PHP Developer

Pearson Carter; Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Profit share

Company pension

Health & wellbeing programme

Free on-site parking

Company events

Cycle to Work scheme

Sick pay

Ongoing training

Job summary

Pearson Carter are recruiting a PHP Developer for a market-leading travel organisation. You will develop backend apps with PHP/Symfony, build REST APIs, and work with AWS in a hybrid Colchester office setting (3 days in office, 2 days from home).

Ideal candidates have around 3 years’ PHP experience, strong Symfony skills, API design experience, and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• 3 years’ PHP development experience in a commercial environment.
• Strong Symfony framework expertise.
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs.
• Hands-on AWS cloud services experience.
• Experience with Linux and NGINX.
• Solid Git version control knowledge.
• Proficient in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Excellent problem-solving and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance backend applications using PHP and Symfony.
• Design and develop REST APIs and microservices.
• Build scalable, secure, high-performing applications.
• Work with AWS services including EC2, S3, CloudFront, Lambda, CloudWatch and RDS.
• Collaborate with developers, stakeholders and business teams.
• Write clean, well-documented code following best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.
• Work in an Agile development environment to deliver projects on time.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and suggest improvements.

Skills

PHP

Symfony

REST APIs

AWS

Linux

Git

HTML/CSS/JS

Problem solving

Communication

Agile

Tools

NGINX

Webpack

Google Tag Manager

Job description

PHP Developer

Pearson Carter are currently working with a market-leading travel organisation that is investing heavily in its in-house technology team. Due to continued growth, they are looking to appoint an experienced PHP Developer to help drive the development of their customer-facing platforms and internal systems.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business where technology plays a key role in its future. You’ll work with modern PHP technologies, cloud infrastructure, APIs and microservices, contributing to large-scale projects while collaborating with a close-knit development team.

Get in touch if you’re looking for your next opportunity!

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance backend applications using PHP and Symfony.
• Design and develop REST APIs and microservices for internal and external integrations.
• Build scalable, secure and high-performing applications.
• Work with AWS services including EC2, S3, CloudFront, Lambda, CloudWatch and RDS.
• Collaborate with developers, stakeholders and other business teams to deliver new features.
• Write clean, maintainable and well-documented code following best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical discussions.
• Work within an Agile development environment to deliver projects on time.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and recommend improvements where appropriate.

Experience

• Around 3 years’ commercial experience developing with PHP.
• Strong experience with the Symfony Framework.
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Experience working with Linux and NGINX environments.
• Strong understanding of Git version control.
• Good knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively.

Desirable

• Experience with React, Webpack and modern JavaScript (ES6).
• Knowledge of Redis and SOLR.
• Experience with website performance optimisation.
• Familiarity with SEO best practices.
• Experience with Google Tag Manager.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Salary

Salary is dependent on experience but is looking to pay between £40,000 – £50,000.

Location

This role is based in Colchester and is primarily office-based (3 days in office, 2 days from home).

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus.
• Employee profit share.
• Company pension.
• Health & wellbeing programme.
• Casual dress.
• Company events.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Free on-site parking.
• Referral programme.
• Sick pay.
• Ongoing training and professional development.
• Supportive and collaborative working environment.