NMI

Senior Software Engineer, PHP

NMI

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $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

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Hard skills
backend developmentPHPLaravelSymfonyMySQLPostgreSQLAPI designRESTGraphQLDocker
Soft skills
mentoringcollaborationcommunicationtroubleshootingperformance optimizationknowledge sharingteam culture
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Information Technology