Senior Full Stack PHP Developer - (Membership)

About this role

### What you'll be doing

We are looking for a talented Developer to join the "Lab Squad" responsible for expanding the Vanilla Platform with new Membership features. Reporting to the Tech Lead, you will build and optimize the tools that drive audience engagement and long-term loyalty, focusing on highly interactive features that increase member sessions and page views.

### Key Responsibilities

• **Feature Development:** Build and maintain membership-specific components (React) and services (PHP/Symfony) within the Vanilla ecosystem.
• **Engagement Levers:** Implement and iterate on high-conversion features like interactive polls, commenting modules, and "Join the Club" acquisition points.
• **Backend Automation:** Work with [Temporal.io](http://temporal.io/) to implement durable workflows that automate member lifecycle events.
• **Performance Tuning:** Optimize frontend performance and ensure backend services interact efficiently with **Varnish** caching layers.
• **Platform Integration:** Ensure membership features are deeply integrated with our CRM and Single Customer View (SCV) services.

### Experience that will put you ahead of the curve

• **Full-Stack Proficiency:** Experienced in **PHP (Symfony)** and **React**.
• **API Design:** Experience building and consuming RESTful or GraphQL APIs.
• **Caching Knowledge:** Understanding of how to build features that are "cache-friendly" for **Varnish** and CDNs.
• **Containerization:** Proficiency with **Docker** development environments and an understanding of **Kubernetes** deployment cycles.
• **Testing:** Experience writing unit and integration tests to ensure feature stability.

### What's in it for you

The expected range for this role is £50,000- £60,000

This is a UK, Remote-based role

… Plus more great perks, which include;

• Uncapped leave, because we trust you to manage your workload and time
• When we hit our targets, enjoy a share of our profits with a bonus
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