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Ripple Recruitment have partnered with an ambitious digital agency based in Basingstoke that is looking for a talented Junior Developer to join their growing development team. If you already have hands-on experience working on live web projects and are eager to accelerate your technical growth, this role offers a structured pathway to progress into a Full Stack Developer. You will work closely alongside experienced developers and designers in a collaborative, design-led environment, gaining exposure across the entire development lifecycle from front-end WordPress builds to back-end logic, database design, and cloud infrastructure. This is a hybrid position requiring roughly two days a week onsite in Basingstoke, so candidates should be within a comfortable commuting distance (ideally with access to a car). Overview Assist in creating, customising, and maintaining bespoke WordPress themes and plugins. Turn design wireframes into clean, responsive, cross-browser compatible web pages. Develop your skills writing clean, scalable code using HTML, SCSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and PHP. Learn to write and optimize SQL queries for database performance and reliability. Gain hands-on exposure to deployment processes, AWS cloud platforms, and Linux environments. Troubleshoot functional issues, squash bugs, and implement clean fixes across agency client sites. Stay curious about emerging web technologies, frameworks, and modern developer tooling. Essential Skills & Experience Some commercial experience working, ideally within an agency, software house, or in-house development team. Solid experience customising, building, or maintaining WordPress sites (themes/plugins). Strong grasp of HTML5, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript, and responsive web design. Practical understanding of database interactions and basic query writing (MySQL/SQL). Comfortable using IDEs like Visual Studio Code, Git/version control, and local dev environments. A genuine passion for web technology and a drive to expand your skill set toward Full Stack development. Desirable Experience Exposure to modern JS frameworks (React, Vue) or TypeScript. Familiarity with Python or back-end scripting languages. Basic awareness of UI/UX design principles or technical SEO. Progression & Training Path This agency actively invests in growing its mid-level engineering talent. You will be paired with a senior mentor who will guide you through: Mastering bespoke WordPress theme/plugin engineering and agency workflows. Expanding your back-end PHP/Node capabilities and database architecture. Gaining autonomy with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and modern JS frameworks to reach Full Stack Developer status. What Is on Offer £28,000 £34,000 (dependent on experience & skill set). Structured roadmap to transition into a Full Stack role with regular performance & salary reviews. Balanced mix of hands-on office collaboration and work-from-home flexibility. Direct access and learning from senior agency developers. Relaxed & inclusive culture, company pension scheme, free on-site parking. To Apply If you are looking for an agency where you can fast-track your journey to a Full Stack role, apply with your CV today for immediate consideration! Ripple Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. My client is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Lead Software Engineer Location: Milton Keynes (4 days per week in the office) Day Rate: 500- 550 Outside IR35 Duration: 6 Months We're working with an established and growing UK SaaS business looking to appoint an experienced Tech Lead to lead their software engineering function. This is a leadership-focused role where you'll oversee a team of around 10 software engineers, driving engineering excellence, improving delivery processes, and shaping the technical direction of a modern cloud-based software platform. You'll work closely with senior leadership to deliver strategic initiatives while building a high-performing engineering culture. This is not a hands-on coding role, but you'll need the technical credibility to support, challenge and mentor the development team. The RoleYou'll take ownership of the engineering function, focusing on people, processes, and technical strategy. Key priorities include strengthening software development and QA practices, leading a cloud migration programme, and supporting the adoption of AI-powered development tools. Responsibilities Lead, mentor and develop a team of approximately 10 software engineers. Manage performance, career development, recruitment and team growth. Improve and embed engineering best practices across SDLC, testing, code reviews, documentation and release management. Own engineering governance around security, compliance and data protection. Lead the migration of infrastructure to a public cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP). Partner with senior stakeholders to translate product strategy into engineering delivery. Drive adoption of modern AI-assisted and agentic software development practices. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and technical excellence. About YouYou'll have previous experience managing software engineering teams and enjoy leading people as much as improving technical delivery. Essential Experience leading software engineering teams (ideally 5+ developers). Strong understanding of PHP (OR NodeJS/Python), MySQL and modern web application development. Experience implementing scalable engineering processes and delivery standards. Proven experience with cloud infrastructure and cloud migration projects (AWS, Azure or GCP). Knowledge of software security, GDPR and compliance requirements. Comfortable working closely with executive leadership and influencing technical strategy. Interest in AI-driven software development and emerging engineering practices. Able to work from the Milton Keynes office at least four days per week. Desirable Background within a SaaS environment. Experience delivering AI-enabled product features. Exposure to tools such as Cursor, Claude Code or GitHub Copilot. If you're an experienced Tech Lead looking for a role where you can make a significant impact on engineering culture, technical strategy and team leadership, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today for a confidential discussion.

Senior PHP Developer Basingstoke (Hybrid - 1 day onsite per week) Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum Overview A growing organisation is seeking a Senior PHP Developer to join its internal technology team, supporting the development and enhancement of its business-critical CRM platform.Working within an Agile Scrum team, you will deliver scalable backend solutions, take ownership of complex features, contribute to technical improvements, and support engineering best practices across the team. Roles & Responsibilities Develop and maintain backend systems using PHP (Laravel/CakePHP). Deliver features end-to-end, from design and development through to testing and deployment. Enhance and modernise legacy CakePHP applications. Build and maintain APIs, integrations, and backend services. Write clean, maintainable, and testable code. Contribute to code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD processes. Support architecture decisions, technical improvements, and reduction of technical debt. Troubleshoot production issues and support continuous improvement. Mentor developers through knowledge sharing, coaching, and code reviews. Collaborate with Product Owners, QA, DevOps, and wider technology teams. Skills & Experience 5+ years' commercial experience in PHP development. Strong experience with PHP 7.4 (CakePHP) and PHP 8+ (Laravel/Symfony). Experience building RESTful APIs and backend services. Strong MySQL knowledge, including query optimisation and performance tuning. Understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and SOLID principles. Experience with JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS, Git, Docker, and Linux/WSL environments. Strong experience with unit testing, automated testing, and code reviews. Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams. Exposure to Vue.js/Nuxt, Azure, CI/CD pipelines, messaging technologies, microservices, or event-driven architectures is desirable. Experience working within regulated industries such as Insurance or Financial Services is beneficial. Qualifications A-Level or equivalent required.

Senior Software Engineer Department: Engineering Employment Type: Full Time Location: London Reporting To: Regional Head of Application Operations Compensation: £70,000 - £85,000 / year Description Reward Gateway, part of Edenred, is a global leader in benefits and employee engagement. We help businesses attract, engage, and retain top talent through strategic reward, recognition, and well being solutions. Guided by our shared missions - "Making the World a Better Place to Work" and "Enriching Connections, For Good" - we're committed to transforming workplaces and improving people's daily lives. Our team embodies entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, and respect. We push boundaries, speak up, and stay human, fostering a culture where imagination thrives. This role offers a hybrid work model to be present in our London office twice a week. This hands on role sits at the intersection of operational excellence and engineering craft. You'll bridge the gap between traditional application support and software engineering by executing scripted remediation, configuration management, feature flag operations, safe, bounded code level fixes, and run book automation - all under clearly defined guardrails. The goal is to reduce unnecessary L3 escalations while increasing autonomy, quality, and impact for our Application Operations function. You'll apply these practices across our AWS environment (EKS), PHP services, and MySQL databases, using Datadog as our observability platform, Kibana for log exploration, and Heap to help quantify and understand customer impact. What You'll be Doing L2.5 Operations Delivery Provide high quality, timely L2.5 support for PHP applications running on EKS with MySQL backends, operating within clear guardrails that include configuration changes, feature flag operations, scripted runbooks, and safe, bounded code level fixes. Model a shift left mindset: resolve more at L2.5, automate more, and expedite escalations, increasing the percentage of incidents resolved without L3 involvement and improving MTTR. Participate in a healthy, sustainable on call rotation with fair schedules, clear escalation paths, and strong post incident learning practices. Engineering Practices Within Operations Apply engineering discipline to operational work: use version control, code review, and testing standards for scripts, runbooks, and automation tooling you produce. Develop and maintain automation scripts, runbooks, and playbooks for known issue patterns across workloads, services, and operational scenarios. Identify and automate repetitive remediation tasks to reduce manual toil and improve MTTR. Observability and Service Readiness Collaborate with peers to ensure the right monitoring signals, dashboards, and alerts exist in Datadog. Tune app level alerts and dashboards to minimise noise and surface actionable signals. Use Kibana to interrogate logs and correlate events with Datadog signals during investigations; improve log usefulness by feeding back patterns for better parsing and context. Use Heap to triangulate and quantify customer impact (affected flows, cohorts, and volumes) during incidents and problem investigations; incorporate findings into incident timelines and post incident reviews. Participate in service onboarding and operability reviews to ensure new and changed services meet defined supportability standards before production. Contribute to the Service Catalogue with accurate ownership, SLAs/SLOs, runbooks, and escalation paths for supported services. Technical Operations and Incident Participation Act as a first responder for application incidents at L2.5: triage, diagnose, and remediate within guardrails (e.g., safe config changes, feature flag toggles, rolling restarts, cache purges, scripted data fixes). Support major incidents by providing technical context, structured diagnostics, Datadog/Kibana evidence, Heap impact analysis, and coordinated remediation alongside the incident commander. Use structured diagnostics before escalating - attach clear evidence, reproducibility steps, and impact assessments to every L3/SRE handoff. Feed operational findings into Problem Management and contribute to post incident reviews; capture learning in improved runbooks, alerts, and automation. Quality, Process and Continuous Improvement Help define, measure, and report on operational KPIs such as MTTR, percentage resolved at L2/L2.5, escalation rate, first contact resolution, and SLO adherence. Continuously assess processes and workflows, delivering improvements that increase efficiency, consistency, and quality; balance reactive demand with proactive improvement work in Agile aligned ways of working. Maintain high standards of documentation - runbooks, known errors, and operational guides are accurate, accessible, and kept up to date. Stakeholder Collaboration Work closely with the Director of Application Operations, Problem Manager, and PETO peers (Platform, Infrastructure, Data, SRE) to ensure a coherent, joined up operational approach. Partner with product aligned engineering teams to understand application architecture, service dependencies, and failure modes; encode this knowledge into operational capabilities and runbooks. Scope and Interfaces (Complementary to SRE) In scope: application centric remediation under guardrails; automation of known issue patterns; high quality runbooks; structured diagnostics; service readiness/documentation for PHP services on EKS with MySQL; ownership of app level dashboards/alerts in Datadog, investigative use of Kibana logs, and customer impact analysis via Heap. Working Hours and Practices Standard hours are 9am - 6pm, Mon - Fri. 1 day in every 4 is on call, paid at 1.5x hourly rate. On call hours are 6pm - 9am. If your on call day falls on a weekend, 24 hour on call cover is required. Experience and Skills Essential Technical Skills Proven experience in application support or operations engineering in cloud environments, ideally supporting PHP services running on Kubernetes (EKS) with MySQL backends. Hands on capability in at least one backend language (PHP preferred; Python or similar also valuable) sufficient to read, diagnose, and write safe operational scripts and minor fixes under guardrails. Practical Kubernetes skills for operations: kubectl/Helm basics, investigating pods/deployments, reading logs/events, understanding readiness/liveness probes, and performing safe rollouts/rollbacks within documented guardrails. MySQL operational fluency: connection and pool issues, slow query detection, query plan basics, common remediation patterns (e.g., indexing recommendations to hand to L3, safe data fixes under runbook guardrails), and understanding of replication/backup implications. Strong experience using Datadog (APM/metrics/traces/dashboards/alerts) for investigation and detection; confident using Kibana for log exploration and correlation; ability to leverage Heap to assess user impact and prioritise remediation. Familiarity with ITSM tooling (e.g., Jira Service Management) and ITIL aligned incident and problem management processes. Strong communication skills; clear, concise documentation; collaborative approach focused on reducing toil, increasing automation, and raising the quality bar. Nice to Have Technical Skills Python. Experience with feature flag platforms and configuration as code within safe operational guardrails. Familiarity with AWS services that commonly interface with PHP/EKS workloads (e.g., CloudWatch, ALB, S3, SQS) and how they surface in Datadog and Kibana. Exposure to service onboarding/operability reviews, SLOs, and contributing to a Service Catalogue. Experience balancing incident response with proactive improvement work in Agile contexts; strong documentation discipline. What Success Looks Like Increased percentage of tickets resolved at L2/L2.5, with reduced unnecessary L3 escalations. A maintained and actively used library of runbooks and automation scripts covering EKS / PHP / MySQL operational scenarios. Measurable reduction in MTTR driven by improved tooling, documentation, and automation. Earned trust of engineering and product peers as a technically credible, collaborative operations engineer. The Interview Process Screening call with a member of the Talent Acquisition Team. First stage interview with Application Operations Leadership and peer (practical scenario or technical assessment relevant to the L2.5 operating model). Final stage interview with Director or VP. Inclusive Recruitment At Reward Gateway Edenred we are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you have any specific requirements or need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment journey, please let your Talent Acquisition Partner know. Your needs are important to us, and we want to ensure an equitable experience for every candidate.

Reward Gateway, part of Edenred, is a global leader in benefits and employee engagement. We help businesses attract, engage, and retain top talent through strategic reward, recognition, and well being solutions. This senior role sits at the intersection of operational excellence and engineering craft, focusing on L2.5 support for PHP services on AWS/EKS with MySQL backends, and a drive to automate and reduce MTTR while maintaining strong incident management and observability.

Senior Application Support Engineer - £52,000 - Hybrid (4 days per week in London) Please note: This role does not offer sponsorship. Candidates must already have the full right to work in the UK La Fosse have partnered with an events company to recruit a senior application support engineer to support and enhance critical business systems, applications, and operational processes. This role would suit someone with a background in IT Operations, Service Desk, Application Support, Systems Support, or a similar technical support function who has experience working closely with software engineering teams. Key requirements: Previous experience within IT Operations, Application Support, Systems Support, Service Desk, Technical Support, or a similar role. Experience using Jira for issue management, project delivery, and workflow tracking. Commercial experience with JavaScript is essential. Basic coding or scripting experience with PHP is highly desirable, although strong JavaScript experience will be considered. Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and how operational teams support development processes. Comfortable supporting and implementing new systems and technologies. Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skill Interview process: 2 stage Interview process Please click the link to apply

Excited to grow your career? Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. About the role We are building a next generation platform for one of the UK's leading financial services providers - trusted by over 2 million clients and managing approximately £150 billion in assets. This is a unique opportunity to help shape technology that changes how people invest and achieve financial freedom. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Dealing Journeys squad, you will design and build modern software solutions using technologies such as React, React Native and AWS, contributing to distributed, highly available platforms serving millions of clients. Responsibilities Design, build and maintain high quality software across web, mobile and backend services, adhering to team, security and regulatory standards. Review code and provide constructive feedback to maintain engineering excellence and consistency across the codebase. Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers and designers to deliver significant new capabilities for our clients. Develop and enhance customer facing experiences using React and React Native, while contributing to the APIs and services that power them. Support and improve existing applications, ensuring they remain reliable, secure, performant and maintainable. Design and implement scalable, cloud native solutions running on AWS. Develop automated tests and contribute to quality engineering practices throughout the software lifecycle. Maintain awareness of modern security and secure coding practices, ensuring solutions meet industry and regulatory standards. Document solutions and architectural decisions to agreed team standards. Champion continuous improvement in engineering practices, tooling and developer experience. Build strong working relationships across the squad and wider engineering organisation. Actively participate in communities of practice, technical discussions and knowledge sharing initiatives. Continuously develop both technical and interpersonal skills while helping others do the same. Qualifications and experience 5+ years of professional experience building modern applications with TypeScript and React. Strong understanding of modern frontend architecture, including large scale application decomposition, state management, separation of concerns and performance optimisation. Solid knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript/TypeScript. Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and/or GraphQL services. Experience contributing to backend services and APIs, with an understanding of distributed systems and microservice architectures. Experience building and operating applications in AWS. Strong understanding of software design patterns, testing strategies and engineering best practices. Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Experience delivering accessible applications, including WCAG compliance and keyboard navigation support. Strong focus on writing secure, maintainable and well tested code. Collaborative and communicative, with the ability to work effectively within cross functional teams. Solution oriented and pragmatic, balancing technical excellence with business outcomes. A continuous improvement mindset and a passion for learning new technologies and approaches. Comfortable working in Agile environments and contributing to technical and architectural discussions. Nice to have: Experience developing mobile applications with React Native. Hands on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and cloud native development practices. Experience working with PHP applications and services. Experience developing applications using Java. Success looks like You'll take ownership of complex features from concept to production, collaborate effectively across disciplines, and help deliver reliable, scalable and intuitive investment experiences while raising engineering standards across the team. Benefits Discretionary annual bonus Annual pay review 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1 day additional Christmas closure Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday Flexible working options available, including hybrid working Enhanced parental leave Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution Income protection and life insurance (4 salary core level of cover) Private medical insurance Health care cash plans - including optical, dental and outpatient care Health screening programme - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities In house barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches Two paid volunteering days per year EEO statement Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age. This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information. Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates. dependent on role level only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year Why us? Here at HL, we're the UK's number1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments. To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation and opportunity in everything we do. For more information about careers at HL and to see all our vacancies, please visit our careers website.

Senior PHP Developer Basingstoke (Hybrid - 1 day onsite per week) Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum Overview A growing organisation is seeking a Senior PHP Developer to join its internal technology team, supporting the development and enhancement of its business-critical CRM platform. Working within an Agile Scrum team, you will deliver scalable Back End solutions, take ownership of complex features, contribute to technical improvements, and support engineering best practices across the team. Roles & Responsibilities Develop and maintain Back End systems using PHP (Laravel/CakePHP). Deliver features end-to-end, from design and development through to testing and deployment. Enhance and modernise Legacy CakePHP applications. Build and maintain APIs, integrations, and Back End services. Write clean, maintainable, and testable code. Contribute to code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD processes. Support architecture decisions, technical improvements, and reduction of technical debt. Troubleshoot production issues and support continuous improvement. Mentor developers through knowledge sharing, coaching, and code reviews. Collaborate with Product Owners, QA, DevOps, and wider technology teams. Skills & Experience 5+ years' commercial experience in PHP development. Strong experience with PHP 7.4 (CakePHP) and PHP 8+ (Laravel/Symfony). Experience building RESTful APIs and Back End services. Strong MySQL knowledge, including query optimisation and performance tuning. Understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and SOLID principles. Experience with JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS, Git, Docker, and Linux/WSL environments. Strong experience with unit testing, automated testing, and code reviews. Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams. Exposure to Vue.js/Nuxt, Azure, CI/CD pipelines, messaging technologies, microservices, or event-driven architectures is desirable. Experience working within regulated industries such as Insurance or Financial Services is beneficial. Qualifications A-Level or equivalent required.