Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited
Eastbourne, Sussex
Software Developer (e-commerce) Eastbourne £40,000 to £50,000 + Training + Progression + Company Benefits Are you a Software Developer with commercial programming experience using PHP, .NET or ColdFusion? Do you want the chance to be part of an established and successful business, with the chance of progression or increased responsibility while furthering your developer skills and experience? On offer is the opportunity to join an established and growing business, has an enviable reputation in the e-commerce industry, growing your skills and knowledge, part of a close-knit team, where they look after their staff and allow for personal and career development. The ideal candidate is a Software Developer with strong PHP, .NET or similar technologies skills, while being proficient with front-end. The Role Web Developer responsibilities Learn from senior developers how to code in Adobe ColdFusion Help plan and map the SDLC Write clean code in both front end and back end languages The Person Commercial web development experience Full right to work in the UK Commutable to Eastbourne Reference Number : BBBH23492 Key words : Full-stack, full stack, Back end, Back-end, Developer, Development, ColdFusion, CFML, PHP, .NET, Eastbourne If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates. The salary advertised is a guideline for this position. The offered renumeration will be dependent on the extent of your experience, qualifications, and skill set. Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job, you accept the T&Cs, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found on our website.
Mar 30, 2026
Full time
Software Developer (e-commerce) Eastbourne £40,000 to £50,000 + Training + Progression + Company Benefits Are you a Software Developer with commercial programming experience using PHP, .NET or ColdFusion? Do you want the chance to be part of an established and successful business, with the chance of progression or increased responsibility while furthering your developer skills and experience? On offer is the opportunity to join an established and growing business, has an enviable reputation in the e-commerce industry, growing your skills and knowledge, part of a close-knit team, where they look after their staff and allow for personal and career development. The ideal candidate is a Software Developer with strong PHP, .NET or similar technologies skills, while being proficient with front-end. The Role Web Developer responsibilities Learn from senior developers how to code in Adobe ColdFusion Help plan and map the SDLC Write clean code in both front end and back end languages The Person Commercial web development experience Full right to work in the UK Commutable to Eastbourne Reference Number : BBBH23492 Key words : Full-stack, full stack, Back end, Back-end, Developer, Development, ColdFusion, CFML, PHP, .NET, Eastbourne If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates. The salary advertised is a guideline for this position. The offered renumeration will be dependent on the extent of your experience, qualifications, and skill set. Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job, you accept the T&Cs, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found on our website.
Backend Developer Romsey, Hampshire (Hybrid - 3 days office / 2 remote, flexible) £45,000 - £50,000 + Benefits OOP, PHP, Laravel My client build innovative SaaS solutions that help organisations monitor, manage, and optimise critical infrastructure. Following recent growth and their migration to AWS, they're investing heavily in modernising their platform and building new products. I'm now looking for a Backend Developer to join their agile team and play a key role in shaping the future of their technology. The Role This is a hands-on backend role with real ownership. You'll work across both: Stabilising and improving existing Laravel-based systems Designing and building new SaaS products using a modern tech stack You'll act as the backend authority within a small, collaborative team, working closely with a Frontend Developer and Senior UX/UI Designer. What You'll Be Doing Design & Development Build and maintain scalable SaaS applications Develop clean, well-structured backend systems using modern Laravel Design and implement robust RESTful APIs for a React frontend Architecture & Ownership Own backend architecture and code quality Design multi-tenant database structures Apply best practices (service patterns, Eloquent optimisation, clean architecture) System Optimisation Improve performance and reliability of legacy systems Handle complex data migrations Proactively enhance system security Cloud & DevOps Help modernise systems using AWS managed services Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines Support automated, reliable deployments Collaboration Work closely with frontend and UX on product development Contribute to product discovery and backlog shaping Participate in Agile/SCRUM ceremonies (Jira) Key Technical Requirements 3+ years commercial experience in backend development Strong PHP (8.x) and deep Laravel expertise Solid PostgreSQL experience (schema design, optimisation) Experience building APIs and integrating with frontend frameworks (ideally React) Strong understanding of Agile/SCRUM and TDD Nice to Have Experience with AWS and infrastructure modernisation CI/CD pipeline design and management Exposure to AI tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude) Experience with agentic AI systems Familiarity with Figma workflows Interested in this position? Send your CV to
Mar 27, 2026
Full time
Backend Developer Romsey, Hampshire (Hybrid - 3 days office / 2 remote, flexible) £45,000 - £50,000 + Benefits OOP, PHP, Laravel My client build innovative SaaS solutions that help organisations monitor, manage, and optimise critical infrastructure. Following recent growth and their migration to AWS, they're investing heavily in modernising their platform and building new products. I'm now looking for a Backend Developer to join their agile team and play a key role in shaping the future of their technology. The Role This is a hands-on backend role with real ownership. You'll work across both: Stabilising and improving existing Laravel-based systems Designing and building new SaaS products using a modern tech stack You'll act as the backend authority within a small, collaborative team, working closely with a Frontend Developer and Senior UX/UI Designer. What You'll Be Doing Design & Development Build and maintain scalable SaaS applications Develop clean, well-structured backend systems using modern Laravel Design and implement robust RESTful APIs for a React frontend Architecture & Ownership Own backend architecture and code quality Design multi-tenant database structures Apply best practices (service patterns, Eloquent optimisation, clean architecture) System Optimisation Improve performance and reliability of legacy systems Handle complex data migrations Proactively enhance system security Cloud & DevOps Help modernise systems using AWS managed services Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines Support automated, reliable deployments Collaboration Work closely with frontend and UX on product development Contribute to product discovery and backlog shaping Participate in Agile/SCRUM ceremonies (Jira) Key Technical Requirements 3+ years commercial experience in backend development Strong PHP (8.x) and deep Laravel expertise Solid PostgreSQL experience (schema design, optimisation) Experience building APIs and integrating with frontend frameworks (ideally React) Strong understanding of Agile/SCRUM and TDD Nice to Have Experience with AWS and infrastructure modernisation CI/CD pipeline design and management Exposure to AI tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude) Experience with agentic AI systems Familiarity with Figma workflows Interested in this position? Send your CV to
We're looking for an Engineering Lead to own technical direction across our digital products, from our customer-facing web and mobile apps, internal tooling, to data platform. This is a hands on role where you'll write code daily while shaping architecture and driving engineering standards. About Just We help people achieve a better later life. That's our purpose and it's the reason we exist. We are a fast growing company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do. This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK's most loved retirement expert. Rest Less is the fastest growing digital community for the over 50s. It has recently been acquired by Just Group's Direct to Consumer business. This is a clear demonstration of Rest Less' success and potential, and Just Group's strategic commitment to investing in the UK retirement sector. Key responsibilities Build and own full stack systems end to end, making fast, pragmatic decisions that prioritise learning and impact Partner closely with product and data to turn business problems into simple, effective technical solutions Lead a small, high trust engineering team of 2 to 4, setting direction while staying deeply hands on Ship frequently using short feedback loops, iterating quickly based on real user input Take full ownership of production systems, including reliability, performance and continuous improvement Spend the majority of time writing, reviewing and shipping code in a fast moving environment What We're Looking For Comfortable leading small engineering teams with line management responsibility while remaining hands on Strong advocate for continuous delivery, observability, testing culture and developer experience Pragmatic decision maker who balances speed, quality and technical debt in fast moving environments Comfortable with on call rotations, incident response and running blameless post mortems Experience evolving legacy systems alongside modern, scalable architectures Solid backend engineering experience with PHP, Python or similar and strong relational database design using PostgreSQL or MySQL Hands on experience with AWS serverless, event driven architectures and infrastructure as code using Terraform or CDK Our behaviours At Just you'll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You'll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we're ambitious, curious and collaborative - and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers. What 's in it for you A competitive salary, pensionschemeand life assurance 25 days annual leave plus anadditionalday on us for your birthday Private medical cover and income protection, just in case A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme Opportunities to progress your career in role and within the company Free access to the Headspace app, 24/7 employee assistance helpline and trained physical and mental health first aiders A variety of employee funded benefits available via our online benefits portal Plus, severaladditionalpurchase options available for you and your loved ones Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just. We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity. Please submit your CV using the 'apply now' button . Shortlisted candidates will be contacted regarding next steps which may include an initial phone interview and in person assessment.
Mar 27, 2026
Full time
We're looking for an Engineering Lead to own technical direction across our digital products, from our customer-facing web and mobile apps, internal tooling, to data platform. This is a hands on role where you'll write code daily while shaping architecture and driving engineering standards. About Just We help people achieve a better later life. That's our purpose and it's the reason we exist. We are a fast growing company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do. This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK's most loved retirement expert. Rest Less is the fastest growing digital community for the over 50s. It has recently been acquired by Just Group's Direct to Consumer business. This is a clear demonstration of Rest Less' success and potential, and Just Group's strategic commitment to investing in the UK retirement sector. Key responsibilities Build and own full stack systems end to end, making fast, pragmatic decisions that prioritise learning and impact Partner closely with product and data to turn business problems into simple, effective technical solutions Lead a small, high trust engineering team of 2 to 4, setting direction while staying deeply hands on Ship frequently using short feedback loops, iterating quickly based on real user input Take full ownership of production systems, including reliability, performance and continuous improvement Spend the majority of time writing, reviewing and shipping code in a fast moving environment What We're Looking For Comfortable leading small engineering teams with line management responsibility while remaining hands on Strong advocate for continuous delivery, observability, testing culture and developer experience Pragmatic decision maker who balances speed, quality and technical debt in fast moving environments Comfortable with on call rotations, incident response and running blameless post mortems Experience evolving legacy systems alongside modern, scalable architectures Solid backend engineering experience with PHP, Python or similar and strong relational database design using PostgreSQL or MySQL Hands on experience with AWS serverless, event driven architectures and infrastructure as code using Terraform or CDK Our behaviours At Just you'll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You'll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we're ambitious, curious and collaborative - and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers. What 's in it for you A competitive salary, pensionschemeand life assurance 25 days annual leave plus anadditionalday on us for your birthday Private medical cover and income protection, just in case A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme Opportunities to progress your career in role and within the company Free access to the Headspace app, 24/7 employee assistance helpline and trained physical and mental health first aiders A variety of employee funded benefits available via our online benefits portal Plus, severaladditionalpurchase options available for you and your loved ones Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just. We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity. Please submit your CV using the 'apply now' button . Shortlisted candidates will be contacted regarding next steps which may include an initial phone interview and in person assessment.
