Senior PHP/Laravel Backend Engineer for Global SaaS

S Sa; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

S-SA Digital, a cloud-focused SaaS company, is seeking a Senior PHP Developer in Northampton. The role is hybrid (2 days in-office) and centers on PHP/Laravel backend development for a global SaaS platform.

You will work on REST APIs, MySQL databases, and related services while gaining broader exposure to Vue.js, TypeScript, AWS, and Docker. The successful candidate will be hands-on and help scale the product and engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial PHP development with Laravel
• Experience building scalable SaaS platforms
• Proficient with REST APIs and relational databases
• Hands-on backend with PHP and Laravel, plus frontend exposure (Vue.js/TypeScript)

Responsibilities

• Design, build and improve scalable SaaS applications using PHP and Laravel.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and MySQL databases.
• Collaborate across backend and frontend using Vue.js, TypeScript, AWS and Docker.
• Contribute to software architecture, performance, security and engineering standards.

Skills

Strong commercial PHP development

Hands-on Laravel development

Full-stack exposure

Software engineering practices

Tools

PHP

Laravel

Vue.js

TypeScript

MySQL

REST APIs

AWS

Docker

Job description

S-SA Digital, a cloud-focused SaaS company, is seeking a Senior PHP Developer in Northampton. The role is hybrid (2 days in-office) and centers on PHP/Laravel backend development for a global SaaS platform.

You will work on REST APIs, MySQL databases, and related services while gaining broader exposure to Vue.js, TypeScript, AWS, and Docker. The successful candidate will be hands-on and help scale the product and engineering practices.