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Senior PHP Developer

Tank RecruitmentStevenage, Hertfordshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 29 Jun 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers exciting opportunities to contribute to large-scale web applications and shape technical direction within an established technology business. You'll thrive here if you're a skilled PHP developer eager to collaborate with a talented team and enhance business-critical systems. Apply now to join a growing company and make a significant impact!

Quick Overview

Work Type
On Site
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Senior PHP Developer

Location: Hertfordshire / Hybrid (2 days onsite)

PHP - LAMP - JavaScript - HTML - CSS - Linux - MySQL

About the Opportunity

An established technology business is looking to add an experienced PHP Developer to its engineering team. This role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale web applications, contribute to platform enhancements, and play a key role in the ongoing development of business-critical systems.

The successful candidate will work closely with developers, QA engineers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions while helping shape technical direction and development best practices.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and enhance PHP-based web applications.
  • Deliver clean, secure, and scalable code following development best practices.
  • Design and optimise databases and application performance.
  • Build new features and improve existing functionality across the platform.
  • Participate in code reviews, testing, and quality assurance activities.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver technical solutions.
  • Troubleshoot, investigate, and resolve application and production issues.
  • Produce technical documentation and contribute to architectural decisions.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives, including refactoring and process enhancements.
  • Collaborate with developers, QA teams, and support functions to ensure successful project delivery.

Skills & Experience

Essential

  • Strong commercial experience with PHP development with Lamp Stack
  • Experience working with relational databases such as MySQL or MariaDB.
  • Solid understanding of HTML, JavaScript, and web application architecture.
  • Experience working within Linux-based development environments.
  • Strong understanding of secure coding principles and software engineering best practices.
  • Ability to design scalable systems and optimise application performance.
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Desirable

  • Experience with caching and performance technologies.
  • Knowledge of distributed storage solutions.
  • Exposure to CI/CD processes and automated deployment practices.
  • Understanding of SEO, localisation, and large-scale web platforms.

Senior PHP Developer

Location: Hertfordshire / Hybrid (2 days onsite)

PHP - LAMP - JavaScript - HTML - CSS - Linux - MySQL

Skills

MariaDB
MySQL
PHP
CSS
HTML
JavaScript

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