Backend Tech Lead - PHP, Remote & Flexible Hours

AgileEngine; Lublin; On-site; PLN 273,000 - 370,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive compensation

A selection of exciting projects

Flextime

Job summary

AgileEngine is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to build and maintain PHP-based systems powering distributed services. You will apply strong OOP and system design to keep APIs secure, scalable, and performant, writing clean code and expanding our backend stack.

You will collaborate with product managers, architects, QA, and support teams to ensure successful delivery, code reviews, and documentation, while maintaining best practices and security standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 2 years of backend software engineering experience, primarily in PHP production environments.
• Solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
• Experience building and maintaining backend systems and service integrations.
• Proficiency in secure API design and authentication/authorization concepts.
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments.
• Overlap with Western European Time.
• Able to assist in emergencies during weekend migrations.
• Upper-intermediate English level.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend systems, APIs, and integrations supporting company products and distributed services.
• Write clean, modular, and testable code in PHP and related technologies.
• Contribute to distributed systems and microservices for scalability and reliability.
• Apply OOP principles and architectural patterns for extensibility.
• Implement and maintain secure authentication/authorization mechanisms (OAuth2, JWT, RBAC).
• Utilize data structures and caching strategies to optimize performance.
• Debug, profile, and tune across environments and services.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, QA, and Support to gather requirements and deliver.
• Participate in testing strategies to ensure coverage of new and existing functionality.
• Adhere to code quality, security, and scalability standards.

Skills

OOP

Design patterns

Algorithms and data structures

Backend development

PHP production environments

Secure API design

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

MySQL

PostgreSQL

REST/GraphQL

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

AgileEngine is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to build and maintain PHP-based systems powering distributed services. You will apply strong OOP and system design to keep APIs secure, scalable, and performant, writing clean code and expanding our backend stack.

You will collaborate with product managers, architects, QA, and support teams to ensure successful delivery, code reviews, and documentation, while maintaining best practices and security standards.