PHP Developer

Company: Ronald James Group
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Job Description:

We’re looking for a PHP Developer to join a development team responsible for building and supporting a range of business-critical systems across customer management, order processing, logistics and internal operations. You’ll work primarily with PHP, Laravel and MySQL, alongside JavaScript, HTML/CSS, REST APIs and Vue.js. The role will involve a mix of maintaining live systems, developing new functionality and improving existing applications, with the opportunity to take greater ownership of development projects over time. Please note: This is a fully office-based role.

Some of the responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain applications using PHP and Laravel.
  • Build new features and improve existing functionality.
  • Investigate and resolve issues within live production systems.
  • Work with MySQL, including queries and optimisation.
  • Develop and integrate REST APIs.
  • Support frontend development using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
  • Contribute to components built with Vue.js.
  • Improve and redevelop existing application modules.
  • Take increasing ownership of enhancements and development projects.
  • Balance planned development work with reactive issues and the needs of live systems.
  • Contribute ideas and practical solutions to improve existing platforms.

Some of the requirements:

  • Commercial development experience with PHP, Laravel and MySQL.
  • Strong backend development skills.
  • Experience working with live production systems.
  • Good working knowledge of JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
  • Experience developing or integrating REST APIs.
  • Confidence troubleshooting and debugging existing applications.
  • A practical approach to problem solving.
  • Ability to manage both reactive issues and planned development work.
  • Experience working with internal systems, CRM, order processing, logistics or other operational platforms would be beneficial.
  • Experience with Vue.js would be advantageous.
  • Comfortable working across both backend and frontend development.

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Posted: October 15th, 2026