Senior Software Engineer

Hybrid - Edinburgh (flexible working)

Salary - up to £60,000

Role - Senior Software Engineer (PHP/Javascript)

Head Resourcing have partnered with a fantastic Edinburgh based business who are looking to bolster their existing development team with a Senior Software Engineer.

This business is a leading force in their field and have been continually growing year on year since their inception in 2000, becoming a leading provider of cloud-based logistics software.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be a key contributor in delivering scalable, high-quality software that their customers rely on every day. You'll work on a modern PHP/JavaScript stack, designing and developing new features, improving system performance, and solving complex challenges, all while helping more junior engineers grow and thrive.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading from the front: Deliver elegant, scalable code and help guide technical decisions across your team.
• Coach & mentor: Support junior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow technically and professionally.
• Solve complex problems: Identify and tackle system bottlenecks, performance issues, and security risks.
• Own your work: Take responsibility for the design, delivery, and quality of signi cant technical projects.
• Drive improvement: Champion engineering best practices across testing, CI/CD, observability, and documentation.
• Collaborate widely: Work closely with Product, DevOps, QA, and Customer Success to build solutions that deliver real business value.
• Support secure development: Apply secure coding practices and support our e orts to keep systems safe, stable, and resilient.
• Champion continuous learning: Stay curious and continuously push for improvements in both systems and processes.

Preferred languages/systems:

• PHP
• JavaScript (Vue/React Native)
• TypeScript
• MySQL
• Docker
• Linux
• AWS

If this sounds like a role that you may be suitable for you, then please reach out to Scott Thomson at

Head Resourcing is committed to being an inclusive business where diversity is valued and celebrated. Diversity to us, includes but is not limited to educational background, socio-economic background, neurodiversity, age, marriage and civil partnership status, veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, race, and ethnicity. As such we welcome enquiries and applications from everyone. We will be happy discuss with you any workplace adjustments you need in order to be at your best during the recruitment process