Back End Developer

We're working with an innovative software house who are looking for a talented Back End Developer to join their growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a modern, greenfield platform built with the latest technologies, alongside a supportive and ambitious development team.

Most importantly, this is your chance to make a real impact in a global industry worth over £68 billion.

As a Back End Developer, you'll play a key role in designing and building new features for a cutting-edge event management platform. You'll work closely with front-end, back-end, and mobile engineers to deliver clean, scalable code, and will have the chance to take ownership across the full development cycle.

This is a remote-first role (with the option to occasionally meet the team if desired) and comes with clear career progression, regular support from an experienced Technical Director, and a collaborative engineering culture.

• Building reusable, scalable, and clean PHP code using Laravel (following TDD and OOP best practices).

• Designing and extending APIs and core platform functionality.

• Troubleshooting, testing, and maintaining databases and back-end services for performance and optimisation.

• Integrating third-party APIs, including leading payment processors and payment gateways.

• Working with AWS cloud services to support deployment and scalability.

• Collaborating daily with a talented remote team via stand-ups, code reviews, and monthly release cycles.

• Strong commercial experience with PHP and Laravel.

• Solid understanding of Vue.js and modern JavaScript frameworks.

• Experience working with MySQL databases.

• Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, etc.).

• Proven knowledge of payment integrations and payment gateways.

• UK-based (applications from outside the UK cannot be considered).

• Salary up to £70,000 DOE.

• Fully remote working (UK only).

• The chance to impact a £68bn global industry.

• Work with the latest technologies in a modern, forward-thinking environment.

• A clear career progression plan and mentoring to help you reach your goals.

• Collaborative, friendly, and supportive engineering team.

If you're an ambitious PHP Back End Developer looking for a role that offers technical challenges, growth opportunities, and the flexibility of remote working, we'd love to hear from you.

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