Full Stack PHP Developer

At Gemex, we are a multi-award-winning family business leading the fine bridal jewellery manufacturing sector. We pride ourselves on supplying high-quality diamond rings to jewellers across the UK and Europe. As an innovative and growing company, we focus on creative digital development and build engaging, high-performance online experiences. We offer a competitive salary, full-time employment options, hybrid working arrangements starting office-based in London for the first 4 weeks, a workplace pension, a casual dress code, and opportunities for continuous learning and career progression.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript, PHP, HTML, and CSS.
• Familiarity with Bootstrap or other frontend/CSS libraries.
• Understanding of UI/UX principles.
• Experience working with APIs/Widgets (JSON, XML) — ideally building and incorporating your own.
• Experience with a PHP Framework (e.g. Laravel) is desirable.
• Experience with React or another modern JavaScript framework is desirable.
• Good knowledge of MySQL is desirable.
• Evidenceof Layout, Design, and Editing experience (e.g. Photoshop, Figma, Illustrator, Portfolio) is desirable.
• Strong problem-solving and logical thinking skills.
• Passionfor clean, maintainable, and well-structured code.
• Solid understanding of responsive design and cross-browser compatibility.
• Enthusiastic about learning and open to developing new skills.
• Enjoy working with others and being part of a supportive, collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Develop new user-facing features and improve existing ones.
• Design and build reusable components and libraries.
• Work with team members to integrate APIs.
• Optimise pages, code, and assets for performance and scalability.
• Help define technical specifications and share your ideas with the team.
• Maintain and improve documentation where needed.
• Ensure usability, accessibility, and SEO best practices are followed.