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Senior Software Engineer PHP/Laravel

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 22 days
Location

Exeter, Devon EX6 6PB, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Senior Software Engineer position focuses on developing and maintaining scalable features for a SaaS platform.
  • Candidates should have extensive experience in building and maintaining APIs, with a preference for PHP with Laravel, and at least 5 years of relevant experience.
  • The role involves mentoring junior engineers, participating in agile practices, and contributing to code quality through reviews and testing.
  • The position offers a competitive salary of £60,000 to £75,000, depending on experience, and emphasizes career growth opportunities.
  • Applicants should be familiar with modern development practices, including Docker, Cloud infrastructure (Azure), and have a strong understanding of the Print Industry.

Your new role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of scalable, high-performance features for a SaaS platform. Working closely with a dynamic, agile software engineering team, you will drive technical innovation, ensuring solutions meet business needs and exceed customer expectations.Your role will involve tackling complex engineering challenges, shaping the technical direction of the platform and mentoring junior engineers. By contributing to the fast-growing SaaS platform, you will directly impact the company's success while exploring opportunities for your own career growth. Actively contributing to the continuous improvement of the company working within the parameters of ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO27001 requirements.

  • Take ownership of designing and implementing new features for our REST API, ensuring that they are built to scale efficiently and perform seamlessly as usage grows.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our v2 dashboard, creating new features that elevate the user experience and align with customer and business needs.
  • Write high-quality, maintainable code while implementing robust automated tests to ensure functionality is preserved and bugs are caught early in development.
  • Perform constructive code reviews, providing feedback to peers that not only improves code quality but also fosters learning and collaboration within the team.
  • Engage in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, helping the team continuously improve.
  • Mentor and guide junior members of the team, helping them develop their technical skills, adopt best practices, and grow into stronger engineers.

What you'll need to succeed

  • Extensive experience in building and maintaining scalable APIs using modern back-end frameworks (PHP with Laravel Preferred)
  • Strong experience in building Single Page Applications (Svelte Preferred)
  • Experience with Tailwind CSS
  • Extensive experience in Unit, Integration, and E2E testing
  • Version Control, specifically managing branches, merging code, and resolving conflicts.
  • Experience with Docker for containerised development environments
  • Familiarity with C# and .NET frameworks:
  • Experience with Cloud infrastructure concepts (Azure)
  • Exposure or understanding of the Print Industry

What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.