Senior PHP/Laravel Engineer — Build Impactful Apps

LaraBench; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

RedTech Recruitment Ltd in Ipswich is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a tech-for-good team. You will design, develop and improve PHP and Laravel applications, APIs and services, taking ownership of feature design and delivering robust software.

You should have strong PHP/Laravel experience, be comfortable with React frontend work, MySQL, Git and testing. The role offers hybrid work with mandatory office presence on Tuesdays and Fridays near Ipswich, and a salary up to £60,000

Qualifications

• Proven experience in PHP and Laravel development.
• Experience delivering features or small software solutions.
• Experience with frontend frameworks like React.
• Strong MySQL relational DB knowledge.
• Experience with Git and code reviews.
• Good communication and teamwork.
• Able to adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of Docker or containerisation is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and improve PHP and Laravel applications, APIs and services.
• Own technical design for features from requirements to development tasks.
• Build user-facing features and backend systems.
• Develop integrations with external systems.
• Investigate issues and improve security, performance, reliability.
• Collaborate with QA, engineers, stakeholders; participate in deployments.
• Mentor colleagues and share knowledge.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

React

MySQL

Git

OOP / Design patterns

Testing

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Docker

Job description

RedTech Recruitment Ltd in Ipswich is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a tech-for-good team. You will design, develop and improve PHP and Laravel applications, APIs and services, taking ownership of feature design and delivering robust software.

You should have strong PHP/Laravel experience, be comfortable with React frontend work, MySQL, Git and testing. The role offers hybrid work with mandatory office presence on Tuesdays and Fridays near Ipswich, and a salary up to £60,000