We are looking for Senior PHP Backend Engineers to join our team and support the development, maintenance, and optimisation of modern backend applications. The role focuses on backend development, API design, integrations, database optimisation, and the delivery of scalable solutions using modern PHP technologies across Laravel and Symfony environments.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend applications using PHP frameworks
Design and implement REST APIs and backend services
Contribute to scalable and maintainable software architectures
Work with asynchronous processing, queues, jobs, and integrations
Support database design, migrations, indexing, and optimisation activities
Write and maintain unit and feature tests
Participate in code reviews and maintain code quality standards
Support troubleshooting, debugging, and performance optimisation activities
Collaborate with development teams during takeover and delivery phases
Contribute to CI/CD and deployment-related activities

Requirements

Core Requirements

4–5 years of professional PHP development experience
Strong knowledge of PHP 8.2+
Strong experience with REST API development
Strong knowledge of MySQL, including schema design, migrations, indexing, and query optimisation
Experience with Docker and Git
Experience with PHPUnit or Pest for testing
Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming and clean architecture principles
Experience participating in code reviews
Understanding of CI/CD and deployment processes
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Good communication and collaboration skills