Backend Developer

Backend Developer

Location: Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Hours: 9:00am – 5:30pm – Hybrid with 3 days per week in the office

Salary: ££Competitive

Benefits: 22 days holiday per annum rising by 1 day per full year employed until 25 days holiday have been awards + 8 bank holidays, hybrid working, salary sacrifice pension plan, critical illness, group life cover, company bonus scheme, employee assistance programme, employee benefits platform, international football tournament.

Duration: Permanent

Our client is looking to expand their technical team and is looking for a talented Backend Developer to join their expanding IT team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced backend developer with a background in cloud-native or SaaS environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong web development skills, ideally with hands-on experience using Laravel 12 or a similar PHP framework.

If you're ready to take on your next challenge and be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team, read on for more details!

Who are we?

We are Busy Bee Recruitment, an award-winning recruitment agency supplying both temporary and permanent staffing solutions throughout the UK to our client base spanning multiple sectors including Sales, Marketing, Industrial, Manufacturing, Engineering, IT, Accountancy, Administration & Executive Search.

What our client offers:

• Work on building and improving backend systems for new and existing web applications
  
  
• Collaborate with frontend developers and other team members to deliver full-stack features
  
  
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code using PHP (Laravel or similar frameworks)
  
  
• Support cloud-based deployment and infrastructure management
  
  
• Troubleshoot issues, debug code, and fix bugs as they arise
  
  
• Contribute to improving system performance and reliability
  
  
• Take part in code reviews and share feedback with the team
  
  
• Help shape and maintain API integrations with third-party services
  
  
• Stay updated with best practices and emerging technologies
  
  What we are looking for:
  
  
• Proven experience as a backend developer in a cloud-native or SaaS environment- 3+ years
  
  
• Strong knowledge of PHP, ideally with experience using Laravel 12 or similar frameworks
  
  
• Experience working with relational databases (e.g. MySQL)
  
  
• Understanding of API development and integration (RESTful APIs)
  
  
• Familiarity with Git version control
  
  
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum teams
  
  
• Good problem-solving and debugging skills
  
  
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
  
  
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
  
  
• Understanding of DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines (desirable)
  
  
• Knowledge of Docker and containerised environments (a bonus)
  
  
• Comfortable using cloud platforms like AWS or similar (preferred)
  
  So, are you ready for your next job? Hit on the apply button today
  
  If you have not received a response within 3-5 working days, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Busy Bee Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency for this Permanent vacancy