Software Engineer

SF Partners
Worcester, United Kingdom
Last week
£65,000 – £75,000 pa

Salary

£65,000 – £75,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Flexible
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
5 Jul 2026 (Last week)

Benefits

Bonus scheme Private healthcare Flexible working hours 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private pension Regular salary reviews

Software Engineer with key skills across the PHP stack and solid AWS and AI tooling exposure ideally gained in a product/ platform engineering environment is sought on a hybrid basis by a high growth, PE backed Saas scale up based in Worcestershire.

With recent investment this Software Engineer will be joining a dynamic, autonomous team of six tasked with scaling new product functionality and greenfield solutions. As such proven experience working in a product led, AI enabled would be hugely beneficial.

This role would suit an experienced software engineer who has some exposure to AI tooling but wants to learn more and join a business that is driving business growth through tech innovation.
In return this Software Engineer can expect a highly autonomous, innovation first team environment with the flexibility to work remotely whilst being offered a clear progression pathway as the team scales.

This Software engineer should have most of the following key skills

- Strong commercial PHP & Laravel development experience
- Practical exposure to AI tools, LLM tools or AI enabled product features
- Experience working on a Saas, product led environment would be a plus
- Solid third-party integration skills
- Strong AWS deployment exposure
- DevOps understanding would be useful - Docker, Kubernetes etc
- Solid pipeline automation skills (CI/CD)

In return this Senior Software Engineer will receive:

- Base salary of circa £75,000
- Long term remote working (twice a month on-site in Worcestershire)
- Bonus scheme
- Private healthcare
- Flexible working hours
- Clear progression and personal development opportunities
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private pension
- Regular salary reviews

So if you are a software engineer who is excited by AI innovation and is keen to play a key role in building high traffic, enterprise grade applications for household names then please apply now to be considered.

Software Engineer
Worcestershire
Product, PHP, AI, LLM, Laravel, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Saas, DevOps

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