Senior PHP Developer

Reassured; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity leave

Medical cash plan

Virtual GP

Enhanced annual leave with length of 1

Death in service (3x basic salary)

Free parking

Referral scheme (up to £2,400 a year)

Incentives, including annual trips

Job summary

Reassured in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced IT Senior Developer to join our growing tech team. You will own backend features for our internal CRM platform, shaping scalable systems in a fast-moving, regulated business.

In a collaborative Scrum setting, you’ll balance hands-on coding with technical leadership, drive architecture decisions, and mentor junior engineers while delivering high-quality software.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ PHP development experience.
• Strong PHP 7.4 (CakePHP) and PHP 8+ (Laravel or Symfony) expertise.
• Proven backend design and RESTful API experience.
• Deep MySQL knowledge: queries, optimisation, scaling.
• Docker experience on Linux or WSL.
• Git/GitLab workflows and branching strategies.
• Strong unit testing and automated testing experience; code reviews.
• Experience enforcing coding standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust, scalable backend systems using PHP (Laravel/CakePHP).
• Take ownership of features from concept through design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Improve and refactor legacy systems (CakePHP) while contributing to modernisation efforts.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code aligned with SOLID principles and best practices.
• Ensure high-quality delivery through code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support troubleshooting and resolving production issues, performing root cause analysis.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, including system design, integrations, and data modelling.
• Champion best practices across performance, security (OWASP), and scalability.
• Identify technical debt and lead initiatives to reduce it.
• Guide adoption of modern tooling, frameworks, and patterns.
• Mentoring and supporting junior and mid-level developers

Skills

PHP

Laravel/Symfony

REST APIs

MySQL

Docker

Git/GitLab

Unit testing

Code reviews

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced and driven IT Senior Developer to join our growing tech team at Reassured.

You’ll play a key role in evolving our internal CRM platform, taking ownership of complex features and helping shape the systems that support a fast-paced, highly regulated business.

Working within a collaborative Scrum team, you’ll balance hands-on development with technical leadership, influencing architectural decisions and driving high-quality, scalable solutions across the team.

What you’ll be doing

• Support in the design and implementation of robust, scalable backend systems using PHP (Laravel/CakePHP).
• Take ownership of features from concept through design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Improve and refactor legacy systems (CakePHP) while contributing to modernisation efforts.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code aligned with SOLID principles and best practices.
• Ensure high-quality delivery through code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support troubleshooting and resolving production issues, performing root cause analysis.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, including system design, integrations, and data modelling.
• Champion best practices across performance, security (OWASP), and scalability.
• Identify technical debt and lead initiatives to reduce it.
• Guide adoption of modern tooling, frameworks, and patterns.
• Troubleshooting production issues and performing root cause analysis
• Mentoring and supporting junior and mid-level developers

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years’ experience in PHP development
• Strong expertise in PHP 7.4 (CakePHP) and PHP 8+ (Laravel or Symfony)
• Proven experience designing and building backend systems and RESTful APIs
• Deep understanding of MySQL including query optimisation and scaling
• Experience with Docker in Linux or WSL environments
• Proficiency with Git, including GitLab workflows and branching strategies
• Strong experience with unit testing and automated testing frameworksExperience conducting code reviews and enforcing coding standards

Nice to have

• Vue.js or Nuxt and modern frontend tooling
• Tailwind or other modern CSS frameworks
• Azure Cloud services and deployments
• CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab pipelines
• Messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ or Azure Service Bus
• Microservices or event-driven architectures
• Experience in regulated environments such as financial services or insurance

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Enjoy solving complex technical problems and working across large systems
• Have a strong understanding of software architecture and design patterns
• Take a security-first approach and understand OWASP principles
• Are confident balancing hands-on development with technical leadership
• Communicate effectively with both technical teams and stakeholders
• Are proactive, organised and take ownership of your work
• Are passionate about mentoring others and improving engineering standards

At Reassured, we’re passionate about building smart, secure, and scalable systems that support our customers and our people. If you’re looking for a role where your work has real impact and you enjoy working in a supportive, fast-moving environment we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits include:

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Medical cash plan
• Virtual GP
• Enhanced annual leave with length of service
• Death in service (3x your basic salary)
• Free parking
• Referral scheme (up to £2,400 a year per referral)
• Incentives, including annual trips abroad

If you’re a senior developer who enjoys owning complex systems, driving technical standards and mentoring others, we would love to hear from you!