PHP Developer

About the Company

A Lancashire based tech company is quietly reshaping how critical alerts are triggered and delivered - from IoT button pushes to live WebSocket-driven broadcasts - all powered by beautifully simple, framework-free PHP.

About the Role

Think real-time cloud services, instant alerts, and API integrations that connect everything from embedded devices to admin dashboards. You’ll work across the stack writing APIs, managing MySQL databases, deploying to Linux environments, and making dynamic frontend updates with good ol’ jQuery and Bootstrap. And it’s all custom. No bloat. No black-box magic. Just raw engineering.

Responsibilities

• Vanilla PHP expertise – You know how to structure scalable apps from scratch without crutches.
• MySQL chops – You write efficient queries and actually care about indexing and performance.
• RESTful API skills – You’re comfortable building endpoints, working with JSON, and keeping things secure.
• JavaScript with jQuery – You know how to make a UI respond without bringing in React.
• WebSockets – You understand socket-based communication and how to make things real-time.
• Linux fluency – SSH, debugging live servers, scripting? Easy.
• Security-first mindset – Your code doesn’t leave doors open for SQL injection or XSS.
• Autonomy – No hand-holding here. If you like freedom and ownership, you’ll fit right in.

Required Skills

• Vanilla PHP expertise
• MySQL chops
• RESTful API skills
• JavaScript with jQuery
• WebSockets
• Linux fluency
• Security-first mindset
• Autonomy