Senior PHP Platform Engineer (Migrations) – Remote UK

Oliver Bernard; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Remote work (UK)

Job summary

Oliver Bernard is seeking a Senior PHP Platform Engineer to lead migrations and evolve a market‑leading PHP platform with a fully remote UK team.

You'll work with Symfony/Laravel, AWS and DevOps tooling (Kubernetes, Docker), mentoring a small PHP engineering group and collaborating with senior management to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

The role offers high autonomy, career growth, and a comprehensive benefits package within a supportive, tech-for-good environment.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Symfony and Laravel frameworks.
• Extensive AWS experience.
• Experience with DevOps, Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience leading small PHP engineering teams.
• Background with migrations projects.
• Proficient in object-oriented programming.
• Adhere to DRY and SOLID principles.
• Experience with APIs and SOA environments.
• Collaborative, able to engage with senior management.
• Fully UK remote.
• 40 days holidays including bank holidays.
• Life insurance benefits.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement PHP platform migrations.
• Lead a small PHP engineering team.
• Collaborate with senior management on strategy and architecture.

Skills

PHP

Symfony/Laravel

Leadership

Object-Oriented Programming

APIs

DRY/SOLID

Team collaboration

Migration projects

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Oliver Bernard is seeking a Senior PHP Platform Engineer to lead migrations and evolve a market‑leading PHP platform with a fully remote UK team.

You'll work with Symfony/Laravel, AWS and DevOps tooling (Kubernetes, Docker), mentoring a small PHP engineering group and collaborating with senior management to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

The role offers high autonomy, career growth, and a comprehensive benefits package within a supportive, tech-for-good environment.