Senior Full Stack Web Developer (PHP)

Senior Full Stack Web Developer (PHP)
£50k-£60k DOE Remote Working
Summary of Position
The Senior Full Stack Web Developer is responsible for the development, maintenance, optimisation and ongoing evolution of the TW Group s e-commerce and wider web estate, spanning multiple websites, applications and technologies including Magento 2, Laravel, WordPress and other platforms.
Key responsibilities include:
Taking technical ownership of web development projects and change requests from initial requirements and solution design through to development, testing, deployment and ongoing support.
• Designing, developing and maintaining robust, scalable and maintainable full-stack web applications, e commerce solutions and custom websites.
• Supporting and continuously improving existing websites and applications, including identifying, troubleshooting and resolving technical issues, performance bottlenecks and production incidents.
• Developing and maintaining integrations between internal and external systems using RESTful APIs, third-party services and other integration technologies.
• Contributing to technical architecture and solution design, ensuring implementations follow appropriate development standards, security practices, design patterns and coding best practices.
• Reviewing and improving existing codebases, identifying opportunities to reduce technical debt, improve performance and increase maintainability.
• Ensuring changes are thoroughly tested in appropriate development and controlled environments before release to production.
• Working closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand business requirements, assess technical feasibility and translate requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Supporting development standards and engineering processes including source control, code reviews, CI/CD and deployment practices.
• Providing technical guidance, knowledge sharing and mentoring to other developers, while promoting high standards of code quality and engineering best practice.
• Keeping up to date with relevant technologies and identifying opportunities to improve the Group s development processes, platforms and technical capabilities, including the appropriate use of automation and AI-assisted development tools.
Core Technical Skills
Strong proficiency in PHP (modern versions, OOP, best practices)
• Extensive experience with PHP frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, or similar
• Solid front-end development skills using JavaScript / TypeScript
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, or Angular)
• Deep understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
Essential Tools & Ecosystem
Experience with version control using Git (branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews)
• Strong working knowledge of Composer
• Experience with npm / Node.js • Familiarity with build tools (e.g. Vite, Webpack)
• Experience working with Linux-based development environments
Backend & Database
Strong experience with MySQL
• Understanding of database design, indexing, and performance optimisation
• Experience with ORMs (e.g. Eloquent, Doctrine)
• Knowledge of caching systems (Redis, Memcached)
Architecture & Best Practices
• Proven experience designing scalable and maintainable applications
• Strong understanding of MVC architecture and design patterns
• Experience writing clean, testable, and well-documented code
• Understanding of API security, authentication, and authorization
DevOps & Deployment
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with Docker and containerised environments
• Understanding of server management and web servers (Nginx, Apache)
Experience
• 5+ years of professional development experience, primarily with PHP
• Proven track record of delivering production-grade web applications
• Previous experience in a senior role
Soft Skills
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to mentor and support junior developers
• Excellent communication skills • Proactive mindset with strong ownership of work
Nice-to-Have
• Familiarity with GraphQL
• Experience with microservices architecture
• Exposure to automated testing pipelines and QA processes
• Experience working with magento 2 and building modules
• Understanding / experience of working with AI agents.
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