Full Stack Web Developer - Brightbulb

Job Posted: 10 January 2026

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Sandown, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full time
• Salary: Highly competitive based on experience, impact, and fit.
• Industries: Media Sales & Marketing Arts & Graphic Design

About Brightbulb

Brightbulb is a creative agency 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 Full Stack Web Developer to join us. 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

How to Apply

Please send your CV and portfolio / GitHub profile to [email protected].