Senior Application Specialist

Job Title: Senior Application Specialist (Senior Laravel / PHP Lead)

Location: Hybrid in London (2-3 days per week)

Employment Type: Permanent

Salary: Up to £75,000

Start Date: Immediate

Industry: Events & entertainment

We are seeking a Senior Application Specialist to take technical ownership of a major rebuild of a globally used contract management / CRM platform.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role where you will lead development activity across a distributed team (US / UK / Europe), working closely with Product, UX/UI and QA to deliver a scalable, secure and high-performing application.

You will play a key role in rebuilding and modernising an in-house platform used by international commercial teams, ensuring clean architecture, strong engineering standards and reliable production releases.

Senior Application Specialist – Key Responsibilities

• Lead full-stack development across the application lifecycle
• Own technical design, documentation and implementation
• Work closely with Product and Business Analysis on functional/technical specs
• Drive sprint planning, estimations and retrospectives
• Collaborate with UX/UI to implement designs accurately
• Maintain high standards through TDD and automated testing
• Manage bug backlogs and production releases
• Contribute to cross-platform initiatives and code reviews

Senior Application Specialist – Key Skills Required

• Strong full-stack development background within LAMP environments
• 5+ years PHP experience (Laravel strongly preferred)
• Strong JavaScript, HTML and CSS skills
• Experience building scalable, secure and highly available systems
• REST and SOAP API integration experience
• Test Driven Development (TDD) and PHPUnit
• Docker experience
• Git version control (GitHub preferred)
• Experience working in Agile / Kanban teams
• Strong Jira experience

This role requires collaboration with US-based stakeholders, so flexibility around time zones is important.

If you enjoy modernising platforms, influencing technical direction and leading development standards - this is a high-impact opportunity.

Please apply now if this role is of interest.