Senior PHP Backend Engineer | REST APIs, Laravel/Symfony

Gamingtec; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gamingtec is seeking a skilled PHP developer to advance a project built on Laravel/Symfony/React. You will contribute to high‑quality RESTful services and APIs, work with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Docker, and collaborate in an international team.

The role requires 5+ years of PHP experience, strong English, and a proactive, self-organised attitude. You will join a company with flexible learning opportunities and career growth in London.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience in PHP 7, 8 and an ability to demonstrate skills and competence in REST APIs.
• Experience with Laravel/Symfony framework.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis.
• Experience with RESTful services.
• Experience with Docker.
• Experience with Git / GitLab.
• Level of English language – upper-intermediate.

Responsibilities

• Analyse, design, develop, as well as implement and document RESTful services and APIs.
• Troubleshoot software and product databases to ensure functionality.
• Write object-oriented, clean, and maintainable code.
• Implement common APIs based on architecture guidelines and frameworks.
• Identify potential process improvement areas.
• Work in a self-testing paradigm without dedicated manual QA engineers.

Skills

PHP

REST APIs

Laravel

Symfony

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Docker

Git

GitLab

English

Tools

Git

GitLab

Job description

Gamingtec is seeking a skilled PHP developer to advance a project built on Laravel/Symfony/React. You will contribute to high‑quality RESTful services and APIs, work with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Docker, and collaborate in an international team.

The role requires 5+ years of PHP experience, strong English, and a proactive, self-organised attitude. You will join a company with flexible learning opportunities and career growth in London.