CMS Developer (PHP/Symfony)

ZMG Ward Howell, Inc.; Makati; Hybrid; PHP 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ZMG Ward Howell, Inc. is hiring a backend developer to evolve and maintain our Website Portal platform for the travel sector, built on Pimcore DXP. You will work closely with Product and UX to define requirements, design architecture, and implement robust REST APIs while practicing CI/CD and TDD.

The role requires hands-on coding, experience with PHP/Symfony, and cloud hosting on AWS, plus familiarity with HTML5/CSS3/JS. Hybrid setup; twice-a-week on-site.

Qualifications

• Develop REST-ful back-end CMS services using PHP / Symfony.
• Basic HTML5, CSS3 and JS proficiency.
• JSON/REST, GraphQL and SOAP/XML API design and integration.
• Experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, S3), Redis, Nginx or Apache, PHP-FPM, Git.

Responsibilities

• Evolve our Website Portal platform for the travel industry based on Pimcore DXP.
• Collaborate with Product and UX to elaborate requirements and develop a technology roadmap and architecture.
• Hands-on architecture, design and coding.
• Implement and enhance agile dev practices (CI, TDD).
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, tools and development practices.

Skills

PHP

Symfony

REST API design

HTML5/CSS3/JS

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Redis

Nginx

Apache

PHP-FPM

Git

GraphQL

SOAP/XML

JSON/REST

Job description

Responsibilities

• Working in a growing team to evolve our industry-leading Website Portal platform for the travel industry, based on the open-source Pimcore DXP web content management system.
• Work with Product and UX teams to elaborate requirements and develop a technology roadmap and architecture
• Hands-on architecture, design and coding
• Implement and enhance effective agile dev practices e.g. CI, TDD.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, tools and development practices

Experience required

• Developing REST-ful back-end CMS services using PHP / Symfony
• At least basic HTML5, CSS3 and JS
• JSON/REST, GraphQL and SOAP/XML API design and integration
• AWS (EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, S3), Redis, Nginx or Apache, PHP-FPM, Git

Desired experience

• Pimcore DXP or other Symfony-based CMS / digital platforms
• Websites monitoring and analytics
• We performance optimisation o Web security o Devops including cloud hosting, especially AWS
• Track record of designing and building mission-critical, high performance mobile applications for the general public
• Strong team delivery focus - building solutions (not just technology) through Scrum-based team work
• First class honours degree in Computer Science, Software/Computer Engineering or Information Technology

Additional experience (bonus)

• Airline or Travel related mobile apps
• eCommerce platforms integration (for storefronts), website portal development and CRM/CDP integration experience
• Developing back-end services with Java/Spring

Additional information

Work Arrangement: Hybrid Set Up (twice a week on-site)

Shift: Mid-Shift (Will be supporting the Poland Team)