19905 / Senior PHP Developer

Role Details

• Position: Senior PHP Developer- Technical Architect
• Location: London, UK (Hybrid) (2-3days WFO)
• Experience: 9+ Years
• Employment Type: Permanent/Contract
• Salary: Up to 90-94,000 per annum
• Contract Rate: 560-570 per day
• Work Authorisation: Valid UK work authorisation is mandatory

Key Skills Required

• Strong experience in PHP backend development within high-traffic consumer products.
• Experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Strong understanding of API design, client-server communication and mobile API versioning.
• Hands-on experience with MySQL, caching technologies, distributed systems, and high-availability architectures.
• Experience with gRPC/Protocol Buffers.
• Familiarity with GCP, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD practices.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, performance optimisation, and incident management.
• Knowledge of monetisation/payment systems including subscriptions and in-app purchases.
• Ability to work effectively with Product, QA, Design, and Mobile Engineering teams.
• Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code.

Preferred Skills

• Computer Science or related degree.
• Experience with Aerospike, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch.
• Experience working with large monolithic applications and cloud migrations.
• Understanding of GDPR and consumer data privacy requirements.