- Senior
- Ufficio in Warwick
At Bright, we create cutting-edge software for accounting, payroll, tax, and practice management, supported by a team of talented individuals who are passionate about making a difference. Together, we lead the industry with innovative solutions and unparalleled customer support.
We’re all about creating opportunities for businesses to succeed—and for you to shine. Join us, and be part of a supportive, collaborative team that values your voice and contributions.
Why join us?
We believe in empowering people to grow professionally while maintaining balance in their lives. At Bright, you’ll work in a dynamic, inclusive environment that supports your personal and career aspirations.
The Opportunity
The Opportunity
The Senior Software Engineer at Bright will be a key contributor to our Practice Management Team. This role will focus on developing high-quality, scalable RESTful APIs and backend solutions using PHP, the Laravel ecosystem (including Illuminate components and related tooling), and bespoke frameworks. These solutions power our AI-driven features, our SaaS products, integrations with third parties as well as provide a public facing API for use by our customers.
Experience with front end development using a JavaScript framework would be beneficial, though not necessary. The successful candidate will work collaboratively in a cross-functional teams to deliver impactful projects that are core to driving the business forward.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the technical architecture and design of web-based applications and services, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and efficient.
- Build RESTful APIs for use internally and externally.
- Write well-tested, well-documented, and maintainable code.
- Deploy, monitor, and optimise software in production, ensuring they perform at scale and meet product requirements.
- Lead the troubleshooting and resolution of complex technical issues.
- Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies and best practices in software engineering.
- Identify opportunities for improve development practices, tools, code health and maintainability in collaboration with the wider engineering community.Configure builds and automated tests to execute reliably and efficiently in CI/CD environments.
- Foster a collaborative environment by working closely within cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.
What are we looking for?
- Experience building modern web applications and APIs with PHP and MySQL.
- Experience with Laravel (or Illuminate components) and/or other modern PHP frameworks.
- Experience with writing unit tests or test-driven development is an advantage.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
- Configure, deploy, and run services in containerised environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience building web front ends in JavaScript would be an advantage, though not necessary.
- Be self-driven and interested in growing your skills and knowledge.
- Experience working in a fast-moving agile environment.
- Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices and tools.
Benefits include:
- Performance Based Bonus
- Company pension
- Life Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Referral Programme
- Free onsite food
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
- Work from home
- Company events
