Senior PHP Engineer – Symfony Migration & DevOps Lead

Stockford Recruitment; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based digital healthcare company is seeking a Senior/Lead Developer to join their tech team in Glasgow. The role involves modernizing legacy PHP systems into Symfony while ensuring stable and secure operations for a patient-facing platform. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in PHP, experience in DevOps, and security awareness in infrastructure. This position offers a mix of hands-on development and operational support in a long-term stable environment.

Qualifications

• Strong PHP and web engineering background with substantial experience in modernizing legacy systems.
• Confidence in DevOps fundamentals like CI/CD, releases, and scripting/automation.
• Experience with Linux (Ubuntu) administration.

Responsibilities

• Modernize and rebuild legacy PHP systems into Symfony.
• Deliver new platform features aligned to business and clinical requirements.
• Own and support release management across three systems.
• Maintain and improve CI pipelines and automation.
• Support Ubuntu infrastructure and key services.
• Strengthen security controls and improve resilience via testing.
• Provide operational support for internal stakeholders.

Skills

Strong PHP / web engineering background

Experience modernizing legacy systems (Symfony ideal)

Confident with CI/CD and automation

Linux (Ubuntu) admin experience

Security awareness across infrastructure

Reliable, flexible approach

Job description

A UK-based digital healthcare company is seeking a Senior/Lead Developer to join their tech team in Glasgow. The role involves modernizing legacy PHP systems into Symfony while ensuring stable and secure operations for a patient-facing platform. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in PHP, experience in DevOps, and security awareness in infrastructure. This position offers a mix of hands-on development and operational support in a long-term stable environment.