Overview

Location: Heathfield (Newton Abbot)  •  Department: Development  •  Contract: Full-time, Permanent  •  Salary: £35k-£45k  •  Working Hours: 40 hours per week. Monday to Friday

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits, including 33 days of annual holiday, 40% off Wilton Bradley and Tii Brands online products, Healthshield cash back scheme, personal development opportunities and annual social events.

Details

Job Role

We are looking for an experienced and driven Mid to Senior Developer to join our growing team. Youll play a key role in developing and maintaining a range of business-critical applications, websites and system integrations. If youre passionate about writing clean, maintainable code and enjoy solving complex challenges, wed love to hear from you.

Hybrid: 3 days in-office, 2 days WFH.

What Youll Be Doing

• Development of bespoke software and middleware solutions to support and grow core business operations.
• Deliver high-quality, secure code using modern best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development environments.
• Mentor junior team members, promoting best practices and continuous improvement.
• Stay current with industry trends, frameworks and emerging technologies.
• Any other tasks deemed by the Company to be necessary for the successful completion of the role

What Were Looking For

Rate in the job description: Youre a collaborative, hands-on developer who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment. You value clean code, modern development practices, and believe in sharing knowledge with others. Youre confident to lead discussions with technical and non-technical stakeholders, designing solutions to solve key business challenges.

Required Skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• 3+ years of professional PHP development experience.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and SOLID principles.
• Solid knowledge of secure coding practices (e.g. OWASP).
• Experience with modern PHP frameworks (preferably Laravel or Symfony).
• Familiarity with relational databases (MySQL) and writing performant queries.
• Comfortable working with Git, Composer and modern development workflows.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Familiar with Agile / Scrum methodologies.
• Experience writing automated tests (PHPUnit/PEST).
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.).
• Experience with Docker and containerised development environments.
• Exposure to modern JavaScript frameworks (Vue.js, React or similar).

What We Offer

• A supportive, close-knit development team with a culture of mentorship and learning.
• Opportunities to lead technically and shape the architecture of new solutions.
• Ongoing training, personal development plans and regular socials.
• Flexible hybrid working environment.