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Senior Software Developer
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Wordnerds
Senior Software Developer
Gateshead
NEW
Hybrid
Description
ID: New
Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.
About the Role
We’re looking for another Senior Developer who enjoys learning new tools, writing clean and efficient code, and helping others grow. You’ll work across the full development lifecycle—planning, building, testing, and shipping features. You’ll lead by example, promote best practices, and support your team with empathy and openness.
What You’ll Do:
Write high-quality, maintainable code
Create tests and documentation as part of your workflow
Plan and manage your workload to deliver on time
Collaborate with team members and mentor others
Take part in code reviews, planning sessions, and QA
Help improve our processes, tools, and tech
What We’re Looking For:
3+ years building modern PHP apps (Laravel preferred), including asynchronous processing and queues
2+ years using a modern frontend framework like Vue or React
Strong experience with relational databases and efficient query design
Comfortable writing automated tests (we use Pest/PHPUnit)
Great communicator who works well with others
Bonus Points:
Experience with AWS, GCP, or other cloud platforms
Familiarity with TypeScript
Worked with tools like BigQuery or Redshift
Startup or SaaS experience
Role tech stack
php
laravel
vue.js
aws
react
Life at
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Culture overview
In our mission to make words actionable we take our work seriously, ourselves… less so. We champion the understanding of language and strive to train computers to understand humans expressing themselves in all our informal, colloquial and sarcastic glory. We look after each other. We try to have some fun. We're very proud to be part of the Northeast England tech scene. At the same time we’re outward-looking, ambitious and trying to make a dent on the world stage. Our values: • Learn, experiment, change—if there's one thing we can promise it's that what we're doing in a year will look very different • Own your impact—if what you're doing isn't helping the team progress, do something about it • Sevens kill startups—everyone has off days, but we strive for a minimum standard in everything we do • Make a connection—be open, interested, friendly, welcoming. Every interaction with a Wordnerd should stand out • Challenge because you care—we're moving fast and none of us are perfect. We all benefit from direct, kind feedback
Employee benefits
Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Free Parking
Laptop
Learning Allowance
Pension
Wellbeing Programme
Office vibe
City Centre
Office Dog
Open Plan
Social Events
Location
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Leadership
Peter Houghton
Head of Engineering
Tech overview
Software engineers are the technical backbone of Wordnerds, and collaborate closely with our Product Owner, Data Scientists and Linguists to scope, develop and deliver impactful new features and integrations that directly enhance our customers’ experience and ability to analyse their data seamlessly within the Wordnerds Platform. We’ve embraced Agile project management and have refined it over the years into a set of processes that work best for us. As with our code, we aim to continually iterate, adapt and improve wherever possible. At Wordnerds, we strive for the highest standard in all aspects of our work. As a close-knit team, we expect everyone to own their impact, challenge with respect, share our knowledge and extend support to one another with empathy.
Engineering principles
Agile Process
Code Reviews
Collective code ownership
Communication and collaboration
Continuous delivery
Continuous Development
Continuous integration
Mentoring
Monitoring and logging
Pair programming
Rapid release cycles
Scrum
Test Driven Development
Unit testing
Company tech stack
javascript
aws
laravel
mysql
restful
python
vue.js
git
php
redis
sass
typescript
google-bigquery
Wordnerds
Senior Software Developer
Gateshead
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