Lead Web Developer - PHP/Laravel/Full Stack

At Nteractive, we create and deliver world-class experiences for global brands through events, creative production, and digital innovation. Technology sits at the core of how we operate, and our internal platforms play a critical role in keeping our business connected, efficient, and scalable.

We’re now looking for a Lead Web Developer to take ownership of Hive, our in-house operations platform, and shape its next stage of growth.

About Hive

Hive is a Laravel + Livewire platform that powers our day-to-day operations, connecting resourcing, finance, HR, time tracking, identity, and increasingly AI-driven workflows. Built in-house, it’s already business-critical — and now needs dedicated ownership to evolve it further.

This is not a maintenance role. It’s a build, scale, and improve opportunity. You’ll take full ownership of the platform, drive its technical direction, and help shape how it grows across the business.

Ownership & Development

• Take full ownership of the development, maintenance, and roadmap of Hive
• Build and ship new features in response to evolving business needs
• Design and maintain database architecture and backend logic
• Develop and maintain Livewire and Bootstrap-based front end
• Own integrations with key systems and APIs across the business
• Manage deployments, environments, and release processes (staging + production)

Engineering & Architecture

• Monitor platform performance, stability, and security
• Introduce and maintain automated testing across critical paths
• Improve scalability, structure, and long-term maintainability of the system
• Set coding standards and technical best practices
• Document architecture, systems, and processes to reduce single-point dependency

Collaboration & Growth

• Translate business needs into practical, well-engineered solutions
• Work closely with stakeholders across the business to understand requirements
• Support future expansion of the development capability as the team grows
• Mentor or guide other developers over time as the function scales

• Strong experience with Laravel (v12 preferred) and Livewire
• Excellent PHP development skills and strong backend engineering capability
• Solid understanding of MySQL and relational database design
• Experience with queues, jobs, and scheduled/background processing
• Front-end experience with Bootstrap 5
• Proven experience owning and running a production application end-to-end
• Experience with API integrations across SaaS platforms and internal systems
• Familiarity with deployment workflows (e.g. Laravel Forge, DigitalOcean, staging/production environments)
• Experience operating as a senior or lead developer, setting technical direction
• Bonus: exposure to LLM/AI features (e.g. Anthropic API or similar)

• You’ll take true ownership of a core internal platform used across the entire business
• You’ll have the freedom to shape architecture, tooling, and technical direction
• You’ll work directly with stakeholders across operations, finance, HR and delivery teams
• You’ll see the real-world impact of your work immediately across live business processes
• You’ll join a fast-growing, global creative and events agency where tech is becoming increasingly central
• You’ll be supported to grow into a wider leadership role as the development function expands

• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Hybrid working with flexibility
• Pension scheme (5% employee / 3% employer)
• Private Medical Insurance & Cash Plan
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Wellbeing & Inclusion initiatives (including EAP access)
• Birthday day off
• Summer hours
• Volunteering day
• Rewards & recognition incentives
• Generous employee referral scheme

Other requirements

• Quiet home working environment
• Ability to attend the office occasionally for collaboration and key meetings
• Minimum 25MB download / 2MB upload broadband
• Willingness to travel internationally when required

If you’re looking for a role where you can truly own a platform, shape its future, and build something that sits at the heart of a growing global events business, we’d love to hear from you.