Principal PHP Developer
York, North Yorkshire, UK
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hybrid / WFH Options
ByteHire
the team. Overview: Our client is looking for a Principal PHP Software Engineer to take a leading role in their engineering team. You’ll be hands-on with their Laravel-based backend, while also guiding architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence. You’ll collaborate closely with company directors (technical and non-technical), support staff, and key partners … play a vital leadership role, supporting junior team members, championing testing and automation, and introducing robust DevOps and CI/CD processes. Key Responsibilities: Lead backend development in our Laravel PHP monolith, owning major projects end-to-end. Upgrade and modernise somewhat out of date PHP framework codebases, Introducing best practices and modern tooling. Mentor and coach junior developers … in play for customer reasons. Help drive DevOps maturity: automate deployments, and monitor systems. Collaborate with stakeholders to influence product direction and operational strategies. Company Tech Stack: Backend: PHP (Laravel) APIs (OAuth) WebSockets Node.js (used in Electron apps) Frontend: PHP server-side rendering (Laravel Blade), Vue.js, Bootstrap, JavaScript Databases: MySQL (RDS), MSSQL Redis (ElasticCache) Heavy data compliance: audit More ❯
Employment Type: Full-time
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