Senior PHP Developer

Preacta Recruitment; Sydney; Híbrido; AUD 180 000 - 230 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Hybrid work model

Sydney CBD office

Resumo da oferta

Preacta Recruitment is hiring a Senior PHP Software Engineer to build a cloud-native platform from day one in Australia. You will own architecture decisions, production quality, observability and reliability, shaping the platform end to end rather than just implementing tickets.

You will design production-grade PHP microservices, own MySQL performance tuning, and integrate AWS services in a highly autonomous role. Hybrid work with Sydney CBD office is available.

Qualificações

• Proven, recent production PHP experience in a cloud-native context, not WordPress or agency work.
• Experience building scalable, decoupled microservices with emphasis on maintainability.
• Advanced MySQL knowledge including indexing and query tuning at scale.
• Solid AWS experience and cloud-native application development background.
• Track record of end-to-end ownership including incident response in business-critical scenarios.
• Daily use of agentic coding tools with real examples of impact on productivity.

Responsabilidades

• Design and build production-grade PHP microservices and cloud-native platform components from scratch.
• Own advanced MySQL database design, query optimisation, and performance tuning at scale.
• Integrate AWS services such as S3, SQS, SNS, and Cognito into the architecture.
• Utilise agentic coding tools as a day-one requirement.
• Own incident response, observability via CloudWatch and Dynatrace, and reliability of all shipped components.
• Collaborate with product, design and QA to shape technical direction rather than just executing tickets.

Conhecimentos

PHP production experience

Cloud-native microservices design

MySQL performance tuning

AWS cloud services

Incident response & observability

Architecting platform from scratch

Ferramentas

Claude Code

Copilot

Gemini CLI

AWS CloudWatch

Dynatrace

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We're hiring a Senior PHP Software Engineer to join one of Australia's most well-resourced engineering organisations, building a next generation platform from the ground up.

This is a rare chance to shape a cloud-native PHP platform from day one, rather than maintaining or extending legacy code. The organisation processes significant transaction volumes for millions of customers across Australia and is investing heavily in AI as a core part of its engineering workflow, under experienced leadership with a track record of building world-class digital products.

This is a full-ownership role, not a build-and-hand-off position. You'll own architecture decisions, production quality, observability, and reliability for whatever you ship, designing the platform end to end rather than integrating on top of a system someone else built.

What You'll Be Working On

• Designing and building production-grade PHP microservices and cloud-native platform components from scratch
• Owning advanced MySQL database design, query optimisation, and performance tuning at scale
• Integrating AWS services including S3, SQS, SNS, and Cognito into a modern cloud-native architecture
• Using agentic coding tools including Claude Code, Copilot, and Gemini CLI as a day-one engineering requirement, not a nice-to-have
• Owning incident response, observability via AWS CloudWatch and Dynatrace, and reliability for everything you ship
• Working with real architectural autonomy, shaping technical direction alongside product, design, and QA rather than just executing tickets

What We're Looking For

• Strong, recent production PHP experience in a cloud-native environment, not agency or WordPress work
• Hands-on experience building scalable, decoupled microservices with high standards on code maintainability
• Advanced MySQL knowledge including indexing, query performance tuning, and database optimisation at scale
• Solid AWS experience and familiarity with cloud-native application development
• A track record of owning systems end to end including incident response under real business consequences
• Active daily use of agentic coding tools with concrete examples of how they've changed how you work
• Genuine enthusiasm for architecting a platform from scratch rather than working within an existing framework

Package Details

• Competitive base salary, open for the right candidate
• Hybrid, 3 days office-based, Sydney CBD