PHP Developer

randstad digital australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Australia is seeking a Senior PHP Engineer to join a Tier 1 Australian financial institution in Sydney. You will drive the evolution of a market-leading strata platform, designing, building and deploying modern PHP applications in AWS with decoupled microservices.

You will collaborate with cross-functional product teams, domain experts and software architects, balancing short-term delivery with long-term cloud architecture. Strong MySQL tuning and hands-on AWS are required.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building enterprise PHP apps for cloud environments.
• Proven ability designing performant, resilient microservices.
• Strong MySQL performance tuning for enterprise databases.
• Hands-on AWS experience with event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy modern PHP applications.
• Lead design decisions for core platform and microservices.
• Collaborate with product teams and architects on cloud architecture.
• Write resilient, scalable code for critical components.

Skills

PHP 8.x

Microservices

Cloud architectures

MySQL tuning

Tools

AWS

Serverless

S3/SQS/SNS

Job description

Build the Future of Enterprise Property Tech | Senior PHP Engineer

Join a high performing engineering group within a leading Tier 1 Australian financial institution. We are embarking on a major platform evolution, rebuilding and scaling a market leading strata operational platform using modern cloud technologies and decoupled architectures.

The Role

As a Senior PHP Engineer, you will play a central role in driving strategic change across our core platform. You will collaborate closely with cross functional product teams, domain experts, and software architects to design, build, and deploy modern PHP applications. You will balance short term delivery goals with long term aspirational cloud architecture, leading design decisions, building proof of concepts, and writing resilient code for critical platform components.

The Tech Stack & Environment

• Core Language: Modern PHP (8.x) microservices and service oriented architectures
• Cloud Infrastructure: AWS (S3, SQS, SNS, Cognito, CloudWatch)
• Database & Performance: MySQL optimization, advanced query tuning, complex indexing
• Observability & Security: Dynatrace, OWASP Top 10 guidelines, ISO 27001 standards

What You'll Bring

• Extensive engineering depth in building enterprise PHP applications for cloud environments
• Proven capability designing performant, resilient, decoupled microservices
• Strong database performance tuning skills on MySQL at enterprise scale
• Hands-on AWS expertise in event driven and serverless architectures

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.