Job Description

We are looking for Senior PHP Backend Engineers to join our team and support the development, maintenance, and optimisation of modern backend applications. The role focuses on backend development, API design, integrations, database optimisation, and the delivery of scalable solutions using modern PHP technologies across Laravel and Symfony environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend applications using PHP frameworks
• Design and implement REST APIs and backend services
• Contribute to scalable and maintainable software architectures
• Work with asynchronous processing, queues, jobs, and integrations
• Support database design, migrations, indexing, and optimisation activities
• Write and maintain unit and feature tests
• Participate in code reviews and maintain code quality standards
• Support troubleshooting, debugging, and performance optimisation activities
• Collaborate with development teams during takeover and delivery phases
• Contribute to CI/CD and deployment-related activities

Requirements

Core Requirements

• 4–5 years of professional PHP development experience
• Strong knowledge of PHP 8.2+
• Strong experience with REST API development
• Strong knowledge of MySQL, including schema design, migrations, indexing, and query optimisation
• Experience with Docker and Git
• Experience with PHPUnit or Pest for testing
• Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming and clean architecture principles
• Experience participating in code reviews
• Understanding of CI/CD and deployment processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good communication and collaboration skills

Laravel-Focused Profiles

• Strong experience with Laravel
• Experience with Laravel Queues & Jobs
• Experience with Scheduled Tasks
• Experience with Sanctum authentication
• Experience with Laravel Sail

Symfony-Focused Profiles

• Strong experience with Symfony 5.x / 6.x
• Experience with Doctrine ORM
• Experience with Symfony Messenger
• Experience with webhook handling

Nice to Have

• Experience with PHPStan
• Experience with Pint, Rector, or Duster
• Experience with SSO / OAuth2 integrations
• Experience with Stripe integrations
• Experience with GCP / GKE
• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS environments
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, or invoicing integrations
• Experience with WebSockets / Reverb / Echo broadcasting

You will be a great candidate for us if you

• Have strong hands-on PHP backend development experience
• Are comfortable working across different PHP frameworks and architectures
• Can write clean, scalable, and maintainable code
• Have a structured and solution-oriented mindset
• Are comfortable working in collaborative engineering environments
• Can adapt quickly during takeover and transition phases

Benefits

Why join inventYOU

• Work on modern backend and integration-heavy applications
• Collaborate with experienced engineering teams
• Gain exposure to Laravel, Symfony, cloud, and scalable architectures
• Contribute to technically demanding and long-term projects
• Be part of a structured and quality-focused development environment