[Hiring] Senior PHP Developer @Oxylabs

Oxylabs; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in web data scraping solutions is hiring a remote Senior PHP Developer. You will work with PHP, Symfony, and microservices architecture while leading a team and promoting code quality. Your role includes tech debt management, introducing new technologies, and mentoring junior developers, providing a substantial opportunity for ownership and decision-making in architecture.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge in PHP and Symfony framework.
• Experience in mentoring and supporting junior developers.
• Good knowledge of PHPUnit or other automatic test technologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage tech debt and guide team on implementations.
• Introduce code quality standards in team workflows.
• Mentor and support other developers.

Skills

PHP

Symfony

OOP

RESTful API

microservices architecture

communication skills

Tools

Docker

MySQL

GitLab

Redis

Kubernetes

Job description

May 26, 2025 - Oxylabs is hiring a remote Senior PHP Developer. Location: Poland.

We’re a team of 500+ professionals who develop cutting-edge proxy and web data scraping solutions for thousands of the world’s best known businesses, including Fortune 500 companies.

What’s in store for you:

You’ll be developing complex products with high coding standards, maintaining our own infrastructure, handling petabytes of data, and solving challenges on a daily basis. We got you covered with a team of strong professionals to support you, a well-built tech stack, and loads of ownership.

The role provides you with opportunities to make your own decisions, ability to review and improve current system architecture, team processes, freedom to introduce new technologies that would lead to better product quality.

Your day-to-day:

Tech debt management (identifying critical system problems, preparing solutions to solve the problems, guiding the team on implementation).

Introducing and implementing code quality standards into an existing team workflows.

Overall BE team guidance, mentoring and support from technical side.

Active participation in grooming sessions.

Designing new features.

Defining product architecture and guiding team members on implementationImproving product architecture.

Research new technologies, PoC preparation and implementation of new technologies to existing architecture.

Own, present and defend architectural and technical decisions to company’s PEs and technical managers.

Your skills & experiences:

Have deep knowledge in PHP and Symfony framework.

Good knowledge of PHPUnit or other automatic test technologies

Understanding of OOP, RESTful API’s.

Strong skills in software architecture & patterns.

Good knowledge of any message queue management system.

Experienced in microservices architecture.

Experience in mentoring and supporting junior and mid level developers.

Being a team player.

Good communication skills within and outside the team.

Motivation to work with complex solutions.

At least basic understanding of Kubernetes.

Nice to have:

Previous experience of leading a software development team or desire to do so.

Experience with Scrum.

Hands on experience with Go programming language.

Tech Stack:

PHP 8

Symfony

Docker

MySQL

GitLab

Redis

Kubernetes (at least basics would be an advantage)

Please note that only the selected candidates will be contacted for further steps.

Up for the challenge? Let’s talk!