Description
As a Senior Associate - PHP at Davies, you will contribute to the design, development, and support of enterprise web applications within an Agile Scrum team. You will work with modern PHP technologies and frameworks, cloud platforms, APIs, and databases to build scalable and high-performing solutions that support critical business operations.
You will collaborate closely with architects, product owners, QA engineers, and senior developers to deliver high-quality software while continuously improving engineering standards and development practices.
This role is ideal for an experienced PHP developer seeking to deepen technical expertise, work within a modern cloud-enabled environment, and contribute to meaningful digital transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Software Design & Development
- Design, develop, and maintain applications using PHP, Laravel/Symfony, MySQL, and modern front-end technologies.
- Develop RESTful APIs, integrations, and microservice-based solutions.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following SOLID principles and industry best practices.
- Participate in application architecture discussions and technical design reviews.
- Ensure application security, scalability, maintainability, and performance optimization.
Collaboration & Delivery
- Work closely with Product Owners, QA Engineers, Architects, and Senior Developers to deliver solutions from concept through production.
- Participate actively in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint reviews.
- Assist in supporting and enhancing existing enterprise applications.
- Contribute ideas and recommendations for improving application architecture and development processes.
Quality, Testing & Automation
- Develop unit, integration, and functional tests using modern testing frameworks.
- Participate in code reviews and promote coding standards across the team.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
- Identify and remediate technical debt while maintaining application quality and stability.
Continuous Improvement
- Stay up to date with emerging PHP technologies, frameworks, and development practices.
- Contribute to engineering excellence initiatives and technology modernization efforts.
- Participate in knowledge-sharing sessions, technical workshops, and peer mentoring activities.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
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Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of commercial software development experience.
- Minimum 4+ years of hands-on PHP application development experience.
- Commercial experience with PHP 8+, Laravel and/or Symfony Frameworks.
- Strong experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and database design principles.
- Experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs and third-party integrations.
- Good understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and SOLID principles.
- Experience building scalable web applications and services.
- Knowledge of Microservices Architecture and event-driven systems.
- Experience with Git-based source control and collaborative development workflows.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps practices.
- Familiarity with Docker and containerized application deployments.
- Understanding of web security best practices including OWASP standards.
- Experience working within Agile Scrum teams.
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
About Davies
We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.
We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.
Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.
