Imagine owning and building critical software that directly impacts the success of a fast-moving international trading business. This is an opportunity to join a small, profitable B2B luxury fashion distribution company where in-house development is a strategic function, not just a support service, fostering a low-ego, collaborative environment.
The Role
- Design, build, and maintain backend-heavy features for internal systems supporting operations, reporting, analytics, and B2B portals
- Collaborate closely with the Head of Development on solution design, architecture, and technical direction
- Write clean, testable, SOLID-compliant PHP code using Symfony, ensuring strong unit and functional test coverage
- Contribute to and improve shared standards, code reviews, CI, and deployment practices, including the growing use of AI tools
- Work with business users to understand requirements, refine ideas, and develop pragmatic, maintainable solutions
- Help evolve the platform and infrastructure, utilising technologies such as PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, Vue.js, AWS, and Docker
What You'll Need
- Strong commercial experience with PHP in a modern framework like Symfony or Laravel in an enterprise or business-critical environment
- Solid understanding of object-oriented design and SOLID principles for long-term system maintainability
- Experience building and testing API-driven backend systems with integrated unit and functional tests
- Comfort working with modern JavaScript frameworks such as Vue or React in a full-stack workflow
- Ability to thrive in a small, collaborative team, taking ownership, communicating clearly, and engaging with the commercial side of the business
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL, Dockerised applications, AWS hosted environments, and AI tools for productivity is a plus
What's On Offer
- Significant ownership over business-critical software with direct impact
- Opportunity to work in a low-ego, close-knit, and flexible team environment
- Hybrid working model, typically one day a week in the office
- Competitive salary, generous holiday allowance, PMI, and pension contributions
Apply via Haystack today!
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