Senior Software Developer - PHP / Laravel

This is a really interesting and varied role with a small but very well established company that''s been a leader in their niche market for 25+ years.

We are looking for an experienced developer to join a team of 4 that mostly develops web-based systems that are customer-facing and essential to the way our client''s business runs. The company is in a fast-moving industry that is undergoing plenty of change, so there''s no shortage of interesting stuff to do.

We''re looking for someone who can provide some leadership and mentoring to team members and who can work closely with the senior management team to understand the evolving needs of the business.

The company is based near Reading, Berkshire. They operate a hybrid working model and you''ll need to be in the office at least one day per week, occasionally more for meetings etc.

Senior Software Developer - requirements

• Proven OOP PHP development experience (5 yrs+)
• Good knowledge of Laravel (this is essential)
• Relational database experience - ideally MySQL
• Knowledge of modern frontend development
• Good understanding of best practices around writing clean, maintainable code (DRY/SOLID)
• Decent Linux skills and ideally a good understanding of DevOps
• Experience of RESTful APIs