Job Description

Brightbulb is a creative agency on the Isle of Wight that blends design, technology and human insight to help the UK's most ambitious brands, delivering thoughtful, high-quality websites, applications, and digital experiences. Based in Sandown on the Isle of Wight we pride ourselves on clean code, strong collaboration, and building solutions that are both elegant and practical.

Our vision is to be a nationally recognised, creative agency that blends design, technology and human insight to help the UK's most ambitious brands grow.

The Role

We're looking for a highly competent Web Developer to join us on a full time basis. You'll work closely with our designers and project managers to deliver bespoke web solutions, primarily using PHP, WordPress, and Laravel, while contributing to technical decisions across projects.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone comfortable working across the full stack, from backend architecture and databases to polished, responsive front-end builds.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain bespoke WordPress themes and plugins Build and support Laravel-based applications Write clean, secure, and maintainable PHP Collaborate closely with designers to deliver pixel-accurate implementations Optimise performance, security, and scalability across projects Debug, maintain, and extend existing websites and applications Contribute to code reviews, technical standards, and best practices

Essential Skills & Experience

Strong commercial experience with PHP Advanced WordPress development, including: Custom theme builds Custom plugin development ACF and bespoke content architectures Solid experience working with Laravel Strong understanding of MySQL / relational databases Experience with Git and modern development workflows Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Bonus / Nice-to-Haves

Experience with React Working knowledge of Tailwind CSS Shopify theme development and customisation App development experience (web apps, mobile apps, or PWAs) Experience integrating third-party APIs Agency experience or working across multiple client projects

What We Offer

Highly competitive salary based on experience, impact and fit 28 days holiday plus bank holidays in England totalling 36 days Pension contributions Profit share bonus scheme Cycle2work scheme Varied and interesting client work Supportive, collaborative team environment Opportunity to help shape technical direction and processes Team events and outings Bi-weekly team coffee mornings Slipper allowance

Starting Salary

30,000.00 - 38,000.00 per year depending on skills, experience and fit. We want the very best people to work with us at Brightbulb and so if you can add real value to the team then let us know what you are looking to achieve, and we can discuss.

Lastly, at the end of the day we are a team of really nice people and so we would love to take on someone who would fit in with our positive mentality as a business.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: 30,000.00-38,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress Company events Company pension Flexitime Free parking Referral programme Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:

Sandown PO36 0NZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:

Wordpress: 3 years (preferred) Laravel: 1 year (preferred) Web development: 3 years (required)
Language:

English (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person