PHP Engineer - Contract
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Contract PHP Engineer Rebuild the Brain of an Industry
Hybrid Sydney Full-Time
12 months initial extending - $1050 per day (incl. super)
Are you a Senior Engineer looking to work on a platform that genuinely powers an entire industry
Youre probably not interested in just shipping code. You want to influence architecture solve meaningful technical challenges and contribute to rebuilding a system that sits at the heart of an entire sector. This role gives you the opportunity to do exactly that with a clear path toward feature leadership or future tech leadership if thats where you want to take it.
This is a start-up-style team within an enterprise environment. A high-performing product-focused group with the autonomy to move fast and the stability to do things properly. Youll join a team of 35 engineers as we double in size to 65 right at the point where were re-architecting a complex legacy monolith into a modular scalable platform.
The product is a mission-critical ERP/CRM system automating business processes for the majority of Australias strata market backed by a major financial technology company thats quietly recruited senior talent from Google Meta and Amazon. Its used every day by businesses that manage millions of homes and billions in funds. And now it needs a senior engineer like you to help take it to the next level.
Whats In It For You
Real ownership over technical design architecture and delivery
Opportunity to grow into Feature Lead or Tech Lead without giving up hands-on work
Work on a platform with real-world impact not just another SaaS tool
A roadmap with both complexity and clarity: youll help untangle 1000 APIs and reshape the system
Be part of a high-performing collaborative team with flexibility and support
Tech Stack
Languages & Frameworks: PHP8 (custom frameworks) JavaScript React (desirable)
Databases: MySQL performance tuning and indexing skills highly valued
Cloud & Tools: AWS profiling tools (e.g. DataTrace) cloud build tools Karate for testing
Security & Quality: Secure coding practices unit testing cybersecurity principles (desirable)
What Youll Be Doing
Build and modernise high-scale PHP-based systems used by an entire industry
Improve system design and help transition a legacy monolith into modular services
Solve deep platform challenges across performance scale and reliability
Write clean secure maintainable code with a focus on long-term quality
Contribute to front-end development with JavaScript (React experience is a bonus)
Collaborate with senior engineers product managers and cloud specialists across multiple squads
Ready to have meaningful input into how a platform is rebuilt from the inside out
If youre interested in hearing more apply here or get in touch with Jon Holland or Indigo Munro on Linkedin!
Employment Type
Full-Time
