Senior Backend Engineer – PHP, Symfony
Smart Working
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: India
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About the role
- Build & Run Our Products
- Collaborate across teams to align business, technical, and testing goals
- Estimate and plan tasks collaboratively to ensure delivery confidence
- Review specs, design solutions, and deliver high-impact features
- Monitor, deploy, and troubleshoot features in staging and production
- Own incidents during on-call rotations, ensuring rapid resolution
- Ensure High Quality & Continuously Improve
- Uphold and enforce coding and testing standards
- Break down complex work into manageable tasks for better delivery
- Conduct code reviews, ensure test coverage, and maintain strong documentation
- Stay up to date on tools, libraries, and secure coding practices (OWASP)
- Provide Technical Excellence & Leadership
- Break down epics, design scalable APIs and systems
- Mentor peers on TDD, BDD, DDD, and best practices
- Identify risks, drive automation, and recommend process improvements
- Champion clean, modular, and maintainable architecture
Requirements
- PHP (5+ years)
- Symfony (at least 1 year of experience with one hands-on project)
- PHPUnit (for testing) (1.5+ years)
Benefits
- Fixed Shifts: 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM IST (Summer) | 1:00 PM - 10:30 PM IST (Winter)
- No Weekend Work: Real work-life balance, not just words
- Day 1 Benefits: Laptop and full medical insurance provided
- Support That Matters: Mentorship, community, and forums where ideas are shared
- True Belonging: A long-term home where your contributions are valued
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PHPSymfonyPHPUnitTDDBDDDDDAPI designsecure coding practicescoding standardstesting standards
Soft Skills
collaborationleadershipmentoringproblem-solvingcommunicationtask estimationincident managementdocumentationrisk identificationprocess improvement