Remote PHP Developer - AI-Driven Backend & APIs

Cleeng; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

100% remote or hybrid depending on geo

Paid sick leave

Team events

Job summary

Cleeng, a platform unifying subscriber experiences, seeks a PHP Developer for a remote-first role. You will design, build, and maintain backend features (PHP 8.4, Laminas Mezzio, Doctrine, MySQL) exposed via REST APIs, working AI-first with coding agents as the norm.

You’ll own features from ticket to production, ensure quality and security, and collaborate in an international team. You will continuously improve testing with PHPUnit, refactor legacy code with AI assistance, and contribute to the

Qualifications

• AI-first engineering practice: daily use of AI coding assistants with critical review.
• Proficient usage of modern PHP (8.x) with strong OOP and SOLID.
• Ability to deliver in a mainstream PHP framework with Doctrine ORM.
• MySQL query optimisation and REST API design with testing ( PHPUnit ).
• Refactoring large legacy codebases with AI support and remote collaboration.
• Ownership of features from ticket to production with security mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend features in the Core Platform (PHP 8.4, Laminas Mezzio, Doctrine, MySQL) and expose them through REST APIs.
• Work AI-first, every day, using AI agents for implementation, tests, refactoring, and navigating legacy code.
• Improve agent context (docs, tests, tooling) to accelerate delivery across squads.
• Own correctness, design quality, and security of merges and deployments.
• Launch features with dashboards and alerts, monitor operational health, and speed incident triage with AI.
• Contribute to platform modernization via incremental refactoring and safe large-scale changes.
• Collaborate in a remote-first, international team with code reviews and design discussions.

Skills

AI-driven coding

PHP proficiency

OOP & SOLID

REST API design

Code testing ( PHPUnit )

Remote collaboration

Tools

PHP 8.x

Doctrine ORM

Laminas Mezzio

MySQL

PHPUnit

AI tooling (Claude/Copilot)

Job description

Cleeng, a platform unifying subscriber experiences, seeks a PHP Developer for a remote-first role. You will design, build, and maintain backend features (PHP 8.4, Laminas Mezzio, Doctrine, MySQL) exposed via REST APIs, working AI-first with coding agents as the norm.

You’ll own features from ticket to production, ensure quality and security, and collaborate in an international team. You will continuously improve testing with PHPUnit, refactor legacy code with AI assistance, and contribute to the