Lead Symfony & PHP Engineer - Remote Backend Leader

Smart Working; Peshawar City Tehsil; On-site; PKR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop and assets provided

Day 1 Benefits

Job summary

Smart Working is seeking a Lead Symfony & PHP Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain backend systems for our products. You’ll work in an Agile team, collaborating with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver scalable, tested features that solve real-world problems.

This role suits someone who enjoys leading technical discussions, mentoring others, and shipping high-quality solutions. We value clean code and secure, maintainable architecture in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develop backend features that align 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 agreed quality standards.
• Review requirements and provide technical input and feedback.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and QA teams.
• Monitor systems and respond to issues as part of a rotating on-call schedule.
• Break down larger projects into manageable tasks and guide others through implementation.
• Participate in code reviews and offer constructive feedback.
• Continuously improve processes and suggest technical enhancements.
• Secure coding practices and ensure code is free of known vulnerabilities.
• Document features, processes, and architecture for team-wide knowledge sharing.

Skills

PHP

Symfony

PHPUnit

Communication

MongoDB

Design Patterns

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

React

Node.js

TypeScript

Job description

Smart Working is seeking a Lead Symfony & PHP Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain backend systems for our products. You’ll work in an Agile team, collaborating with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver scalable, tested features that solve real-world problems.

This role suits someone who enjoys leading technical discussions, mentoring others, and shipping high-quality solutions. We value clean code and secure, maintainable architecture in a remote-first environment.