Senior PHP Engineer: Laravel + AI Agentic Systems (Remote)

LaraBench; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote options

Competitive salary

Education reimbursement

Mentorship program

Job summary

LaraBench is seeking a mature Senior/Lead PHP Engineer in the Toronto area to own backend features end-to-end, mentor teammates, and shape AI-driven automation within our product and workflows.

You will design and maintain backend services with PHP/Laravel, integrate agentic AI workflows, and ensure performance, security, and reliability across the stack. Strong communication and autonomous problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional PHP development experience.
• 4+ years building applications with Laravel or similar modern PHP frameworks.
• Solid database skills (MySQL/PostgreSQL) including query optimization and schema design.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using PHP and Laravel.
• Own features from design through deployment and monitoring.
• Integrate and orchestrate agentic AI workflows into products or internal tooling.
• Improve system performance, reliability, and security across the stack.
• Stay current with PHP/Laravel ecosystem and agentic AI tools and patterns.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

GenAI / LLM

Docker

AWS / GCP

MySQL / PostgreSQL

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

LaraBench is seeking a mature Senior/Lead PHP Engineer in the Toronto area to own backend features end-to-end, mentor teammates, and shape AI-driven automation within our product and workflows.

You will design and maintain backend services with PHP/Laravel, integrate agentic AI workflows, and ensure performance, security, and reliability across the stack. Strong communication and autonomous problem-solving are essential.