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Senior PHP Developer

IntecSelectBasingstoke, Hampshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 16 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Advance your career as a Senior PHP Developer at IntecSelect, where you'll contribute to a business-critical CRM platform and enjoy a competitive salary of GBP 60,000 - 70,000. This role is perfect for experienced PHP developers eager to mentor others, drive technical improvements, and work within a supportive Agile Scrum team, offering a hybrid work model with one day onsite per week for flexibility. Embrace this opportunity to shape impactful solutions and grow your expertise.

Quick Overview

Salary
£60k - £70k/yr
Work Type
On Site
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Senior PHP Developer

  • Basingstoke (Hybrid - 1 day onsite per week)
  • Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum

Overview

A growing organisation is seeking a Senior PHP Developer to join its internal technology team, supporting the development and enhancement of its business-critical CRM platform.

Working within an Agile Scrum team, you will deliver scalable Back End solutions, take ownership of complex features, contribute to technical improvements, and support engineering best practices across the team.

Roles & Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain Back End systems using PHP (Laravel/CakePHP).
  • Deliver features end-to-end, from design and development through to testing and deployment.
  • Enhance and modernise Legacy CakePHP applications.
  • Build and maintain APIs, integrations, and Back End services.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
  • Contribute to code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD processes.
  • Support architecture decisions, technical improvements, and reduction of technical debt.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and support continuous improvement.
  • Mentor developers through knowledge sharing, coaching, and code reviews.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners, QA, DevOps, and wider technology teams.

Skills & Experience
  • 5+ years' commercial experience in PHP development.
  • Strong experience with PHP 7.4 (CakePHP) and PHP 8+ (Laravel/Symfony).
  • Experience building RESTful APIs and Back End services.
  • Strong MySQL knowledge, including query optimisation and performance tuning.
  • Understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and SOLID principles.
  • Experience with JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS, Git, Docker, and Linux/WSL environments.
  • Strong experience with unit testing, automated testing, and code reviews.
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
  • Exposure to Vue.js/Nuxt, Azure, CI/CD pipelines, messaging technologies, microservices, or event-driven architectures is desirable.
  • Experience working within regulated industries such as Insurance or Financial Services is beneficial.

Qualifications
A-Level or equivalent required.

Skills

Docker
Microservices
MySQL
Nuxt
PHP
Symfony
Scrum
Agile
Azure
CSS
Git
JavaScript
Laravel
Vue

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