Senior PHP Developer

6B Digital Ltd; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

6B Digital Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior PHP Developer who’s dedicated to their craft, writes clean, secure PHP, and can hit the ground running within an agile, full‑stack team. Based in Wakefield with a remote work option, you’ll benefit from a clear progression plan, regular support from your team and line manager, and one paid training day per month to keep your skills trailblazing.

You’ll work on modern PHP frameworks and collaborate across disciplines to deliver high-quality

Qualifications

• PHP: Object‑oriented programming and clean coding practices.
• Experience with WordPress and PHP frameworks (Laravel/Symfony/Zend).
• Strong MySQL/MariaDB knowledge and data modeling skills.
• Experience with Git and source control workflows.
• Several years of commercial PHP development experience.
• Experience working in an agency environment.

Responsibilities

• Write efficient, stable, secure, reusable PHP modules.
• Develop with modern PHP frameworks (Laravel/Symfony).
• Adhere to best practices: source control, code reviews, automated deployments in an agile setup.
• Troubleshoot, test, and maintain backend systems.
• Address complex performance and architectural challenges.
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.

Skills

PHP OOP

WordPress

MySQL

PHP Frameworks

MVC/MVVM

Communication

Relational Databases

Git

Commercial Experience

Agency Experience

Tools

Laravel

Symfony

Zend

RESTful APIs

Job description

6B are looking to recruit a Senior PHP Developer who’s dedicated to their craft, writes code that they’re proud of, and can hit the ground running.

Role Summary

United by our love of digital and our desire to do things differently, we aim to be the global digital partner of choice for ambitious organisations who want to create real, positive change in their businesses, and better outcomes for their customers. But we need your help to do it!

A PHP Developer at 6B writes efficient, stable, testable, secure and reusable PHP to a high standard. You’ll be a part of an agile, full-stack development team that’s responsible for all aspects of ongoing development – from initial specification, through to developing, testing and launching.

We’re based in Wakefield, but there is the option to work remotely.

You’ll be supported to deliver and develop as a member of our 6B family too. Not only will you receive all the things you’d expect (a clear progression plan and regular support from your team and line manager), but you’ll also receive 1 training day a month for you to spend developing and honing your skills, alongside paid-for training to ensure your skills are trailblazing.

Responsibilities

It’s your role to write good, clean code, ensuring what we create meets the needs of customers and users, with the value 6B have created being clearly demonstrated with each release. You’ll be working collaboratively with all members of the development team – either leading or supporting projects throughout the software development life-cycle.

You’ll be a confident communicator with excellent problem-solving skills. You won’t be fazed by legacy codebases, but approach them with a ‘do-good’ mindset. You’ll be proactive with raising issues and providing solutions for both projects and internal infrastructure and processes.

Reporting to the Head of Engineering you’ll be responsible for:

• Writing efficient, stable, testable, secure and reusable PHP modules
• Working with modern PHP frameworks, like Laravel and Symfony
• Following industry best practice, such as effective source control, code reviews, daily builds and automated deployments, within an agile culture
• Troubleshooting, testing and maintaining the backend of existing development
• Solving complex performance problems and technical architectural challenges
• Contributing to all phases of the development lifecycle

Required Skills

• PHP – OOP
• WordPress
• MySQL
• PHP framework experience (Laravel / Symfony / Zend / Any)
• Proficiency with architecture patterns MVC, MVVM etc
• Ability to perform in a fast paced environment and to communicate effectively
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases, such as MariaDB or MySQL
• Git / Source control
• Several years commercial experience
• Experience of working in an agency environment

Nice To Haves

• Unit testing
• Docker / container technology
• Laravel experience
• Understanding of RESTful Services and how to integrate with/build them