Remote Senior PHP/Symfony Architect - Backend Lead

Smart Working; Portugal; À distance; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Smart Working is seeking a Senior PHP/Symfony Engineer to own backend development within a mature Symfony platform that serves enterprise clients. The role includes upgrading from Symfony 6.1 to 7, integrating an Angular front end and Python AI microservices, all within a remote, cross-functional squad.

The position emphasizes an architect mindset, independence, and collaboration with engineering, product, QA and DevOps. English fluency and UK-hour availability are expected.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of commercial software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in PHP.
• 3+ years of recent Symfony 6.x/7 Advanced experience.
• 4+ years in backend architecture, system design and scalability.
• 2+ years using AI development tools to review and challenge AI-generated code.
• 5+ years of MySQL experience; PostgreSQL acceptable.
• At least 1 year with Angular/TypeScript; React/Vue acceptable with TS exposure.
• 3+ years automated testing with PHPUnit.
• 1+ year upgrading and modernising legacy PHP codebases.
• 2+ years AWS experience; Azure/GCP also considered.
• Fluent written and spoken English; strong remote communication.
• Ability to work UK hours; autonomous, architecture-minded engineer.
• Hands-on with architectural mindset across Symfony, Angular and AI services.

Responsabilités

• Take ownership of backend development in the core Symfony app, delivering independently within 2–3 months.
• Review code from team and AI tools, challenging approaches and verifying key concerns.
• Support Symfony 6.1→7 upgrade, resolving versioning and legacy issues.
• Improve performance, scalability, and maintainability of the app.
• Collaborate across Angular, TypeScript and Python AI services; coordinate with DevOps.
• Read Angular/TypeScript code and contribute backend-focused work; frontend not required.
• Understand system-wide impact of decisions and detect issues in human and AI code.
• Deliver thoughtful solutions within a legacy codebase at a steady pace.
• Operate with high autonomy in a remote, cross-functional team; uphold SOC 2 and PII requirements.

Connaissances

PHP

Symfony

Laravel

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Angular

TypeScript

Python AI

AWS

CI/CD

PHPUnit

Outils

Symfony framework

Description du poste

Smart Working is seeking a Senior PHP/Symfony Engineer to own backend development within a mature Symfony platform that serves enterprise clients. The role includes upgrading from Symfony 6.1 to 7, integrating an Angular front end and Python AI microservices, all within a remote, cross-functional squad.

The position emphasizes an architect mindset, independence, and collaboration with engineering, product, QA and DevOps. English fluency and UK-hour availability are expected.