PHP Developer (with Laravel Experience)

Client

Our client is a dynamic fintech company specializing in retail finance solutions, helping consumers split payments over time with ease. As part of one of the UK’s leading digital banks, they are driving innovation to create flexible, accessible, and seamless payment experiences for shoppers.

Position overview

We are seeking a Senior PHP Developer with Laravel experience to join our engineering team. This role involves working on an existing platform, ensuring both maintenance and new feature development as part of an ambitious product roadmap.

The ideal candidate will be proactive, technically strong, and capable of taking ownership of their work. They will work closely with the team to modernize the codebase, improve testing strategies, and ensure high engineering standards.

The client hires specialists only from the following countries: Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Latvia. You can work remotely from anywhere within your country. Relocation or remote work from other countries (e.g. Spain, Thailand) is not allowed.

Short-term travel between the approved countries is generally acceptable but may require prior client approval.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of PHP (Laravel) backend development, ensuring high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code
• Work on both ongoing platform maintenance and new feature development to enhance the product’s capabilities
• Implement automated testing (unit, integration, and E2E tests) to replace the current manual-heavy testing process
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and helping to raise the technical bar within the team
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver solutions efficiently
• Support database optimization efforts as the team transitions to Amazon Aurora (currently using MySQL)
• Contribute to improving CI/CD practices, monitoring, and observability (AWS/Kubernetes)

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in backend development with PHP
• Strong expertise in Laravel
• Solid experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Amazon Aurora)
• Deep understanding of modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and cloud-based architectures
• Hands-on experience with unit testing and a test-driven development (TDD) approach
• Familiarity with microservices architecture
• Strong Agile experience (Scrum/Kanban) and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Strong communication skills in English and ability to work in a distributed team

Nice to have

• Experience working with AWS services and Kubernetes
• Experience with frontend technologies (Vue.js or Angular) is beneficial
• Exposure to Kotlin (useful for certain parts of the project but not essential)
• Previous experience in fintech or working with payment gateway integrations
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, etc.)