Software Engineer – PHP / Laravel – Mid-Level or Senior

LaraBench; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

RedTech Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Software Engineer to join a tech-for-good company focused on delivering meaningful software. The role spans mid-level to senior responsibilities with technical ownership aligned to experience.

The position is hybrid near Ipswich, Suffolk with mandatory office attendance on Tuesdays and Fridays. Salary ranges from £45,000 to £60,000 per year depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience developing applications using PHP and Laravel
• Experience with frontend frameworks such as React
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL
• Good understanding of OOP, design patterns and testing
• Experience using Git-based source control
• Clear communication and collaborative teamwork
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements in a fast-paced environment
• Senior applicants: experience delivering features or smaller solutions and mentoring others
• Experience with message queues or event-driven architecture is beneficial
• Experience with caching and deployment tooling is beneficial

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve PHP and Laravel applications, APIs and supporting services
• Build user-facing functionality and backend systems
• Collaborate with engineers, QA and stakeholders to translate requirements
• Develop integrations with external systems
• Investigate issues and improve security, performance and reliability
• Contribute to testing, code reviews and deployments
• Take ownership of feature design and contribute to wider discussions

Skills

PHP

Laravel

React

MySQL

Git

OOP

Testing

Communication

Containerisation

Tools

Docker

Redis

PostgreSQL

Job description

Software Engineer – PHP / Laravel – Mid-Level or Senior

A fantastic opportunity for a Software Engineer to join a growing tech-for-good company building software that makes a positive difference to people’s everyday lives. Working within a collaborative engineering team, you will work on varied technical challenges, from developing new functionality to connecting systems and improving performance. The company can consider applicants at mid-level through to senior, with responsibilities and technical ownership tailored to your experience.

Location: Near Ipswich, Suffolk – hybrid working with mandatory office attendance every Tuesday and Friday. These days are fixed, so applicants must be able to meet this working pattern.

Salary: £45,000 - £60,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Requirements for Software Engineer – PHP / Laravel – Mid-Level or Senior:

• Strong commercial experience developing applications using PHP and Laravel
• Experience working with modern frontend frameworks or libraries, ideally React
• Experience working with relational databases such as MySQL
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming, software design patterns and testing
• Experience using Git-based source control
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach to working with colleagues
• Comfortable adapting to changing requirements within a fast-paced development environment
• For applicants seeking senior-level responsibility, experience designing and delivering features or smaller software solutions, solving complex technical problems and supporting other developers
• Experience with message queues and event-driven architecture is beneficial
• Experience with caching, containerisation or deployment tooling is beneficial
• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK

Responsibilities for Software Engineer – PHP / Laravel – Mid-Level or Senior:

• Develop and improve PHP and Laravel applications, APIs and supporting services
• Build user-facing functionality and the backend systems that support it
• Work with engineers, QA testers and wider stakeholders to translate requirements into reliable software
• Develop integrations that allow applications and external systems to work together
• Investigate technical issues and improve application security, performance and reliability
• Contribute to testing, code reviews, deployment and ongoing improvements
• Depending on your experience, take ownership of technical design for individual features and smaller solutions, contribute to wider design discussions and coach colleagues

What this role offers:

• The opportunity to work for a tech-for-good company, building useful software with a positive real-world impact
• Varied technical work across applications, APIs and integrations, with responsibility reflecting your experience
• A welcoming, collaborative team where developers share ideas and work together to solve problems

Keywords: Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer / Software Developer / Senior Software Developer / PHP Developer / Senior PHP Developer / Laravel Developer / Backend Developer / Full Stack Developer / Web Application Developer / Application Developer / Software Development Engineer / PHP / Laravel / React / MySQL / Git / JavaScript / SQL / REST APIs / Automated Testing / Object-Oriented Programming / Message Queues / Event-Driven Architecture / Symfony / TypeScript / PostgreSQL / Docker / Redis

RedTech Recruitment Ltd focus on finding roles for Engineers and Scientists. Even if the above role isn’t of interest, please visit our website to see our other opportunities.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at RedTech. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.