Your role: Senior PHP Developer (Hybrid)

Location: Istanbul (Asia) / Turkey

Who is PIONR?

Pionr builds fintechs to empowers you to make wise money decisions, uncover hidden opportunities, and connect the dots that lead to your true priorities. Say goodbye to money problems and hello to a future filled with calm, security, and hope. Let Pionr bring love back to finance and guide you towards creating your own dream.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior PHP Developer to join our Tahsildar growing team. In this role, you will contribute to end-to-end product delivery (backend + basic frontend) by developing high-performance web applications and APIs, as part of a modern CI/CD and container-focused team.

Experience & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Advanced knowledge of PHP (OOP, MVC; experience with Laravel, Symfony, or custom MVC).
• Databases: PostgreSQL and/or MySQL (indexing, explain plans, migration management).
• Containers: Proficiency with Docker or similar technologies.
• Messaging & Caching: Knowledge/experience with Redis, RabbitMQ.
• CI/CD: Familiarity with Git-based workflows; GitHub Actions/GitLab CI or similar tools.
• Version control & quality: Git, code review, unit testing (PHPUnit), OWASP awareness.
• Full-stack contribution: HTML/CSS/JS and basic proficiency in at least one modern JS framework.
• Proven ability to manage multiple accounts and projects simultaneously.
• Strong analytical skills and a data-driven mindset.

The Senior PHP Developer is expected to:

• Develop new services with PHP 8.x; improve and maintain existing code.
• Write clean, testable code using OOP/MVC principles.
• Design, document, and integrate RESTful APIs.
• Schema design and query optimization on PostgreSQL/MySQL.
• Manage local development and production environments with Docker/Compose.
• Build scalable architectures using Redis (cache/sessions) and RabbitMQ (queue/async processes).
• Operate and improve CI/CD pipelines (build, test, deploy).
• (Full-stack) Basic frontend development: HTML/CSS/JS and preferably React/Vue for small/medium-scale screens.

Join Us

At Pionr, we benefit from the power of technology and science, and we achieve the best with our creative and innovative team. Lifelong learning, open-mindedness, and leadership are part of our culture. We celebrate all our achievements and special moments together.

Interviews will be held continuously. Therefore, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact our teammate Sema Bulut.