Senior PHP SQL Technical Architect – City London

• Job Reference: NJ0132
• Date Posted: 1 October 2026
• Recruiter: Nexus Jobs
• Location: London
• Salary: 55,000 to 65,000
• Sector: I.T. & Communications
• Job Type: Permanent
• Work Hours: Full Time
• Contact: Jas Gujral
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Job Description

MONEX0303

Senior PHP SQL Technical Architect – City London

About the Job

Senior PHP Software Developer – City London

The ideal candidate will have sound 5 to 10 years proven commercial experience with developing software with PHP and MySQL.

Must have experience of working on a Linux server with good experience of database optimisation and caching technologies, such as Memcached, Redis or Varnish.

Will also need to be comfortable working with back-end business logic and have experience of best-practice front-end development, using jQuery.

Based in Central London you will be working on the development of a high-end, scalable e-commerce retail platform.

What You Need to bring to the table for this position:

At Least 5+ years of Commercial Experience and Knowledge of:

PHP

MySQL, including database optimization

LAMP

Linux

MVC, ORM

HTML

CSS/XHTML

JQuery

Caching Technologies, such as Memcached, Redis or Varnish

Ability to work independently or as part of a team and operate to tight deadlines

Sense of humour please

Advantageous But Not a Must:

Great knowledge of Apache, specifically Mod Rewrite

Good working knowledge of Linux, including command line

Server administration experience

Ecommerce experience

Smarty

Competitive Salary

Career Growth and Financial Stability

Excellent Benefits: Opportunity to work up to 3 days a week from home

The salary for this role will be in the range 55K - 65K.

Please send your CV to us in Word format.