PHP Backend Engineer (Symfony/Laravel, MySQL)

GBL Tech; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

GBL Tech seeks a PHP Developer to join a focused technical team building robust business applications. You will design, implement, and maintain reliable software using modern PHP frameworks and relational databases, going beyond traditional web development to tackle application-level challenges.

The role emphasizes backend logic, scalability, maintainability, and performance, with collaboration across technical stakeholders to evolve the platform.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of professional PHP development experience.
• Solid Symfony and/or Laravel experience.
• Strong knowledge of MySQL and relational databases.
• Backend-focused mindset emphasizing scalability and performance.
• Autonomous work style and collaborative engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain business-critical PHP applications with emphasis on logic and quality.
• Build and enhance components using Symfony and Laravel with clean, scalable practices.
• Design and optimize MySQL databases and data interactions.
• Analyze existing solutions, add new features, and improve performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into effective solutions.

Skills

PHP Development

Backend engineering

MySQL

Symfony

Laravel

Tools

Symfony

Laravel

MySQL

Job description

GBL Tech seeks a PHP Developer to join a focused technical team building robust business applications. You will design, implement, and maintain reliable software using modern PHP frameworks and relational databases, going beyond traditional web development to tackle application-level challenges.

The role emphasizes backend logic, scalability, maintainability, and performance, with collaboration across technical stakeholders to evolve the platform.