Job Title: Senior Full-Stack Developer
Location: Remote or London HQ
Salary: Competitive
Who We Are
HotelMap is a high-growth SaaS company and the global leader in large-scale event and group hotel booking. Operating in over 500 cities worldwide, HotelMap partners with some of the world’s largest event organisers to deliver a seamless hotel booking experience. Our platform connects attendees with more than 1,000,000 accommodation options, offering preferential rates and an intuitive booking process tailored to their needs.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack Developer with strong expertise in PHP and Laravel to help us build scalable, high-performance applications for our global event hotel booking platform. As part of our engineering team, you’ll lead technical initiatives, collaborate on architectural decisions, optimise system performance, and mentor junior developers. If you're passionate about working with modern web technologies and are excited about tackling complex challenges, this is the role for you!
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and Develop: Design and implement scalable, high-performance solutions for our event hotel booking platform.
- Lead Technical Projects: Take ownership of technical initiatives and contribute to architectural decisions that shape our platform’s future.
- Code Review and Mentorship: Provide feedback on code quality and guide junior developers to promote best practices.
- Optimise Performance: Fine-tune application performance, database queries, and caching strategies.
- Implement Security Best Practices: Ensure the platform adheres to the highest security standards.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and deliver solutions.
- Support and Troubleshoot: Participate in on-call rotations and resolve production issues efficiently.
Tech Stack
- Backend: PHP (Laravel), Python, MySQL/PostgreSQL
- Frontend: JavaScript (React), HTML5, CSS3
- Tools: AWS, Kubernetes, Redis, Docker, GraphQL, CI/CD pipeline
- Integration: RESTful APIs, XML, JSON, Curl
Your Expertise
We are looking for someone with:
- 5+ years of experience in PHP development, with a deep understanding of Laravel and best practices.
- Expertise in Eloquent ORM, database management, and performance tuning (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
- Strong skills in front-end technologies, including JavaScript (ES6+), React, and building responsive UI.
- Experience with API development and integration, including RESTful APIs.
- Familiarity with microservices architecture and message queues (e.g., Redis, RabbitMQ, SQS).
- Proven ability to make architectural decisions that ensure scalability and maintainability.
- A solid understanding of web security best practices and monitoring tools.
- Experience working in Agile development environments.
- Strong mentorship skills, with the ability to guide and grow junior developers.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, both technical and non-technical.
What We Offer
- Innovative Environment: Be part of an innovative, fast-growing tech company utilizing a modern tech stack.
- Competitive Salary & Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, 32 days of holiday (inclusive of UK bank holidays), and an auto-enrolment pension scheme (5% employee, 3% employer).
- Health Coverage: BUPA health insurance available after one year of employment.
- Flexible Work Options: Work remotely or from our London HQ, depending on your preference.
- Professional Development: Access a dedicated budget for learning, training, and conference attendance to enhance your skills and grow your career.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home
Schedule:
Application question(s):
- Do you have 5+ years of experience in PHP development, with a deep understanding of Laravel and best practices?
- Do you require sponorship? And if you are on a visa, what year does this expire?
- Does your CV demonstrate really strong Full-Stack development in global companies with creativity on the Front-End?
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London EC1R 0DY
Reference ID: Senior Full Stack Developer - PHP / Laravel
