Senior Backend Engineer

Senior PHP Developer

Location:

Fareham | Hybrid | On-site

Salary:
Up to £70,000 + benefits

Were working with a well-established, award-winning technology business thats scaling rapidly and building a suite of market-leading products.

As they continue to expand, theyre looking for an experienced Senior PHP Developer to join their backend engineering team. Youll play a key role in modernising core systems, improving scalability, and supporting the delivery of new features across a range of high-traffic products.

The Role

Youll join a collaborative, cross-functional team of backend, frontend and QA engineers, reporting to an Engineering Manager who has grown through the ranks internally. This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of impactful work in a fast-paced, large-scale environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing, building and optimising PHP-based APIs and backend services.
• Helping to decouple a large PHP 7.4 monorepo into modern PHP 8.1+ services.
• Working with a stack including AWS, Kubernetes, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, and Cassandra.
• Co...