Senior Software Developer
<p><b>Salary: £45,000 - 55,000 per year</b></p>
<b>Requirements:</b>
<ul><li>I require at least 5 years of commercial development experience, with a strong focus on PHP and Laravel.</li><li>I expect a solid understanding of Laravel features, including Eloquent ORM, routing, Blade templating, middleware, and queues.</li><li>You should have solid experience with MySQL or other relational databases.</li><li>Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is essential, with knowledge of Vue.js or similar frameworks being a bonus.</li><li>A good understanding of RESTful APIs, Git workflows, and CI/CD practices is needed.</li><li>I value testing experience, particularly with PHPUnit or feature testing.</li><li>Experience with Docker, cloud platforms, or infrastructure tools would earn you bonus points.</li><li>Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, solutions-focused mindset are crucial.</li><li>I hope you are keen to take the initiative and drive technical excellence within the team.</li></ul>
<b>Responsibilities:</b>
<ul><li>You will lead the design and development of new features using PHP and Laravel.</li><li>It will be your responsibility to build scalable and secure web applications for both internal and external use.</li><li>You will work closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and propose effective solutions.</li><li>Designing and integrating RESTful APIs and third-party services will be part of your role.</li><li>Writing clean, testable code using modern development practices will be expected of you.</li><li>Supporting and mentoring other developers through code reviews and collaboration will be key to your role.</li><li>You will contribute to architecture decisions and technical roadmaps.</li><li>Maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes will also be part of your responsibilities.</li></ul>
<b>Technologies:</b>
<ul><li>CI/CD</li><li>Cloud</li><li>CSS</li><li>Docker</li><li>Git</li><li>JavaScript</li><li>Laravel</li><li>MySQL</li><li>PHP</li><li>PHPUnit</li><li>Vue</li><li>Web</li><li>Support</li></ul>
<p><b>More:</b></p>
<p>We are a long-established and successful company based in Maidstone, Kent, looking to expand our internal development team. We seek a Senior Software Developer who is confident in PHP and Laravel and ready to take ownership of key projects. Here, you’ll join a stable and successful company with ambitious development plans, lead projects from day one, and influence technical direction. You will work in a collaborative team where your ideas are valued and will have plenty of scope for growth, learning, and leadership. We pride ourselves on offering an office-based environment in Maidstone with a friendly team and a real work-life balance. If you're a Laravel expert looking to make a real impact in a supportive environment, we’d love for you to join us.</p>
<p>last updated 12 week of 2026</p>
<b>Requirements:</b>
<ul><li>I require at least 5 years of commercial development experience, with a strong focus on PHP and Laravel.</li><li>I expect a solid understanding of Laravel features, including Eloquent ORM, routing, Blade templating, middleware, and queues.</li><li>You should have solid experience with MySQL or other relational databases.</li><li>Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is essential, with knowledge of Vue.js or similar frameworks being a bonus.</li><li>A good understanding of RESTful APIs, Git workflows, and CI/CD practices is needed.</li><li>I value testing experience, particularly with PHPUnit or feature testing.</li><li>Experience with Docker, cloud platforms, or infrastructure tools would earn you bonus points.</li><li>Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, solutions-focused mindset are crucial.</li><li>I hope you are keen to take the initiative and drive technical excellence within the team.</li></ul>
<b>Responsibilities:</b>
<ul><li>You will lead the design and development of new features using PHP and Laravel.</li><li>It will be your responsibility to build scalable and secure web applications for both internal and external use.</li><li>You will work closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and propose effective solutions.</li><li>Designing and integrating RESTful APIs and third-party services will be part of your role.</li><li>Writing clean, testable code using modern development practices will be expected of you.</li><li>Supporting and mentoring other developers through code reviews and collaboration will be key to your role.</li><li>You will contribute to architecture decisions and technical roadmaps.</li><li>Maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes will also be part of your responsibilities.</li></ul>
<b>Technologies:</b>
<ul><li>CI/CD</li><li>Cloud</li><li>CSS</li><li>Docker</li><li>Git</li><li>JavaScript</li><li>Laravel</li><li>MySQL</li><li>PHP</li><li>PHPUnit</li><li>Vue</li><li>Web</li><li>Support</li></ul>
<p><b>More:</b></p>
<p>We are a long-established and successful company based in Maidstone, Kent, looking to expand our internal development team. We seek a Senior Software Developer who is confident in PHP and Laravel and ready to take ownership of key projects. Here, you’ll join a stable and successful company with ambitious development plans, lead projects from day one, and influence technical direction. You will work in a collaborative team where your ideas are valued and will have plenty of scope for growth, learning, and leadership. We pride ourselves on offering an office-based environment in Maidstone with a friendly team and a real work-life balance. If you're a Laravel expert looking to make a real impact in a supportive environment, we’d love for you to join us.</p>
<p>last updated 12 week of 2026</p>