Pearson Carter
PHP Developer

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PHP Developer
Pearson Carter are currently working with a market-leading travel organisation that is investing heavily in its in-house technology team. Due to continued growth, they are looking to appoint an experienced PHP Developer to help drive the development of their customer-facing platforms and internal systems.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business where technology plays a key role in its future. You'll work with modern PHP technologies, cloud infrastructure, APIs and microservices, contributing to large-scale projects while collaborating with a close-knit development team.
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Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain and enhance backend applications using PHP and Symfony.
- Design and develop REST APIs and microservices for internal and external integrations.
- Build scalable, secure and high-performing applications.
- Work with AWS services including EC2, S3, CloudFront, Lambda, CloudWatch and RDS.
- Collaborate with developers, stakeholders and other business teams to deliver new features.
- Write clean, maintainable and well-documented code following best practices.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical discussions.
- Work within an Agile development environment to deliver projects on time.
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and recommend improvements where appropriate.
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Experience
- Around 3 years' commercial experience developing with PHP.
- Strong experience with the Symfony Framework.
- Experience designing and consuming REST APIs.
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
- Experience working with Linux and NGINX environments.
- Strong understanding of Git version control.
- Good knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively.
Desirable
- Experience with React, Webpack and modern JavaScript (ES6).
- Knowledge of Redis and SOLR.
- Experience with website performance optimisation.
- Familiarity with SEO best practices.
- Experience with Google Tag Manager.
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.


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Salary
Salary is dependent on experience but is looking to pay between £40,000 - £50,000.
Location
This role is based in Colchester and is primarily office-based (3 days in office, 2 days from home). Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus.
- Employee profit share.
- Company pension.
- Health & wellbeing programme.
- Casual dress.
- Company events.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Free on-site parking.
- Referral programme.
- Sick pay.
- Ongoing training and professional development.
- Supportive and collaborative working environment.
How to Apply
Please apply ASAP with your CV to be considered for this position. You can also get in touch with me on alexandra@pearsoncarter.com or 0191 406 6111.
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