PHP Developer

Bright Purple; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality technology company is seeking a PHP Developer to join their core product team in Edinburgh. This hybrid role involves developing scalable, customer-facing platforms for pubs, restaurants, and hotels across the UK. Candidates should have experience with PHP, solid database skills, and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines. The company offers a competitive salary up to £45,000, generous leave, and comprehensive private healthcare.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Salary up to £45,000

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Comprehensive private healthcare

5% pension contribution

Your birthday off

Qualifications

• Experience with PHP in a commercial environment.
• Front-end experience using React or similar frameworks.
• Solid database experience with SQL Server and/or MySQL.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and messaging technologies.
• Comfortable working across multiple technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reliable, high-performance services.
• Contribute to architectural and technical decision-making.
• Work closely with product and engineering teams to deliver value.
• Build solutions with scalability, resilience and quality in mind.
• Take ownership of your technical growth.

Skills

PHP

Front-end experience (React or similar)

Database experience (SQL Server and/or MySQL)

Familiar with CI/CD pipelines, messaging, caching

Experience with C# and Azure

Job description

Overview

PHP Developer - Edinburgh (Hybrid) A leading hospitality technology company is seeking a PHP Developer to join a core product team building high-volume platforms for pubs, restaurants and hotels across the UK.

This is a hands-on role within a collaborative, Agile environment, where you’ll help design and deliver scalable, customer-facing systems while influencing technical direction.

What’s in it for you:

• Hybrid working with 2 days per week in the Edinburgh office
• Salary up to £45,000
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Comprehensive private healthcare
• 5% pension contribution
• Your birthday off

The role:

• Develop and maintain reliable, high-performance services
• Contribute to architectural and technical decision-making
• Work closely with product and engineering teams to deliver value
• Build solutions with scalability, resilience and quality in mind
• Take ownership of your technical growth

About you:

• Experience with PHP
• Front-end experience using React or similar frameworks
• Solid database experience (SQL Server and/or MySQL)
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines, messaging and caching technologies
• Comfortable working across multiple technologies
• Experience with C# and Azure is an advantage

Why apply:

You’ll join a technology-driven hospitality business offering flexible hybrid working, a supportive engineering culture, and the chance to work on products used at scale across the UK.

Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry.