Senior Developer

Summary

Senior PHP Engineer

Remote first

Permanent 

About CAVU

For airports, for partners, for people. We are CAVU.
At CAVU our purpose is to find new and better ways to make airport travel seamless and enjoyable for everybody. From the smallest ideas to the biggest changes. Every day here is about creating better travel experiences.

From our revenue accelerating single platform technology, Propel, through to our world-class hospitality venues including 1903 and Escape Lounges – our solutions make travel more seamless and enjoyable for passengers, and more profitable for our clients and partners.

We know that to bring your best ideas, you need the space to think, the right support, and the freedom to be your true, authentic self.

Whether you’re working from our offices, from home, in a lounge, or out on the road, we provide the environment to create, innovate, and transform airport travel.

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impact, bring new ideas to life, and push boundaries, then CAVU is the place for you.

Together, we can reach new heights. Together, we are CAVU.

What's the role?

As a Senior PHP Developer at CAVU, you’ll be part of our Technology function, playing a pivotal role in building, supporting and evolving our brand-new single platform — designed to operate at global scale.

This is an opportunity to work with the latest technologies, within a supportive and collaborative environment, as we take knowledge gained from multiple experienced airport services companies and use it to create a market-leading product for our partners worldwide.

You’ll work closely with product owners and architects, helping shape solutions rather than just implementing tickets, and you’ll lead by example — bringing energy, initiative and knowledge-sharing to the team.

About you

We’re looking for someone who is:

• A curious and proactive learner, excited to try new things and coach others.

• Comfortable with ambiguity, with the ability to collaborate and shape the best solutions.

• Passionate about building maintainable, scalable applications over chasing complexity.

• Experienced as a senior team member who leads by example and shares knowledge openly.

Essential Skills

• Strong Object-Oriented Programming with PHP

• PHP 8

• Laravel expereince 

• Cloud-native development experience

• CI/CT/CD pipelines

• Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform)

• Solid understanding of test strategies

• Knowledge of design patterns and their appropriate use

Desirable Skills

• AWS development (e.g. DynamoDB, Lambda)

• Experience with event-driven architectures

• Familiarity with modern datastores

The Perks

• 25 days holiday, increasing 1 day per year with service (up to a maximum of 28)

• Option to buy up to 10 more days annual leave, plus 4 flexible bank holidays

• 10% company pension

• Annual bonus scheme

• On-site gym

• MediCash scheme

• A host of flexible benefits & discounts – including up to 50% off our CAVU products such as Escape Lounges and Airport Parking

• Rail and retail discounts

• 2 paid volunteering days per year

• Access to an internal events calendar including wellbeing activities, ID&E events and education

• Formal and informal development opportunities, including mentoring programmes and learning grants

• Enhanced parental leave (T&Cs apply)

The Interview Process

1) Recruiter screen

2) Chat with engineering manager 

3) Technical task

4) Final round

IDE at CAVU

At CAVU, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (ID&E) is extremely important to us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate based on religion, race, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Did you know some people are less likely to apply if they don’t meet every requirement? Research shows women in particular may not apply unless they tick every box. If you’re reading this and don’t meet every single point, we’d still love to hear from you!

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation during the hiring process. Please contact us if you require any support.