Deel

Senior PHP Engineer

Deel

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇪🇺 Anywhere in Europe

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDockerJavaScriptLinuxMySQLNode.jsPHPPostgresPythonReactZend

About the role

  • Work in cross-functional teams with Backend, Frontend, Product, Design, and QA
  • Participate in product planning from discovery through deployment
  • Collaborate to develop features, APIs, and improve products
  • Ensure customers receive a white-glove experience
  • Fully own development of features across client, server, service, and database
  • Maintain and improve stability of legacy PHP monolith (PHP 5.6, Zend)
  • Design and implement server-side APIs, data models, and business logic in PHP with MySQL
  • Create and optimize database schemas and queries for relational databases
  • Perform testing, debugging, and troubleshooting to ensure high-quality deliverables
  • Reduce technical debt and deliver feature backlog items
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to development process improvements

Requirements

  • 8+ years of backend development experience
  • Highly skilled in PHP with strong OO principles, architecture, and design patterns
  • Experience maintaining legacy PHP monoliths (PHP 5.6, Zend components)
  • Familiarity with later PHP versions (e.g., PHP 8) and eagerness to adopt new technologies
  • Strong relational database experience (MySQL or PostgreSQL) and ability to design/optimize schemas and queries
  • Proficiency with Linux command line and familiarity with AWS
  • Experience designing and implementing server-side APIs, data models, and business logic
  • Strong testing, debugging, and troubleshooting skills
  • Experience participating in code reviews and reducing technical debt
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in remote-first teams
  • Ownership mindset and passion for solving customer problems