Backend Engineer (PHP) — Flexible Hours & Growth

AgileEngine; Pereira; Presencial; COP 179.124.000 - 276.828.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Professional growth

Competitive USD compensation

Exciting projects

Flextime

Descripción de la vacante

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.

Join a people-first culture and collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, QA, and Support to deliver reliable software across environments. Proficiency in Laravel or Symfony, Docker/Kubernetes, and modern databases will help you succeed.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 2 years of backend software engineering experience, primarily in PHP production environments.
• Strong understanding of OOP, design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
• Experience building and maintaining backend systems and service integrations.
• Proficiency in secure API design and authentication/authorization concepts.
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and backend architecture fundamentals.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments.
• Ability to debug, optimize, and deliver reliable solutions.
• Good communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.
• Overlap with Western European Time.
• Weekend migration support available.
• Upper-intermediate English level.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and maintain backend systems, APIs, and integrations.
• Write clean, modular, and testable PHP code and related frontend technologies.
• Contribute to distributed services and microservices for scalability.
• Apply OOP principles and architectural patterns for maintainability.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Optimize performance with caching and data structures.
• Debug, profile, and tune across environments.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, QA, and Support to gather requirements.
• Participate in testing strategies with QA/QE.
• Maintain API specs and technical docs.
• Attend engineering reviews, sprints, cross-team demos.
• Ensure compliance with open-source usage.

Conocimientos

PHP production environments

OOP & design patterns

Algorithms & data structures

Relational databases (MySQL, Postgre

Git & CI/CD

Containerized environments (Docker/K8s

Secure API design

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field

Herramientas

Laravel

Symfony

Docker

Kubernetes

Redis

RabbitMQ

Kafka

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Git

Descripción del empleo

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.

Join a people-first culture and collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, QA, and Support to deliver reliable software across environments. Proficiency in Laravel or Symfony, Docker/Kubernetes, and modern databases will help you succeed.