PHP Backend Engineer [gn]

Summary

As a PHP Backend Engineer at LUMASERV, you'll play a key role in developing and maintaining customer projects that serve millions of users daily. You'll work closely with our product managers, developers, and architects to build robust, scalable backend solutions using modern PHP frameworks, particularly Laravel. If you appreciate clean code, domain-driven design, and the elegance that Laravel brings to application development, this position offers you the opportunity to shape the technical direction of projects while writing high-quality code every day.

Description

• You implement backend solutions using modern web frameworks, primarily Laravel
• You design and develop RESTful and RPC APIs that integrate seamlessly with frontend applications and external systems
• You write and maintain comprehensive automated software tests to ensure code quality and reliability
• You collaborate with frontend developers to design efficient API contracts and data structures
• You perform regular code reviews and help establish best practices within the team
• You refactor and optimize existing codebases to improve maintainability and performance
• You implement security best practices and prevent common vulnerabilities
• You work with databases (MySQL, MariaDB, Redis) to design efficient data models and queries
• You participate in technical planning sessions and contribute to architectural decisions

Qualifications

• Extensive professional experience in PHP backend development
• Strong expertise with Laravel (or similar modern frameworks like Symfony, Slim)
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns
• Experience with database design and optimization (MySQL, MariaDB, Redis)
• Proficiency in writing automated tests (PHPUnit, Pest)
• Familiarity with HTTP REST/RPC interfaces and API documentation formats (Swagger/OpenAPI)
• Experience with project management tools (JIRA) and agile methodologies (Kanban, SCRUM)
• Strong understanding of web security principles and common vulnerabilities

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with domain-driven design and software architecture
• Knowledge of CI/CD processes and DevOps practices
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Experience with message queues and asynchronous processing
• Contributions to open-source projects or active participation in the developer community