Job Description
PHP / SQL Web Developer – Graduate
Cambridge | Global travel | Hybrid / early-career
The company
A world-leading FinTech whose trading-infrastructure powers the biggest banks and hedge-funds worldwide. With engineering hubs in Cambridge, London, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong and Singapore, they combine start-up pace with global scale and are now hiring the next wave of graduate talent.
What you will get
• Continuous technical training and fully funded certifications
• Global travel to any of 10+ international offices
• Clear promotion targets, anytime pay reviews and bonus scheme
• Hands-on mentoring from senior PHP & cloud engineers
• Competitive salary and complete benefits package
What you will do
• Build and refactor PHP 8 / MySQL tooling for 100 GB-scale market-data systems
• Design secure REST / micro-service APIs in Laravel, Symfony or similar
• Containerise services in Docker and contribute to CI/CD pipelines
• Deploy features on-site in London, New York, Hong Kong and beyond
• Work inside a fast-moving Agile squad and ship green-field projects
What you will need
• Recent degree (or final-year) in Computer Science, Maths or related field
• industry / placement experience in web back-end development or
• Solid experience with PHP in a University project
• Proven projects with PHP + MySQL; comfortable with large data sets
• Working knowledge of another back-end language (Node, Python, etc.)
• Understanding of OOP, API design, testing and web-app security
• Self-starter mindset and a genuine desire to travel
Find out more
For a confidential chat, contact Con Lam at Harrington Starr on 0736XXXXXX or click the apply button below.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Graduate Software Engineer - PHP position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Cambridgeshire offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
