Senior PHP Engineer

FloSports

full-time

Posted on: 10/22/2025

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Austin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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About the role

Support high-throughput legacy systems undergoing gradual modernization while delivering new features. Performance, stability, and reliability are top priorities.
Participate in task refinement and discovery, including technical spikes and exploratory work.
Participate actively in code reviews, ensuring high standards for code quality, maintainability, and performance, while mentoring peers through constructive feedback.
Contribute to system design and architecture discussions, helping evolve legacy systems toward modern, modular solutions.
Work effectively within mature, legacy codebases: identifying and implementing improvements while maintaining a pragmatic focus on delivery.
Maintain an estimated workload split of ~90% backend / 10% frontend.
Participation in the on-call rotation will become a required part of the role once sufficient system familiarity is developed.

5+ years of professional PHP development experience
Hands-on experience profiling and optimizing PHP applications for query performance, caching, and request throughput
Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems using microservices architecture
Strong understanding of scalability, fault tolerance, performance, and observability best practices
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows
Proven ability to write high-quality, maintainable code across multiple services and team boundaries
Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve complex production issues in distributed environments
Strong knowledge of ORMs, particularly Doctrine, and solid relational database fundamentals (joins, indexing, query performance)
Bonus: working knowledge of TypeScript/Node.js
Bonus: experience integrating AI tools into SDLC workflows
Excellent communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills
Adaptable in a fast-paced, evolving environment with shifting priorities
Demonstrated ability to take ownership of complex projects and drive them to completion with minimal supervision
Curious, open-minded, and motivated to continuously improve

Benefits

Recognized three years in a row as a Top Workplace by the Austin-American Statesman
Flexibility at work - you can take control of your profession and personal schedule
All-hands events hosted annually in beautiful Austin, Texas
Annual equity awards for all top performers
Competitive and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
Peace of mind through company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance
Generous 401(K) company match vested immediately
Progressive parental leave policies
Flexible paid time off
Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events
Company donation to youth teams and leagues that our employees coach
Stocked snack bar, catered lunch and breakfast tacos every week

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PHPmicroservices architectureCI/CD pipelinesORMsDoctrinequery performancecachingrequest throughputscalabilityfault tolerance

communicationproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilityownershipcuriosityopen-mindednessmotivationmentoringconstructive feedback