Lead PHP Developer

Salary: £50,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements

• You read unfamiliar code quickly and can explain what a change will affect before it ships; the specific language matters less to us than this.
• Good experience and familiarity with PHP, or the demonstrable ability to get to that point fast in a large, established codebase.
• Genuine fluency with AI development tools, with a working practice you can show us.
• You understand a business requirement well enough to challenge it, and youd rather ask the question than build the wrong thing.
• The judgement to make good decisions independently and own the outcomes.
• Realistic about what can be delivered, and reliable in delivering it.
• Works well with a small, close team and earns their trust.
• Wants a long-term career with an established SaaS company.

Responsibilities

• Turn business problems into working software, often by talking to the person with the problem.
• Own day-to-day technical support and keep the application running reliably.
• Work tickets, fix bugs, and maintain a live SaaS product.
• Use AI tooling as the primary means of delivery and own the correctness of what it produces.
• Develop a clear plan for the systems evolution and deliver against it.
• Improve and restructure parts of the application as you become established.
• Take on architectural and technical-direction responsibility as you demonstrate youre ready.

Technologies

• AI
• Support
• LESS
• PHP
• REST

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We are a leading UK SaaS eCommerce software company with an Order Management platform that is revolutionising the way retailers and eCommerce companies run their businesses. This is a fully remote role, and the rest of our team works remotely as well. We are small and stable, and people tend to stay for years because they value the culture, the environment, and being treated with respect. This is a long-term career role with the opportunity to grow from hands-on technical delivery into full technical ownership of the platform. Salary is £50k to £60k.

last updated 35 week of 2026