Lead Symfony & PHP Engineer — Remote Backend Leader

Smart Working; Peshawar City Tehsil; Remote; PKR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed shifts

No weekend work

Laptop provided

Mentorship

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 with an Agile team to deliver scalable features and mentor others.

The role emphasizes clean code, on‑call readiness, and high quality testing with PHPUnit. Remote‑first environment welcomes global collaboration and career growth with strong support from senior engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of PHP experience.
• 3+ years with Symfony.
• 2+ years with PHPUnit.
• Excellent communication in cross‑functional teams.
• Strong MongoDB experience.
• Proficient in object‑oriented design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Develop backend features aligned with business goals.
• Maintain and improve PHPUnit test coverage.
• Build scalable, testable APIs and backend systems.
• Write clean, maintainable code meeting quality standards.
• Review requirements and provide technical input.
• Collaborate with product, design and QA teams.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and issue response.
• Break down projects and guide team implementations.
• Lead code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Document features and architecture for team knowledge sharing.

Skills

PHP

Symfony

PHPUnit

Communication

MongoDB

Design Patterns

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Smart Working is hiring a Lead Symfony & PHP Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain core backend systems. You’ll work with an Agile team to deliver scalable features and mentor others.

The role emphasizes clean code, on‑call readiness, and high quality testing with PHPUnit. Remote‑first environment welcomes global collaboration and career growth with strong support from senior engineers.