Backend Developer | PHP | Mid-Senior Level | Riyadh, KSA | $45,000 - $65,000 + Discretionary bonus + benefits

CommuniTech Recruitment Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 169,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

CommuniTech Recruitment Group is seeking an experienced Backend Developer to join its Riyadh team. The role focuses on server-side functionality, scalable cloud-based services, and architectural decisions.

You will work with PHP, MongoDB, Node.js, AWS/Azure, and modern PHP frameworks to deliver robust software. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, strong English communication, and familiarity with CI/CD, Docker, Redis, and testing frameworks.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong English communication skills, both spoken and written.
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.
• Experience with automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop reliable, scalable backend software.
• Build new functionality and extend existing software products.
• Solve complex architectural challenges.
• Integrate with databases, file systems and cloud services.
• Troubleshoot customer issues and deliver software fixes.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.

Job description

Backend Developer | PHP | Mid-Senior Level | Riyadh, KSA | $45,000 - $65,000 + Discretionary bonus + benefits

We're looking for an experienced PHP Backend Developer to join a growing technology business in Riyadh. You will be responsible for developing server-side functionality and building scalable, cloud-based services, working on complex technical challenges across an established software product.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys solving problems, writing high-quality code and contributing to architectural decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop reliable scalable backend software.
• Build new functionality and extend existing software products.
• Solve complex architectural challenges.
• Integrate with databases, file systems and cloud services.
• Troubleshoot customer issues and deliver software fixes and patches.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practice.
• Work with technologies including PHP, MongoDB, Node.js, AWS/Azure, Git, Memcache, PHPUnit and Solr.
• Use AI coding tools as part of your development workflow.
• Share knowledge and collaborate with other engineers across the team.
• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• At least 3 years' experience developing web applications.
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.
• Experience with automated testing.
• Strong understanding of client-server architecture.
• Knowledge of web technologies including HTTP, REST and XML.
• Experience integrating backend applications with databases, cloud services and other systems.
• Comfortable using AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor or similar for coding, debugging, reviews and documentation.
• Strong spoken and written English.
• Experience with modern PHP frameworks.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture patterns, event-driven systems and queues.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, particularly MongoDB.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Jenkins, Docker, Solr and Redis.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline.