Senior PHP Backend Engineer - Remote, SaaS scale

SherlockTalent; Florida; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10 paid vacation days

5 paid sick days

1 day off for your birthday

401K

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Senior Back-End Engineer for a fully remote position. In this role, you'll enhance a SaaS platform, transitioning from legacy systems to scalable solutions. Ideal candidates will have at least 7 years of software engineering experience and expertise in the LAMP stack, particularly Symfony and Laravel. This role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including paid vacation and medical insurance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of previous software engineering experience in a team environment.
• Hands on experience designing, developing, and architecting complex backend systems.
• 5+ years of experience in the LAMP stack.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly gain a deep understanding of the current company ecosystem.
• Engineer solutions based on product specifications.
• Maintain top delivery standards by building robust, secure, and quality software.

Skills

Software engineering background

Experience in the LAMP stack

Strong problem-solving skills

Agile software development

Experience in backend systems architecture

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or closely related field

Tools

Symfony Framework

Laravel

PHPUnit

MySQL

Doctrine

Job description

Role:Senior Back End/PHP, 100% RemoteLocation:100% Remote, South Florida based companyCompensation:$120K-$140KJob Type: Full Time/Perm

Senior Back-End EngineerGeneral Position Description

The Senior Back-end Engineer will be working with the existing engineering team to upgrade and maintain our multifaceted SaaS platform. This is a critical role within our engineering team as we look to transition out of our current legacy system into a more scalable solution. We are seeking someone with a strong software engineering background and a successful history of engineering SaaS solutions to scale. Candidates must have experience building and maintaining enterprise-level software applications.

Who We Want:

• Independent thinkers and self starters.

• Someone who enjoys solving complex problems and is able to think on their feet.
• Awesome communicators.
• A dedicated team member who will work to ensure projects are completed on time and meet expectations.
• A highly collaborative individual. There is no “i” in Team.
• Be willing and able to roll up your sleeves and lead by example.

Responsibilities:

• Rapidly gain a deep understanding of the current company ecosystem, including system integrations, business rules and flows.
• Engineer solutions based on product specifications while ensuring adherence to development best practices.
• Maintain top delivery standards by building robust, secure, and quality software that meets the needs of the business.
• Participate in and perform code reviews.
• Participate in technical feature reviews.

Qualifiactions:

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or closely related field.
• Ability to accurately estimate workload for a given task.
• 7+ years of previous software engineering experience in a team environment.
• Hands on experience designing, developing, and architecting complex backend systems.
• 5+ years of experience in the LAMP stack with specific experience in areas outlined below desired:

? Symfony Framework

? Laravel

? PHPUnit

? MySQL

? Doctrine

• Strong problem solving skills with the ability to implement solutions quickly and efficiently.
• Experience in delivering testable, high-quality software with many dependencies.
• 5+ years of experience in Agile software development, including SCRUM, Kanban, Scrumban, etc.

Bonus Skills:

• Strong experience with TDD is a plus.
• Familiarity with reservation systems and / or travel industry booking systems is a plus.
• Experience with complex digital transformations is a plus.
• Strong experience in front-end stacks such as Angularjs, React and Node.js is a plus.
• Experience with AWS is a plus.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Base salary is commensurate with work experience.
• 10 paid vacation days
• 5 paid sick days
• 1 day off for your birthday (actual birthday)
• 6 paid holidays
• 401K
• We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, etc. as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

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