PHP Developer – Hybrid (Basingstoke)

About the role

We are seeking an experienced PHP Developer to join our internal technology team in Basingstoke. Working in a hybrid model (one day onsite per week), you will help evolve and maintain business‑critical CRM applications within an Agile Scrum environment.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend systems using PHP frameworks such as Laravel, CakePHP and Symfony.
• Deliver features end‑to‑end, covering development, testing and deployment.
• Enhance existing applications, including legacy CakePHP codebases.
• Design, build and maintain APIs and backend services.
• Write clean, maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.
• Participate in code reviews, automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support system design, integrations and technical improvements.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, scalability and reduce technical debt.
• Engage in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with developers, QA, Business Analysts and DevOps.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of commercial PHP development experience.
• Proficiency with PHP 7.4 (CakePHP) and PHP 8+ (Laravel/Symfony).
• Strong knowledge of MySQL, including query optimisation.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5 and CSS.
• Experience with Git, branching workflows and pull requests.
• Familiarity with Docker and Linux/WSL environments.
• Experience with unit testing and automated testing practices.
• Understanding of software design principles and coding standards.

Required skills

• PHP 7.4
• PHP 8+
• Laravel
• CakePHP
• Symfony
• MySQL
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• HTML5
• CSS
• Git
• Docker
• Linux/WSL
• Unit testing
• Automated testing
• CI/CD pipelines
• Vue.js/Nuxt (beneficial)
• Azure (beneficial)
• Messaging technologies (beneficial)
• Microservices (beneficial)