Full Stack PHP Developer

North Sydney | Full‑time

I’m in the Right is an Australian-owned accident management company. Our purpose is to support not-at-fault drivers during stressful times and help them get back on the road as quickly and smoothly as possible.

An exciting opportunity has opened for an experienced Full Stack PHP Developer to join our small, dynamic development team at I’m In The Right, a growing Australian business making a genuine difference for people during stressful times.

If you enjoy working across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), supporting and evolving in‑house systems, and collaborating with experienced professionals this role will be both challenging and rewarding.

We’ve built a bespoke, in‑house web application that streamlines our end‑to‑end business lifecycle. As part of our development team, you’ll:

• Support and enhance our existing system
• Build new functionality on an ongoing basis
• Contribute to architectural and technical decisions
• Work with leaders who are experts in their fields
• Play a key role in integrating custom solutions and third‑party (including AI‑based) tools

There is real opportunity for career progression for the right person, along with exposure to evolving technologies and complex, real‑world systems.

Reporting to the Development Team Leader, you will:

• Develop, maintain and enhance in‑house web applications using PHP (Laravel), MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript / jQuery
• Write clean, well‑structured and maintainable code aligned to best practices
• Translate business requirements into effective technical solutions
• Design and deliver new features across the full SDLC
• Troubleshoot, debug and resolve front‑end and back‑end issues
• Integrate and maintain third‑party APIs (e.g. Twilio, Zoho CRM), including AI‑based tools where applicable
• Optimise database structures, queries and performance in MySQL
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate using Git and Bitbucket
• Support cloud‑based infrastructure and deployments on AWS (EC2, RDS, S3)
• Ensure application security, scalability and performance
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design decisions
• Drive continuous improvement across development processes and tooling
• Work collaboratively in an agile environment
• Document system architecture, code and development processes
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance functionality and user experience
  

Education & Experience

• IT‑related degree or equivalent commercial experience
• Minimum 5 years’ professional software development experience
• At least 3 years’ hands‑on PHP development experience
• Proven experience building and supporting full‑stack web applications in production environments

Technical Skills

• Strong PHP development skills (clean, supportable, well‑structured code)
• Laravel Framework
• Object‑Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving capability (server & client side)
• API integrations with third‑party platforms
• Experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3)
• Ability to contribute to or support CI/CD and DevOps environments
• Strong understanding of software architecture and design patterns
• Proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript / jQuery
• MySQL database design and optimisation
• Experience working in agile environments

Personal Attributes

• Highly detail‑oriented
• Self‑driven and able to work autonomously
• A genuine team player – we value strong culture
• Confident communicator with strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to independently learn complex systems
  

• Be part of a business that genuinely helps people during challenging times
• Join an engaged, collaborative and supportive team
• Birthday leave
• Novated leasing options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid weekly
• Modern office steps from public transport in North Sydney
• Opportunity to grow with the business and evolve your technical skillset
  

We value diversity, inclusion and different perspectives. If you don’t meet every requirement but feel excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.

Please reach out via [email protected] – if you have any questions regarding the role.