Senior Full Stack PHP Developer

Job Summary

We are seeking a seasoned and hands-on Senior Full Stack PHP Developer with at least 6-8 years of professional experience to lead the development, enhancement, and modernisation of our CRM, omnichannel, and customer intelligence platforms.
This is not a pure maintenance role.
The ideal candidate must be capable of:
• Architecting scalable PHP applications
• Modernising legacy systems
• Building performant APIs and frontend experiences
• Integrating AI-powered workflows and tooling
• Working across cloud, frontend, backend, and DevOps environments
• Mentoring junior developers
• Driving engineering best practices and reducing single points of failure
• Provide support for website content management using CMS tools when required; CMS training will be provided.
You should be highly technical, commercially aware, execution-focused, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where AI adoption is becoming central to engineering productivity and product evolution.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Platform Development & Engineering

• Design, develop, maintain, and optimise enterprise-grade PHP applications and platforms
• Lead backend development for CRM, loyalty, omnichannel, and customer engagement solutions
• Modernise existing legacy PHP systems into scalable, modular architectures
• Build and maintain reusable APIs, services, and microservice integrations
• Develop scalable frontend interfaces and dashboards
• Improve overall platform performance, scalability, and maintainability
• Drive API-first and modular architecture approaches

Full Stack Development

• Build responsive and modern frontend applications using JavaScript frameworks and modern UI practices
• Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs and services
• Ensure high-performance rendering, responsiveness, and browser compatibility
• Work closely with UX/UI and product teams to improve user experience

AI & Automation

• Integrate AI capabilities into platforms and workflows where relevant
• Work with tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI APIs, vector databases, or similar AI technologies
• Build AI-assisted workflows, recommendation engines, conversational interfaces, or operational automation features
• Evaluate and prototype AI use cases that improve engineering productivity and client outcomes
• Contribute to AI-driven platform initiatives including omnichannel messaging, AI Buddy concepts, customer intelligence, and automation tooling

Architecture & Performance

• Identify bottlenecks and optimise application performance
• Improve API response times, caching strategies, database performance, and frontend delivery
• Participate in infrastructure and deployment discussions
• Contribute to platform scalability and cloud readiness initiatives
• Ensure secure coding practices and platform resilience

Collaboration & Leadership

• Mentor junior and mid-level developers
• Conduct code reviews and establish development best practices
• Collaborate closely with product, delivery, infrastructure, and customer-facing teams
• Translate technical concepts into business impact where necessary
• Support project estimations, technical assessments, and solution discussions

DevOps & Delivery

• Participate in CI/CD and deployment improvements
• Support debugging, production troubleshooting, and incident resolution
• Contribute to monitoring, logging, and observability improvements
• Work closely with Infrastructure and R&D teams on platform enhancements

Support website content contributions using CMS platforms such as AEM, Drupal, Ektron, and WordPress when necessary.

Worker Type

Regular

Number of Openings Available

1