Principal PHP Developer

Principal PHP Developer (Laravel)
Location: West Yorkshire (Hybrid)
Salary: £55,000 - £65,000
Job Type: Full-time

An established eCommerce business is seeking a Principal PHP Developer on a permanent basis to take ownership of technical delivery across its platform. You'll be hands-on with Laravel, while also guiding a distributed development team to deliver clean, scalable code.

Key Responsibilities

Write and review high-quality PHP/Laravel code
Lead daily stand-ups, unblock devs, and drive team velocity
Review and mentor junior/mid-level developers
Coordinate with offshore teams
Oversee deployment processes across AWS, DigitalOcean, or Azure
Support performance tuning and DB optimisation (MySQL, MS SQL)

Tech Stack

PHP, Laravel
MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server
Git, CI/CD
Cloud platforms: AWS, DigitalOcean, Azure

Ideal Experience

Strong full-stack PHP experience Laravel.
Background in high-volume eCommerce or SaaS environments
Confident leading agile workflows and code reviews
Comfortable working in fast-paced, production-critical setup

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