PHP Backend Developer

Trafalgar Talent Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity company in the City of London is looking for a Senior PHP Developer to join their dynamic team. You'll work on enhancing core web systems and tackle complex technical challenges in a collaborative environment. This role offers a competitive salary of up to £60,000, along with a performance bonus and extensive benefits, including healthcare and gym memberships.

Benefits

Up to £60,000 basic salary (DOE)

Up to 10% personal performance bonus

28 days holiday + extra for length of service

Your birthday off

Daily breakfast, lunch, drinks & snacks

Company pension

Private health & dental care

Death in Service cover

Health assessments

Netflix & Spotify subscriptions

Gym & Golf membership

Food allowance at local venues

Onsite gym, bar, hairdresser & more

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial PHP experience.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, preferably GCP.
• Experience with MySQL and/or NoSQL databases.
• Experience in Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills.
• Familiarity with performance profiling tools.
• A passion for technology and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Shape and improve the company's core web systems.
• Work on user onboarding journeys and customer account portals.
• Solve technical challenges in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to best practices and mentor junior developers.

Skills

Commercial PHP experience

Cloud infrastructure (GCP)

MySQL and/or NoSQL databases

TDD experience

Debugging skills

Performance profiling tools

Passion for technology

Tools

PHP

nginx

RabbitMQ

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

MySQL

NoSQL (e.g., Cassandra)

Kubernetes

Job description

Trafalgar Talent is supporting a fast-growing, multi-award-winning cybersecurity business as they continue to scale their development team. This organisation builds cutting-edge security products used by millions worldwide, helping protect users from evolving digital threats across all their devices.

Theyve developed a suite of powerful tools, including antivirus, VPN, ad-blocking, password management and more, all designed to simplify and strengthen online safety for everyday users. With continuous growth and new product innovation underway, the team is now looking for an experienced PHP Developer to join their high-performing engineering function.

The Role

As a Senior PHP Developer, youll play a key part in shaping and improving the companys core web systems. Youll work on :

• User onboarding journeys
• Customer account portals
• APIs powering multiple applications

Performance, optimisation and new feature development

Solving complex technical challenges in collaboration with cross-functional teams

Youll also contribute to best practices across the department, supporting continuous improvement and mentoring other developers.

Tech Stack

Youll work across a modern and highly scalable environment, including :

• PHP
• nginx
• RabbitMQ
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Custom in-house frameworks (full training provided)
• MySQL & NoSQL data stores (e.g., Cassandra)
• Experience with Kubernetes is a bonus but not essential.

What Youll Bring

• 5+ years commercial PHP experience
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (GCP ideal)
• Experience with MySQL and / or NoSQL databases
• TDD experience
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills
• Familiarity with profiling tools for performance optimisation
• Passion for technology and continuous learning

Whats on Offer

This company truly looks after its people. Alongside a modern office, fantastic team culture and regular events, youll enjoy :

• Up to £60,000 basic salary (DOE)
• Up to 10% personal performance bonus
• 28 days holiday + extra for length of service
• Your birthday off
• Breakfast, lunch, drinks & snacks provided daily
• Company pension
• Private health & dental care
• Death in Service cover
• Health assessments
• Netflix & Spotify subscriptions
• Gym & Golf membership
• Food allowance at local venues
• Onsite gym, bar, hairdresser & more

This role is onsite.