Junior PHP Developer

About the role

We are looking for a Junior PHP Developer to join ACE Money Transfer’s engineering team in Manchester. This entry‑level position offers the chance to work on real‑world remittance services, learn modern PHP practices and collaborate with experienced engineers while using AI‑assisted development tools.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in developing new PHP features and fixing bugs under senior guidance.
• Write clean, readable code following team standards and documentation.
• Apply PHP 8.x, Laravel fundamentals and MVC architecture in daily tasks.
• Use AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to understand code, generate snippets and solve problems.
• Write basic unit tests and contribute to improving test coverage.
• Participate in daily stand‑ups, sprint planning and code reviews.
• Document work with clear comments, changelogs and simple API notes.

Required profile

• 0–2 years of PHP development experience (including internships or personal projects).
• Basic knowledge of PHP syntax, OOP concepts and relational databases.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS and introductory JavaScript.
• Understanding of Git version control and REST API principles.
• Willingness to use AI coding assistants as learning tools.
• Strong desire to ask questions, learn and grow professionally.

Required skills

• PHP (including PHP 8.x)
• Laravel or other PHP frameworks
• MVC architecture
• HTML & CSS
• JavaScript
• SQL and relational databases
• Git
• REST APIs
• Bootstrap or Tailwind CSS (optional)
• AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT or Claude