Senior Application Specialist
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Application Specialist (Senior Laravel / PHP Lead)
Location: Hybrid in London (2-3 days per week)
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £75,000
Start Date: Immediate
Industry: Events & entertainment
We are seeking a Senior Application Specialist to take technical ownership of a major rebuild of a globally used contract management / CRM platform.
This is a hands-on senior engineering role where you will lead development activity across a distributed team (US / UK / Europe), working closely with Product, UX/UI and QA to deliver a scalable, secure and high-performing application.
You will play a key role in rebuilding and modernising an in-house platform used by international commercial teams, ensuring clean architecture, strong engineering standards and reliable production releases.
Senior Application Specialist – Key Responsibilities
- Lead full-stack development across the application lifecycle
- Own technical design, documentation and implementation
- Work closely with Product and Business Analysis on functional/technical specs
- Drive sprint planning, estimations and retrospectives
- Collaborate with UX/UI to implement designs accurately
- Maintain high standards through TDD and automated testing
- Manage bug backlogs and production releases
- Contribute to cross-platform initiatives and code reviews
Senior Application Specialist – Key Skills Required
- Strong full-stack development background within LAMP environments
- 5+ years PHP experience (Laravel strongly preferred)
- Strong JavaScript, HTML and CSS skills
- Experience building scalable, secure and highly available systems
- REST and SOAP API integration experience
- Test Driven Development (TDD) and PHPUnit
- Docker experience
- Git version control (GitHub preferred)
- Experience working in Agile / Kanban teams
- Strong Jira experience
This role requires collaboration with US-based stakeholders, so flexibility around time zones is important.
If you enjoy modernising platforms, influencing technical direction and leading development standards - this is a high-impact opportunity.
Please apply now if this role is of interest.
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