Hybrid - Edinburgh (flexible working)

Salary - up to £60,000

Role - Senior Software Engineer (PHP/Javascript)

Head Resourcing have partnered with a fantastic Edinburgh based business who are looking to bolster their existing development team with a Senior Software Engineer.

This business is a leading force in their field and have been continually growing year on year since their inception in 2000, becoming a leading provider of cloud-based logistics software.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be a key contributor in delivering scalable, high-quality software that their customers rely on every day. You'll work on a modern PHP/JavaScript stack, designing and developing new features, improving system performance, and solving complex challenges, all while helping more junior engineers grow and thrive.

What you'll be doing:

Leading from the front: Deliver elegant, scalable code and help guide technical decisions across your team.

Coach & mentor: Support junior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow technically and professionally.

Solve complex problems: Identify and tackle system bottlenecks, performance issues, and security risks.

Own your work: Take responsibility for the design, delivery, and quality of significant technical projects.

Drive improvement: Champion engineering best practices across testing, CI/CD, observability, and documentation.

Collaborate widely: Work closely with Product, DevOps, QA, and Customer Success to build solutions that deliver real business value.

Support secure development: Apply secure coding practices and support our efforts to keep systems safe, stable, and resilient.

Champion continuous learning: Stay curious and continuously push for improvements in both systems and processes. /systems:

PHP

JavaScript (Vue/React )

TypeScript

MySQL

Docker

Linux

AWSIf this sounds like a role that you may be suitable for you, then please reach out to Scott Thomson at

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