Senior PHP Developer

Senior PHP DeveloperBasingstoke (Hybrid - 1 day onsite per week)Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annumOverviewA 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 backend solutions, take ownership of complex features, contribute to technical improvements, and support engineering best practices across the team.Roles and ResponsibilitiesDevelop and maintain backend 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 backend 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 and Experience5+ years'' commercial experience in PHP development.Strong experience with PHP 7.4 (CakePHP) and PHP 8+ (Laravel/Symfony).Experience building RESTful APIs and backend services.Strong MySQL knowledge, including query optimisation and performance tuning.Understanding of software ..... full job details .....