Illustrate Digital
United Kingdom
WordPress Developer (Full-time)
- AWS
- Cloud
- CSS
- GIT
AI Summary
Join a small senior team owning a business-critical internal PHP/Symfony platform supporting ordering, licensing, billing, user authentication and third-party integrations. Develop new features, secure APIs with OAuth2/OpenID Connect/JWT, optimize databases, provide second-line support, and add test coverage. Requires senior commercial PHP experience in large legacy codebases, Symfony, SQL, JavaScript/HTML/CSS, Linux/Git/Docker, and ecommerce/billing domain knowledge.
Key Highlights
Business-critical internal platform handles ordering, licensing, billing, user authentication and third-party integrations
Mixed role combining planned development, hands-on support, and problem-solving across the organisation
Opportunity to improve and modernise a large legacy PHP codebase
Route to permanent following a 12-month fixed term contract
Fully remote role based in England and Wales
Key Responsibilities
Developing new features and maintaining a large, long-established PHP platform alongside a smaller Symfony application
Designing and connecting APIs secured with OAuth2, OpenID Connect and JWT
Optimising databases by rethinking schemas or rewriting heavy queries
Acting as second-line support for sales, finance, product and support teams
Identifying recurring issues and fixing or automating them in the code
Adding test coverage and reviewing colleagues' code
Keeping the platform running independently during periods when the rest of the team is away
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Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
12-month fixed term contract with a route to permanent
Fully remote working (England and Wales)
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Nice to Have
AWS experience including RDS, S3 and CloudWatch
Setting up or maintaining build pipelines
Looking after web servers
Security-minded approach to code
Experience with AI coding assistants
Job Description
Senior PHP Developer
£60,000 to £65,000
Working pattern: Full time, 12-month fixed term contract (with a route to permanent)
Location: Remote (England and Wales)
A private equity backed UK software business is hiring a Senior PHP Developer to look after and develop the internal platform that runs a large part of their operation.
You would join a small, senior team that owns the business-critical system behind ordering, licensing, billing, user authentication and third-party integrations. Most of the business relies on this platform every day, so the role mixes planned development with hands-on support for the people who use it.
What you would be running:
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