other developers through code reviews and technical guidance.
• Collaborating with frontend developers, project managers and other stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

We're particularly interested in developers with strong, hands-on Magento experience who are comfortable taking responsibility for technical delivery.

Essential experience:

• Strong commercial experience developing Magento 2 applications.
• Excellent PHP 8+ development skills.
• Experience working with GraphQL, MySQL and API integrations.
• Good understanding of Magento architecture, modules and extensions.
• Experience with Git, Composer and Linux environments.
• Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Experience delivering complex eCommerce projects.
• Ability to troubleshoot, optimise and maintain production environments.

Nice to have:

• Adobe Commerce Cloud
• Hyvä
• Redis and Varnish
• CircleCI or GitHub Actions
• PHPUnit and integration testing
• Experience mentoring developers or leading technical delivery

What's on Offer?

• Fully remote working anywhere in the UK.
• Flexible working hours.
• Opportunity to take ownership of technically challenging Magento projects.
• Clear progression towards Technical Lead responsibilities.
• Personal development budget.
• Home office allowance and modern equipment.
• Regular team meet-ups and social events.
• A supportive engineering environment where technical input is genuinely valued.