Backend Developer- Mid-Level
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Position Overview & Specifications
The Role:
You will be joining an established team of agile Laravel developers building, improving and monitoring our product platforms, and supporting our Client Services team to deliver a great customer experience. You’ll be working closely with the wider product team (product owners, scrum master, front-end developers, testers, TechOps) to build solid, high-performance datadriven applications for both B2C and B2B users. This role includes monitoring the platform out of hours and acting where required. This work is on a rota, and you would be needed to be on-call 1 week a month on average. You’ll be mostly remote, with occasional travel to our central Guildford office to work with a crossfunctional team to collaborate in short design/development sprints. This is an opportunity to work with an agile team to build software that can make a real difference to our clients and their customers.
The Essentials: You will have:
- At least 2- to 3-years’ solid Laravel and PHP experience
- A demonstrable understanding of the importance of writing secure code
- Strong SQL knowledge
- Experience in version control (GIT), CI processes and build/deploy tools
- Experience in all stages of the development lifecycle, from technical design through to code review and unit testing
- Built RESTful and/or SOAP APIs to expose and consume data
- Automated debug and unit test skills • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A strong customer service focus
The Desirables:
Ideally, you’ll have experience working with:
- Vue.js or other JavaScript frameworks
- *nix administration skills (Ubuntu), including web and mail servers
- Agile teams • EPOS/till systems
- Working in the hospitality sector
The Company:
Feed It Back is a leading player in the Online Reputation Management (ORM) space and over the last few years has helped build reputations for some of the biggest and best hospitality brands in the UK, including Fridays, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Loungers and Marco Pierre White Restaurants. Through our uniquely tailored ecosystem consisting of EPOS-linked personalised surveys, review management system, and our customer engagement platform, our clients can ensure the best understanding, retention and satisfaction at every stage of the customer journey. We’re doubling the size of the product team to further enhance our industry leading platform and introduce some exciting new products.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £45,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexitime
- Profit sharing
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Will you be able to travel to the head office in Guildford from time to time?
Experience:
- Git: 2 years (preferred)
- SOAP: 2 years (preferred)
- Vue.js: 1 year (preferred)
- SQL: 2 years (preferred)
- Laravel: 2 years (preferred)
- MVC: 2 years (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Remote
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: General
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Backend Developer- Mid-Level roles across Cloud Vacancy's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £45,000 - £55,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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