Northumberland, UK
Senior PHP / Laravel Software Engineer
I’m Hugo, a senior PHP/Laravel software engineer with over nine years of commercial experience building backend services and full-stack features for SaaS and financial-services platforms.
I work primarily with PHP 8+, Laravel, REST APIs and SQL, alongside Vue and TypeScript. I take features from requirements and feature-level technical design through implementation, testing, deployment and production support. I also use AI-assisted development tools in daily commercial work, reviewing generated code and testing and verifying changes before delivery.
- PHP 8+
- Laravel
- REST APIs
- SQL
- MySQL
- Vue
- TypeScript
- PHPUnit
- Docker
- AI-assisted engineering
Experience
Engineering experience
Backend & full-stack · SaaS & financial services
My experience spans SaaS products and business-critical applications, covering backend development, integrations and full-stack software engineering.
- Translate business requirements into practical technical solutions, from design and implementation through testing and deployment.
- Design, develop and extend existing software, with an emphasis on correctness, clarity and maintainability.
- Deliver safe data migrations and improvements to existing systems, considering data integrity, failure handling and reliability.
- Develop and integrate backend services, APIs and user-facing functionality, with clear responsibilities and boundaries between components.
- Use AI coding tools during commercial development, retaining responsibility for reviewing generated code and testing and verifying changes.
My wider background includes financial-planning software, subscription platforms, customer-management systems, business intelligence and data integration. Full employment details are available in my CV and on LinkedIn.
Open to opportunities
Senior PHP/Laravel and backend software engineering roles
I’m based in Northumberland and open to remote roles across the UK, as well as suitable hybrid opportunities within travelling distance.