Remote PHP Backend Engineer — Architect & Mentor

43North; Buffalo (AL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Parental leave

Professional development support

Work-from-home flexibility

Job summary

CoachMePlus is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build, scale, and maintain high quality web applications. You will work with product, design, and engineering to deliver reliable, well-architected solutions and help set technical standards across the team.

This role suits hands-on developers who enjoy mentoring others and influencing technical direction while staying connected to code. US citizenship is required and the team embraces remote-friendly work with occasional in-person

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional PHP development experience.
• Hands-on experience with Laravel, Symfony, or similar frameworks.
• Strong object-oriented design and design pattern knowledge.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Solid SQL skills with MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with frontend basics (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Version control with Git and background CI/CD familiarity.
• Strong problem-solving and clear communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect full-stack solutions across frontend, database, and mobile.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable PHP applications and APIs.
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code following best practices.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to translate requirements into solutions.
• Lead code reviews and help establish engineering standards.
• Optimize performance, security, and scalability of applications.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and drive root-cause resolution.
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and long-term technical roadmap.

Skills

PHP development

RESTful APIs

SQL databases

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Problem solving

Clear communication

Tools

Laravel

Symfony

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

CoachMePlus is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build, scale, and maintain high quality web applications. You will work with product, design, and engineering to deliver reliable, well-architected solutions and help set technical standards across the team.

This role suits hands-on developers who enjoy mentoring others and influencing technical direction while staying connected to code. US citizenship is required and the team embraces remote-friendly work with occasional in-person