Senior Symfony PHP Backend Engineer – Remote

Smart Working; Punjab; On-site; PKR 2,400,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed shifts

No weekends

Day 1 benefits

Mentorship

Belonging

Job summary

Smart Working is hiring a Senior Symfony & PHP Software Engineer to help design, build, and maintain the core backend systems of our products. You’ll work as part of an Agile team, collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers to build scalable, reliable features that solve real-world problems.

This role is perfect for someone who enjoys clean code, leading technical discussions, mentoring others, and shipping tested solutions that meet business needs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working with PHP.
• 3+ years hands-on Symfony experience.
• 2+ years writing unit tests with PHPUnit.
• Strong experience with MongoDB.
• Familiarity with design patterns (OO).

Responsibilities

• Design and 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 on 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.
• Promote 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

MongoDB

Design Patterns

Tools

Docker and/or Kubernetes

Job description

Smart Working is hiring a Senior Symfony & PHP Software Engineer to help design, build, and maintain the core backend systems of our products. You’ll work as part of an Agile team, collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers to build scalable, reliable features that solve real-world problems.

This role is perfect for someone who enjoys clean code, leading technical discussions, mentoring others, and shipping tested solutions that meet business needs.