Java Developer

Role: PHP Developer
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Location: Stourbridge‑on‑Severn (Hybrid – 2 days On‑Site Per Week)
Network IT are supporting a growing organisation seeking a PHP Developer to join their in‑house development team. This role is ideal for a developer with strong PHP experience—preferably gained within an e‑commerce environment—who enjoys working across both modern and legacy applications.
You’ll play a key role in supporting a long‑standing, business‑critical legacy product, while also contributing to a wider programme of modernisation and improvement as the organisation moves towards contemporary software standards, tooling, and development practices.
Role Overview
As a PHP Developer, you will work across the full development lifecycle, supporting existing platforms while helping drive enhancements, refactoring, and modernisation initiatives. You will collaborate closely with internal teams to deliver new features, improve performance, and support the transition of legacy systems into more scalable, maintainable solutions.
This is a hands‑on role suited to someone who enjoys variety: maintaining what works today, and shaping the architecture and standards of tomorrow.
Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance PHP‑based applications, including a core legacy product.
• Support the evolution of legacy systems by modernising codebases, improving structure, and raising software quality.
• Work across the full development lifecycle: requirements, build, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.
• Collaborate with product, design, and operations teams to deliver new features and improvements.
• Improve application performance, security, and scalability across both legacy and modern components.
• Contribute to system integrations including APIs, payment providers, and third‑party services.
• Write clean, maintainable code aligned to best-practice development standards.
• Support continuous improvement efforts across tooling, workflows, and development processes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience with PHP development.
• Background in e‑commerce, transactional systems, or similar environments (highly desirable).
• Experience working with both modern PHP frameworks and legacy PHP applications.
• Understanding of front‑end tech: HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL / MariaDB).
• Knowledge of Git and modern CI/CD workflows.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and an analytical mindset.
• Confident communicator able to engage technical and non‑technical colleagues.