Senior PHP Engineer

N-iX; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working format

Competitive salary package

Mentorship program and tech talks

Active tech communities

Job summary

N-iX is seeking a senior PHP/Laravel engineer to design, develop, and deliver high-quality backend features for the portal with cross-stack involvement. You will collaborate across US/UK/Brazil time zones and participate in architecture discussions.

The role expects strong testing discipline, experience with RabbitMQ, MySQL tuning, and modern CI/CD practices. Remote-friendly with flexible format and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of commercial software engineering experience.
• Strong PHP 8.x and Laravel expertise.
• Solid RabbitMQ and event-driven architecture experience.
• Strong MySQL skills — schema design, query optimization, performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services.
• Experience with Nuxt.js / Vue.js and comfort working across the stack.
• Strong understanding of testing practices — PHPUnit / Pest.
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows.
• Ability to work in a distributed, multi-timezone team (US / UK / Brazil).
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum / Kanban

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver high-quality PHP / Laravel code for the portal feature parity workstream.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and technical decisions alongside the Tech Lead.
• Work across the stack where needed, including Nuxt.js / Vue.js frontend components.
• Write clean, testable code with appropriate unit and feature test coverage.
• Participate in code reviews, sharing knowledge and maintaining code quality standards.
• Break down user stories into technical tasks; estimate effort during sprint planning.
• Collaborate closely with QA to enable test automation and catch regressions early.
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to root-cause analysis.
• Engage with Client engineering counterparts in US / UK / Brazil on integration points and delivery milestones

Skills

5+ years commercial software eng

PHP expertise

Testing practices

Distributed, multi-timezone team

Agile / Scrum / Kanban

Code reviews

Tools

Laravel

PHP

RabbitMQ

MySQL

AWS

Nuxt.js / Vue.js

CI/CD pipelines

Git workflows

Job description

Requirements

• 5+ years of commercial software engineering experience, with strong hands-on PHP expertise
• Deep expertise in PHP 8.x and Laravel (or comparable modern frameworks)
• Solid experience with RabbitMQ and event-driven architecture
• Strong MySQL skills — schema design, query optimization, performance tuning
• Hands-on experience with AWS services
• Experience with Nuxt.js / Vue.js and comfort working across the stack
• Strong understanding of testing practices — unit, feature, and integration testing (PHPUnit / Pest)
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows
• Ability to work in a distributed, multi-timezone team (US / UK / Brazil)
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum / Kanban

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor)
• Background in SaaS, multi-tenant platforms, or large-scale B2B portals

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver high-quality PHP / Laravel code for the portal feature parity workstream
• Contribute to architectural discussions and technical decisions alongside the Tech Lead
• Work across the stack where needed, including Nuxt.js / Vue.js frontend components
• Write clean, testable code with appropriate unit and feature test coverage
• Participate in code reviews, sharing knowledge and maintaining code quality standards
• Break down user stories into technical tasks; estimate effort during sprint planning
• Collaborate closely with QA to enable test automation and catch regressions early
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to root-cause analysis
• Engage with Client engineering counterparts in US / UK / Brazil on integration points and delivery milestones

We offer*:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
• A competitive salary and good compensation package
• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing