Position Overview:
Our client is looking for a technically exceptional Senior Backend Developer with a deep understanding of modern PHP development (Laravel) SQL optimization API design and systems integration. Youll be responsible for building highperformance backend systems connecting with diverse external platforms and introducing automated scalable testing and deployment strategies. Experience applying machine learning in backend workflows is a significant bonus.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect develop and maintain scalable RESTful APIs.
- Integrate and interface with thirdparty platforms (e.g. authentication services data feeds SaaS tools).
- Design and optimize highperformance SQL queries and relational schema for transactional systems.
- Build and extend modular Laravel applications using SOLID principles and modern PHP patterns.
- Implement CI pipelines and comprehensive test coverage using automated testing frameworks.
- Maintain and evolve code in GitHub with PRbased collaboration and branching strategies.
- Collaborate on backend architecture decisions contributing to highlevel system design.
- Mentor junior engineers in software architecture testability and scalable design.
- (Optional) Implement datadriven automation using ML models in backend services (e.g. Python microservices or PHP ML libs).
Tech Stack & Tools:
- Languages & Frameworks: PHP 8 Laravel SQL TSQL JavaScript (basic)
- DevOps & Tooling: GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines Composer
- Testing: PHPUnit Pest Mockery Postman (for API testing) tSQLt
- Data & ML (Nice to have): Python (scikitlearn pandas) PHP ML libraries
- Cloud & Infra (Nice to have): Azure
Required Qualifications:
- 5 years of backend development experience including Laravel 8 in production environments.
- Proficient in designing and optimizing SQL databases for transactional systems.
- Experience with external service integration via REST APIs (OAuth JSON).
- Familiar with TDD or BDD workflows and CI pipelines.
- Solid grasp of Git version control code reviews and team workflows.
- Strong architectural thinking especially around modular and extensible backends.