PHP Laravel Developer

Job in Chester, Cheshire, CH1, England, UK

Listing for: Marstep Resourcing Solutions

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-13

Job specializations:

Software Development
Backend Developer, AWS, Database Engineering, SQL Developer

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 40000 - 65000 GBP Yearly GBP 40000.00 65000.00 YEAR

Salary: £40,000 - 65,000 per year

Requirements

At least 2 years commercial Laravel experience
At least 5 years working with modern backend frameworks
Strong SQL knowledge, including indexes and database design
Experience working with large datasets or high-volume applications
Experience integrating third‑party APIs such as Stripe, Google, AWS, OpenAI or similar
Good understanding of backend concepts including caching, queues and asynchronous processing
Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills

Responsibilities

Modernise our Laravel platform
Build scalable backend services and APIs
Optimise SQL queries across large datasets
Design efficient database structures and indexes
Build AI‑powered background services and internal tooling
Integrate with services such as Stripe, AWS, Google and OpenAI
Improve caching, queues and asynchronous processing
Develop internal applications that support teams across the business
Improve application performance, reliability and scalability
Contribute to our ongoing AWS migration

Technologies

AI
AWS
Backend
Cloud
Support
Laravel
SQL
Docker
MariaDB
MySQL
PHP
RabbitMQ
Redis
Vue

We are a small, fast‑growing engineering team building one of the UKs largest online marketplaces in its field. Our platform processes millions of customer interactions, large volumes of data, real‑time events, payments, AI‑powered background services and high‑throughput messaging systems. We are remote first, with the flexibility to work where you are most productive, and we ask everyone to join us in our Chester office approximately once a month for planning, collaboration and team days.

We offer a salary of £40,000–£65,000 depending on experience, a performance bonus scheme, private medical insurance, a contributory pension, flexible working, monthly team meetups in Chester, casual dress, team away days, ongoing learning and development, exposure to modern cloud, AI and backend technologies, and genuine career progression as our engineering team grows.

last updated 27 week of 2026

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