Permanent
Principal PHP Developer
West Yorkshire

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Principal PHP Developer (Laravel)
Location: West Yorkshire (Hybrid)
Salary: -55,000 - -65,000
Job Type: Full-time
An established eCommerce business is seeking a Principal PHP Developer on a permanent basis to take ownership of technical delivery across its platform. You''ll be hands-on with Laravel, while also guiding a distributed development team to deliver clean, scalable code.
Key Responsibilities
- Write and review high-quality PHP/Laravel code
- Lead daily stand-ups, unblock devs, and drive team velocity
- Review and mentor junior/mid-level developers
- Coordinate with offshore teams
- Oversee deployment processes across AWS, DigitalOcean, or Azure
- Support performance tuning and DB optimisation (MySQL, MS SQL)
Tech Stack
- PHP, Laravel
- MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server
- Git, CI/CD
- Cloud platforms: AWS, DigitalOcean, Azure
Ideal Experience
- Strong full-stack PHP experience Laravel.
- Background in high-volume eCommerce or SaaS environments
- Confident leading agile workflows and code reviews
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, production-critical setup.