Senior Backend Developer (PHP/Laravel) – SOLID & API‑Driven

ADLIB; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An international distributor in central Bristol is seeking a Senior Developer to join their team. The role focuses on backend development for a bespoke platform and involves collaborating with a small engineering team. Candidates should have strong PHP experience with modern frameworks and a solid understanding of object-oriented design. Benefits include a competitive salary of up to £60,000, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, and private health insurance. This is an excellent opportunity to impact an industry-leading company.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private health insurance

Company pension

Flexible working

Team socials

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with PHP.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design principles.
• Experience building API-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop backend features for operational workflows.
• Work on a bespoke backend platform and participate in architecture decisions.
• Maintain high test coverage with unit and functional tests.

Skills

PHP using a modern framework (Symfony or Laravel)

Object-oriented design

Building and testing API-driven backend systems

Modern JavaScript frameworks (Vue or React)

Writing unit and functional tests

Autonomous work and team collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

Docker

AWS

Job description

An international distributor in central Bristol is seeking a Senior Developer to join their team. The role focuses on backend development for a bespoke platform and involves collaborating with a small engineering team. Candidates should have strong PHP experience with modern frameworks and a solid understanding of object-oriented design. Benefits include a competitive salary of up to £60,000, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, and private health insurance. This is an excellent opportunity to impact an industry-leading company.