Lead Symfony & PHP Backend Engineer (Remote)

Smart Working; Abbottabad; On-site; PKR 3,600,000 - 5,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed shifts

Work-life balance

Laptop provided

Mentorship & community

Long-term career

Job summary

Smart Working is hiring a Lead Symfony & PHP Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain core backend systems. You’ll work in an Agile team with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver scalable features that meet real-world needs.

This remote-first role suits someone who enjoys clean code, leading technical discussions, mentoring colleagues, and shipping tested solutions that drive business impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of PHP experience.
• 3+ years hands-on Symfony experience.
• 2+ years writing unit tests with PHPUnit.
• Excellent communication in cross-functional teams.
• Strong experience with MongoDB.
• Strong experience with Object Oriented Design Patterns.

Responsibilities

• Develop backend features that align with business goals.
• Maintain and improve test coverage using PHPUnit.
• Build scalable, testable APIs and backend systems.
• Write clean, maintainable code that meets quality standards.
• Review requirements and provide technical input and feedback.
• Collaborate with product, design, and QA teams.
• Monitor systems and respond on-call as needed.
• Break down large projects and guide others through implementation.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Continuously improve processes and suggest technical enhancements.
• Secure coding practices and ensure code is free of vulnerabilities.
• Document features, processes, and architecture for team-wide knowledge sharing.

Skills

PHP

Symfony

PHPUnit

Communication

MongoDB

Design Patterns

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Smart Working is hiring a Lead Symfony & PHP Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain core backend systems. You’ll work in an Agile team with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver scalable features that meet real-world needs.

This remote-first role suits someone who enjoys clean code, leading technical discussions, mentoring colleagues, and shipping tested solutions that drive business impact.