Engineering
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United Kingdom
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Fully Remote
Senior Backend Magento Developer
We’re looking for a Senior Magento Backend Developer who combines technical depth with excellent communication. You’ll be hands-on building, optimising, and integrating Magento 2 solutions. You’ll also be confident talking to clients, whether that’s clarifying requirements, demoing your work, or explaining technical trade-offs in plain English.
Why join us?
- Work on ambitious ecommerce projects with Magento 2 and modern stacks.
- Get real client exposure - you’ll be trusted as a technical voice in calls and demos.
- Remote-first culture with flexibility and autonomy.
What you’ll do
- Build and maintain Magento 2 modules, integrations, and backend functionality.
- Take part in client calls to gather requirements, demo features, and provide updates.
- Translate business needs into clear technical solutions.
- Debug and optimise backend systems for performance and security.
- Collaborate closely with designers, PMs, and CX teams to deliver projects.
- Support the team with code reviews and pair programming.
What you’ll bring
Must-haves
- Excellent communication skills: confident, client-facing, and clear.
- Strong Magento 2 experience (architecture, custom module development).
- Advanced PHP and MySQL knowledge.
- Experience working with REST and SOAP APIs.
- Git version control and CI/CD experience.
- Problem-solving mindset and collaborative approach.
Nice to haves
- Hyvä theme development (and related stack: AlpineJS, TailwindCSS).
- Frontend familiarity (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
- Magento certification(s).
- Elasticsearch or similar search technologies.
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Adobe Commerce Cloud).
- Message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka), containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Agile/Scrum experience.
- Symfony framework experience.
A typical day might look like
- Morning stand-up with your team.
- Jumping on a client call to clarify a requirement or walk through a solution.
- Deep focus on coding Magento features and integrations.
- Pair programming with a junior dev to share knowledge.
- Wrapping up with a pull request and code review.
What’s in it for you
- Remote-first with flexible working.
- Competitive salary.
- Training, certifications, and personal growth opportunities.
- A collaborative culture where strong communicators thrive.
If you want to keep coding at a high level and be a trusted voice with clients, this is the role for you!
- Department
- Engineering
- Locations
- United Kingdom
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
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