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PHP Developer (Laravel) | North Manchester (Hybrid - onsite initially)
£45,000 - £50,000
We're working with a long-established, financially backed business going through a period of modernisation across their product and engineering teams.
As part of that, they're looking to bring in a PHP Developer to support and improve their core platform with a real focus on cleaning up, modernising, and moving things forward.
The Opportunity
You'll be working across a core platform built in PHP (Laravel) and MySQL, helping to:
Improve and modernise an existing codebase
Introduce better engineering practices
Support a move towards containerisation (Docker)
Contribute to CI/CD improvements
Work alongside the team as they gradually move towards cloud (AWS)
The team are actively encouraging the use of AI tools (e.g. Claude) to improve development workflows.
We're looking for developers who:
Are open to using AI to speed up delivery and problem solving
Have started exploring how it can improve code quality or productivity
Are generally curious and proactive about new tooling
What we're looking for:
Strong experienc with PHP and Laravel
Solid understanding of MySQL
Comfortable working across backend (with some frontend exposure - React nice to have)
Experience or interest in:
Docker / containerisation
CI/CD pipelines
improving code quality and structure
Someone who enjoys making things better, not just maintaining
Logistics
North Manchester
Hybrid working (initial onsite presence during probation)
Salary around £45-50k

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Location:
Manchester
Salary:
£50,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
IT

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