Lead Symfony & PHP Engineer — Remote Backend Leader

Smart Working; Gujranwala Division; Remote; PKR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed shifts

No weekend work

Laptop provided

Mentorship

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 other engineers to deliver scalable and reliable features that meet real‑world needs.

Lead the initiative, mentor teammates, and ship tested solutions with clean code that aligns with business goals. This remote role fosters growth with global teams and ongoing learning opportunities.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develop backend features aligned with business goals and customer needs
• 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
• Collaborate with product, design, and QA teams
• Monitor systems and respond to issues on rotating on‑call schedule
• Break down large projects into tasks and guide others through implementation
• Participate in code reviews and provide 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 knowledge sharing

Skills

PHP

Symfony

PHPUnit

MongoDB

Design patterns

Communication

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 other engineers to deliver scalable and reliable features that meet real‑world needs.

Lead the initiative, mentor teammates, and ship tested solutions with clean code that aligns with business goals. This remote role fosters growth with global teams and ongoing learning opportunities.