Senior Full Stack Developer (Laravel and Vue)

TechGrove is the Centre of Excellence for Banyan Software, based in Chennai, India. It plays a key role in supporting Banyan’s global businesses through technology, security, and software development. TechGrove brings together India’s deep pool of technical talent with Banyan’s long-term approach to growth, creating a trusted, developer-focused environment where people can do their best work. About Clockwork IT and TotalCtrl Clockwork IT is a UK software business headquartered in Warwickshire and part of Banyan Software, a global group that acquires and grows vertical software businesses for the long term. Our core product, TotalCtrl, is a field service management (FSM) platform used by UK service businesses to run scheduling and dispatch, an engineer mobile app, asset and site history, quoting, contracts, planned maintenance, invoicing and reporting. We are focused on growth in fire and security, solar and renewable energy, and grounds maintenance, and we are building Jerrold, our AI assistant embedded in TotalCtrl. We are a small team, so every hire has real impact on our customers and our product. The opportunity TotalCtrl is powerful and proven, but it has grown over many years into a large and complex product. Our customers love what it can do and tell us it can be hard to use. Our next chapter is about simplifying it: cleaner workflows, a modern and consistent Vue front end, faster performance, and a codebase the team can move quickly and safely in. We are looking for a senior developer who will do more than write code. You will challenge how we work, question assumptions, and help the existing team leave old habits behind. You will set a higher bar on code quality, testing, reviews and delivery, and you will work closely with our Lead Developer and AI Architect to shape the technical direction of the product, including how AI (our Jerrold assistant) becomes part of the core experience. Key responsibilities Simplify the product: Work with the product owner and customers to identify complexity, redundant features and confusing workflows, and redesign them to be simpler and faster. Modernise the front end: Lead the move to a consistent, component based Vue 3 front end with a shared design system and a mobile friendly, accessible user experience. Refactor the back end: Break down legacy PHP and Laravel code into clean, well structured, testable services; upgrade frameworks and dependencies; remove technical debt. Optimise: Improve application and database performance (query optimisation, indexing, caching, queues), with measurable before and after results. Raise engineering standards: Introduce and champion code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, coding standards and clear documentation. Challenge and coach: Constructively push the team, mentor developers, and lead by example on pace, quality and ownership. Ship incrementally: Deliver the rebuild in safe, regular releases alongside live customers, avoiding a…