Senior PHP Backend Engineer: Resilient, Scalable Systems

EPAM Systems; México; Presencial; MXN 600.000 - 900.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

EPAM Systems in Mexico is seeking a backend-focused engineer to lead the design and implementation of a resilient indexing pipeline and scalable PHP components for search and related services.

The role requires 3+ years of software development, strong PHP experience, and hands-on knowledge of Go/Java/Scala, Elasticsearch, and distributed messaging with RabbitMQ or Kafka. Excellent communication and ownership are essential for success.

Formación

• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Extensive PHP experience in backend systems.
• Hands-on experience with a strongly typed backend language (Go, Java, or Scala).
• Proven leadership in designing and delivering resilient systems.
• Strong project ownership for complex performance and scalability work.
• Advanced SQL performance skills with queries, indexes, and schemas.
• Solid Elasticsearch skills in query optimization and index management.
• Practical distributed messaging experience with RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• High initiative and problem-solving mindset.
• Growth mindset and ability to adapt to evolving challenges.
• Availability to work until 9 PM CET for EU-based schedules
• English level B2 (Upper-Intermediate)

Responsabilidades

• Lead technical design and implementation of a more resilient indexing pipeline.
• Build scalable PHP components for search and related services.
• Enforce platform limits to protect stability and ensure fair resource usage.
• Own complex data synchronization and system load challenges end to end.
• Define best practices for Elasticsearch mappings, queries, and monitoring.
• Improve observability to detect bottlenecks and prevent regressions.
• Provide technical guidance and recommendations to help raise team standards.
• Optimize SQL queries, indexes, and schemas to improve performance.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to align on reliability and scalability goals.
• Support and participate in the team on-call rotation.
• Investigate production issues and drive root-cause fixes.
• Document decisions, runbooks, and operational playbooks to improve maintainability.

Conocimientos

Backend development

Distributed systems

Leadership

Ownership

Communication

Problem-solving

Go/Java/Scala knowledge

SQL performance

Elasticsearch tuning

Herramientas

Elasticsearch

RabbitMQ

Kafka

SQL

Descripción del empleo

EPAM Systems in Mexico is seeking a backend-focused engineer to lead the design and implementation of a resilient indexing pipeline and scalable PHP components for search and related services.

The role requires 3+ years of software development, strong PHP experience, and hands-on knowledge of Go/Java/Scala, Elasticsearch, and distributed messaging with RabbitMQ or Kafka. Excellent communication and ownership are essential for success.