PHP Developer

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled PHP Developer to join one of our Manufacturing clients, based in South Yorkshire. The organisation is currently going through a large transformation program and requires an extra technical skillset, to join an existing team of 4, to keep up with workload. This is a mostly-remote role, requiring on-site attendance on average once per month.

Details:

Role: PHP Developer

Contract: 6 months

IR35: Outside

Location: South Yorkshire (Hybrid, Once per fortnight)

Day Rate: £325

Start Date: ASAP

What You'll Be Doing

• Building and maintaining high-performance, business-critical web applications.
• Designing and implementing scalable, maintainable backend architectures.
• Developing and integrating RESTful APIs and third-party services.
• Leading by example with clean, well-tested code and sound engineering practices.
• Actively contributing to architectural discussions and technical decision-making.

What We’re Looking For

• Extensive hands-on PHP experience, with deep Laravel expertise.
• Strong grasp of software engineering principles and application lifecycle best practices.
• Confident with CLI tools, shell environments, and developer automation workflows.
• Solid experience with relational databases (e.g. Oracle, MySQL) and query optimisation.
• Proven ability to work effectively in collaborative, team-based environments.
• Strong version control knowledge – Git, branching strategies, and release management.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience migrating legacy applications and refactoring outdated codebases.
• Familiarity with microservices and distributed system patterns.
• Proficiency in procedural SQL (e.g., PL/SQL, T-SQL, MySQL stored procedures).
• Exposure to ACCELL/SQL (4GL) – even better if you’ve worked with it in the wild.
• Unix or AIX shell scripting experience.
• Working knowledge of frontend integration: JavaScript, jQuery, XML, Apache, Nginx.