Software Engineer - Laravel

About the role

Ace Money Transfer, a UK-based fintech providing online remittance services, is looking for a skilled Laravel developer to build, maintain and optimise its web applications using PHP and the Laravel framework. You will work on the backend services, RESTful APIs and database layers behind the digital platforms, integrate third-party services and keep applications secure, scalable and high-performing. The role reports to an engineering manager or tech lead and suits a developer with strong backend skills who wants to grow in a fast-moving fintech environment.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and improve web applications using PHP and Laravel, writing clean, reusable and well-structured code.
• Design, build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services, and integrate third-party APIs and external services.
• Work with MySQL databases, including database design and query optimisation.
• Identify and fix bugs and performance issues, and keep applications secure and scalable.
• Take part in code reviews and follow established coding standards.
• Manage application deployments and support production environments.
• Work with frontend developers, QA engineers and other team members, and keep technical documentation up to date.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related field (preferred).
• 2-4 years of experience in PHP and Laravel development.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills; able to work independently and meet deadlines.

Required skills

• PHP and Laravel, with good understanding of MVC architecture and OOP.
• MySQL and RESTful API development.
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Bootstrap.
• Git and version control; authentication, authorisation and application security.
• Debugging and performance optimisation.
• Preferred: Laravel queues, jobs, events and scheduling; Redis and caching; Linux environments; payment gateway integrations; Agile/Scrum.