Senior PHP Backend Engineer — Remote & Flexible Hours

Capgemini Engineering; Buenos Aires; Hybrid; ARS 106,347,000 - 167,117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive USD-based compensation

A selection of exciting projects

Flextime

Job summary

AgileEngine is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to build and maintain the PHP-based systems powering our distributed services. You will apply strong OOP and system design skills to keep APIs secure, scalable, and performant.

This hands-on role targets someone who values clean code and solid engineering fundamentals, and collaborates with multiple teams to ensure successful delivery across environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CS/SE.
• 2 years backend PHP experience in production.
• Strong OOP, design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
• Experience building backend systems and service integrations.
• Secure API design with OAuth2/JWT/RBAC familiarity.
• Experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL backends.
• Git, CI/CD, and containerized environments familiarity.
• Clear communication and ownership mindset.
• Overlap with Western European Time zone.
• Willing to assist during weekend migration if needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend systems, APIs, and integrations supporting company products.
• Contribute to distributed systems and microservices for scalability and reliability.
• Apply OOP principles and architecture patterns for extensibility.
• Implement secure authentication/authorization mechanisms (OAuth2/JWT/RBAC).
• Optimize performance with caching, data structures, and profiling.
• Collaborate with PMs, Architects, QA, and Support for delivery.
• Engage in testing strategies with QA/QE for coverage.
• Maintain API specs and technical docs across the lifecycle.

Skills

PHP production

OOP

Design patterns

APIs security

Relational DBs MySQL PostgreSQL

Git CI/CD

Containerization

Communication

Ownership

Timezone overlap

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

AgileEngine is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to build and maintain the PHP-based systems powering our distributed services. You will apply strong OOP and system design skills to keep APIs secure, scalable, and performant.

This hands-on role targets someone who values clean code and solid engineering fundamentals, and collaborates with multiple teams to ensure successful delivery across environments.