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Join a fast-growing international trading business that partners with global luxury fashion brands, where every feature you ship directly impacts company operations and revenue. This is an opportunity to own business-critical software within a small, profitable B2B company that values in-house development as a strategic function and fosters a low-ego, collaborative environment.

The Role

Design, build, and maintain backend-heavy features for internal systems supporting operations, reporting, analytics, and a B2B customer portal Collaborate closely with the Head of Development on solution design, architecture, and technical direction Write clean, testable, SOLID-compliant PHP code using Symfony, with strong unit and functional test coverage Contribute to and improve shared standards, code reviews, CI, and deployment practices, including the use of AI tools Work with business users to understand requirements, refine ideas, and develop pragmatic, maintainable solutions Help evolve the platform and infrastructure using technologies like PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, Vue.js, AWS, and Docker\n\n

Design, build, and maintain backend-heavy features for internal systems supporting operations, reporting, analytics, and a B2B customer portal

Collaborate closely with the Head of Development on solution design, architecture, and technical direction

Write clean, testable, SOLID-compliant PHP code using Symfony, with strong unit and functional test coverage

Contribute to and improve shared standards, code reviews, CI, and deployment practices, including the use of AI tools

Work with business users to understand requirements, refine ideas, and develop pragmatic, maintainable solutions

Help evolve the platform and infrastructure using technologies like PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, Vue.js, AWS, and Docker\n\n

What You'll Need

Strong commercial experience with PHP in a modern framework such as 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 unit and functional tests as a standard practice Comfort working with a modern JavaScript framework like 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 aspects of the business Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases, Dockerised applications, AWS hosted environments, and AI tools for productivity is a plus\n\n

Strong commercial experience with PHP in a modern framework such as 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 unit and functional tests as a standard practice

Comfort working with a modern JavaScript framework like 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 aspects of the business

Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases, Dockerised applications, AWS hosted environments, and AI tools for productivity is a plus\n\n

What's On Offer

Opportunity to own business-critical software with direct impact on company success Work in a small, flexible, and talented team without the politics of a large organisation Access to 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, PMI, pension, and social events Hybrid work model, typically one day a week in the office in Bristol\n\n

Opportunity to own business-critical software with direct impact on company success

Work in a small, flexible, and talented team without the politics of a large organisation

Access to 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, PMI, pension, and social events

Hybrid work model, typically one day a week in the office in Bristol\n\n

Apply via Haystack today!

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