Full Stack Engineer

Job Title:

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Location:

Milton Keynes (office-based initially, hybrid after ~6 months)

Salary:

£70,000 – £80,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Hours:

Full-time

About the Role

Bolt Technical are hiring exclusively for a growing SaaS business. This is a key senior hire to take ownership of a legacy LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) platform, modernising it pragmatically while supporting a small, fast-moving team.

The role offers significant influence over technical direction and a clear long-term path to CTO as the business scales.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and develop a LAMP-based full-stack platform
• Audit, refactor, and improve legacy code without full rewrites
• Introduce modern front-end frameworks (React, Vue, Angular)
• Design and maintain APIs (REST / GraphQL)
• Improve performance, security, and scalability
• Contribute to DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure
• Mentor junior developers and support best practices

What They're Looking For

• Senior full-stack experience in a LAMP environment
• Strong PHP and MySQL skills
• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks
• API design experience
• Comfortable in a hands-on, pragmatic, small-team environment
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Package & Benefits

• £70,000 – £80,000 salary DOE
• Discretionary bonus
• 25 days holiday
• Pension
• Medical and dental cover
• Hybrid working after onboarding period

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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Design and Consulting

Industries

Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting