Senior PHP Engineer

Job Title: Senior PHP Engineer
Location: Leeds (Once a week in the office)
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Why Apply?

This opportunity involves working within a busy, delivery-focused environment to build two web applications from the ground up. Supporting a well-established services organisation, you'll play a key role in replacing manual, spreadsheet-driven processes with scalable, modern systems.

Operating as part of a small, Embedded engineering team, this role offers high ownership, autonomy and the chance to influence architecture, tooling and delivery approach.

Senior PHP Engineer Responsibilities

• Design and develop two web-based applications, including a third-party monies platform and an internal helpdesk tool.
• Translate defined requirements and low-level designs into high-quality, production-ready code.
• Contribute to technical decision-making across architecture, structure and development tooling.
• Work closely within an Embedded team, supporting agile delivery and engineering best practices.
• Deliver robust, maintainable solutions within defined timelines, ensuring quality and performance.
• Build applications within a Windows-based, on-premise environment without reliance on cloud infrastructure.

Senior PHP Engineer Requirements

• Strong commercial experience with PHP, including frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony or similar.
• Experience with Composer and modern PHP development practices.
• Proven ability to build web applications from scratch.
• Comfortable working within Windows-based, on-premise development environments.
• Ability to operate independently while collaborating effectively within a client-facing team.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, application design and scalable systems.
• Experience delivering projects within tight timelines and busy environments.

What's in it for me?

• Salary aligned to experience and technical capability.
• Flexible remote working with opportunities for on-site collaboration.
• The chance to work on projects with full ownership of delivery.
• Exposure to modernising Legacy processes into scalable digital solutions.
• Opportunity to influence technical direction and engineering standards.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.