Senior Software Engineer
hace 16 horas
Exeter
A fast-scaling digital product organisation is searching for a Senior Developer to take ownership of a major product workstream, lead technical delivery, and help shape the evolution of a modern, widely used SaaS platform. This is a hands-on senior role where you’ll work across architecture, feature delivery, and mentoring, within a collaborative engineering team that values clean code, scalability, and product-focused thinking. If you enjoy balancing technical leadership with hands-on coding - and want real influence over product direction—this role offers exactly that. • What You’ll Be DoingLeading the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of new features., • Owning a key product workstream, including technical architecture decisions., • Partnering closely with product leadership to translate goals into scalable solutions., • Writing clean, efficient code across PHP/Laravel APIs and a modern React front end., • Mentoring mid-level and junior engineers through reviews and pairing., • Promoting engineering best practices across CI/CD, testing, code quality, and documentation., • Strong commercial experience with PHP/Laravel and React., • Solid knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, RESTful APIs, and relational databases (MySQL)., • Hands-on experience with AWS, ideally including serverless tools (Lambda, API Gateway, Serverless Framework/Bref)., • Previous leadership or mentorship experience within an engineering team., • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely with product., • A product-focused mindset with an eye for simplicity, usability, and user value. Highly Desirable • Experience working in startups or scale-ups., • Exposure to React Native., • Familiarity with modern DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code., • Understanding of application security best practices. Tech Stack You’ll Work With • Backend: Laravel (PHP), • Frontend: React (JavaScript/TypeScript), • Database: MySQL, • Infrastructure: AWS serverless Location Hybrid role – Exeter (1-3 days per week onsite). At Stockford Recruitment, we help startups and SMEs grow by connecting them with exceptional tech talent. We are committed to the growth of our candidates and clients. We review every application carefully, but due to the volume we receive, we may not be able to respond to everyone individually. If you haven’t heard back within 10 working days, please don’t be discouraged – new opportunities are always coming up, and we’d love for you to stay connected with us...