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PHP Developer

emagine
Portugal · Full-time · Mid-Senior

This role is focused on designing, building, and maintaining reliable financial platforms, particularly in payment systems and ledger architectures, ensuring the integrity, scalability, and security of transactions.


Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services using PHP (Laravel)
  • Build and manage payment processing workflows (wallets, transfers, settlements, reconciliation)
  • Design and maintain ledger systems ensuring accuracy, idempotency, and auditability
  • Ensure data consistency and integrity across high-volume transaction systems
  • Integrate with external payment providers, banks, and third-party APIs
  • Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability
  • Implement security best practices (encryption, access control, fraud prevention)
  • Write clean, well-documented, and testable code
  • Participate in architectural decisions and technical reviews
  • Collaborate closely with product, frontend, and DevOps teams.



Must Haves:

  • 5+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer
  • Strong proficiency in PHP and Laravel
  • Proven experience with payments platforms, fintech systems, or digital wallets
  • Solid understanding of double-entry ledger systems
  • Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
  • Knowledge of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
  • Experience handling high-throughput, low-latency systems
  • Strong understanding of transactional systems, consistency, and concurrency
  • Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile development
  • Experience with scalability of a set of PHP Laravel apps.
  • Previous experience working in startups environment.
  • Candidates must be located in national territory
  • Advanced level of french


Nice to Haves:

  • Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure)
  • Knowledge of additional programming languages (e.g., Python, Java)
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

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php containerization microservices restful apis laravel python docker devops mysql cloud cicd git aws
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Posted
Apr 15, 2026
Type
Full-time
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
Portugal
Company
emagine

Industries

IT Services IT Consulting

Categories

Information Technology

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