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Senior Software Engineer, PHP
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $90,000 - $120,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
DockerGrafanaGraphQLKubernetesLaravelMySQLPHPPostgresPrometheusRedisSymfony
About the role
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance.
- Participate in technical discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing to drive best practices.
- Actively mentor and support the growth of other engineers through collaboration and example.
- Work with developers and QA to design solutions that align with product team requirements.
- Support monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization across systems.
- Contribute to the evolution of CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and bring forward ideas to improve team efficiency and product reliability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience developing complex software applications in a commercial environment.
- Proficiency in backend development; PHP is preferred (Laravel, Symfony, or similar frameworks), but strong engineers from other stacks are encouraged to apply.
- Experience with PHPStorm as a development environment (or willingness to adopt).
- Strong understanding of relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and caching (Redis, Memcached).
- Experience with API design and implementation (REST, GraphQL) and security standards (OAuth, JWT).
- Familiarity with CI/CD practices and automated testing.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools: Datadog (preferred), Logz.io, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes preferred).
- Strong communication skills with the ability to mentor peers and contribute to a collaborative team culture.
Benefits
- Annual salary of $90,000 - $120,000 + bonus
- A remote first culture!
- Flex PTO
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 13 Paid Holidays
- Company volunteer days
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
backend developmentPHPLaravelSymfonyMySQLPostgreSQLAPI designRESTGraphQLDocker
Soft skills
mentoringcollaborationcommunicationtroubleshootingperformance optimizationknowledge sharingteam culture
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Information Technology
