Sr. PHP Developer with Symfony

Bydrec; Colombia; Remote; COP 100,440,000 - 167,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Bydrec is seeking a senior software engineer in Colombia to drive hands-on development on a modern web stack. You will lead a small team, collaborate with product owners, and ensure delivery of scalable APIs and features that align with business goals.

You will champion best practices in architecture, testing, and CI/CD, while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to technical documentation and strategic planning.

Qualifications

• 75% hands-on development experience.
• Lead software engineer with 5-7 years of experience.
• Background in Web development, Architecture mapping, and Database migration.
• Strong leadership and ability to direct team workflows.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality code that satisfies customer needs and aims for simplicity, clarity, and testability.
• Promote a collaborative team environment and work closely with colleagues to achieve business objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand functional and non-functional requirements.
• Investigate and propose solutions to development and design problems.
• Participate in scope of work estimation and forecasting.
• Adhere to architecture, design, implementation, and security standards and best practices.
• Participate in code reviews to promote high-quality outcomes.
• Develop reusable software building blocks to enable faster delivery.
• Improve performance by diagnosing and resolving critical issues.
• Prepare technical documentation including design evaluation plans, results, and manuals.
• Coach and mentor junior software engineers.

Skills

PHP

Symfony

C++

SQL

MySQL

AWS

Azure

Agile

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

Jenkins

Flutter

CI/CD

APIs

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

• Write high-quality code that satisfies customer needs and strives for simplicity, clarity, and testability
• Promote a collaborative team environment and work closely with colleagues to achieve business objectives
• Collaborate with stakeholders (e.g. business stakeholders, product owners, project managers, and end users) to understand functional and non-functional requirements
• Investigate and propose solutions to development and design problems
• Participate in scope of work estimation and forecasting
• Adhere to architecture, design, implementation, and security standards and best practices
• Participate in code reviews or use collaborative programming techniques to promote high-quality business outcomes
• Conduct analysis to determine integration needs, and design and plan integrations
• Implement unit and integration tests and conduct functional and performance testing where appropriate
• Develop reusable software building blocks to enable faster delivery
• Improve performance of existing software by diagnosing and resolving critical issues
• Prepare technical documentation, including software design evaluation plans, test results, and technical manuals
• Adhere to established development practices and processes
• Analyze and create new configuration for packaged software
• Review new releases of packaged software and identify new features that can be enabled for the business
• Coach and mentor junior software engineers

Experience and Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Development experience (this role requires 75% hands on development)
• Experience as a lead software engineer: 5-7 years
• Background in Web development, Architecture mapping, Database migration preferred
• Leadership experience and ability to direct team workflows

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong proficiency in coding languages: PHP, Symfony, C+
• Strong proficiency in SQL/MYSQL
• Strong working knowledge with development Platforms/Servers: AWS and Azure
• Strong working knowledge of Agile methodology along with experience in Atlassian tools (Jira + Confluence)
• Experience with Github/Jenkins and setting up webhooks and new repositories
• Contextual knowledge of progressive web app development (mobile) processes & frameworks, e.g., Flutter
• Strong working knowledge of CI/CD methodologies
• Strong ability to understand context for code, the codebase, and its relation to business objectives
• Experience in building APIs for both internal and external products
• Ability to work both independently and on a team
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Growth mindset and a willingness to learn new skills, technologies, and frameworks
• Experience with agile development methodologies
• Proactive, independent, and takes initiative with consistent follow through
• Superb communication skills, verbal and written, conducted in a timely manner
• Displays good interpersonal skills at all levels of contact in a wide variety of situations, demonstrating the ability to listen and influence, and to relate to customers in their own language
• Exhibit discretion with sensitive and confidential information
• A flexible and creative approach to development and problem-solving
• Cross-cultural competence – Experience working with Offshore teams

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