PHP Laravel Developer

Standard 8 Recruitment Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK financial services business is hiring a Senior Laravel Developer to own development across several platforms. You will be responsible for designing APIs, collaborating with engineers, and ensuring quality in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate should have strong PHP and Laravel experience and familiarity with cloud AWS. The role emphasizes security, stability, and scalability, aiming to innovate rather than maintain legacy systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working with PHP and Laravel frameworks.
• Experience in designing and evolving APIs.
• Comfortable working across the full delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Development across Laravel based systems.
• Designing and evolving APIs.
• Collaborating with developers to deliver clean features.

Skills

Strong commercial experience with PHP

Strong commercial experience with Laravel

Solid understanding of APIs

Solid understanding of backend architecture

Experience working in cloud AWS environments

Familiarity with modern development workflows

Good technical judgment

Job description

We're hiring a Senior Laravel Developer for a UK financial services business building and scaling revenue-critical products. This is not a legacy tidy-up. You'll be hands-on, trusted to make decisions, and expected to deliver software that holds up under pressure.

You'll own Laravel development across several live platforms, designing APIs and backend services that scale properly as usage grows.

You'll work closely with technical leadership on architecture and roadmap decisions, taking responsibility for databases and performance. You'll collaborate with frontend engineers and designers to ship featurese, while keeping security, stability, and scalability front of mind.

You'll also help improve hosting and infrastructure across AWS and existing environments, review code, raise standards, and influence how the team builds software day to day.

What you'll be doing

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Development across Laravel based systems

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Designing and evolving APIs

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Working closely with senior engineers and stakeholders on technical direction

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Collaborating with developers to deliver clean, usable features

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Keeping security, scalability, and stability front of mind

What we're looking for

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Strong commercial experience with PHP and Laravel

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Solid understanding of APIs and backend architecture

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Comfortable working across the full delivery lifecycle

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A practical grasp of frontend

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Experience working in cloud AWS environments

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Familiarity with modern development workflows and version control

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Good technical judgement and a focus on quality