Senior PHP Engineer: Laravel & AI Automation (Remote)

Nix; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work format

Competitive salary

Career growth

Mentorship program

Education reimbursement

Company events

Job summary

Nix is seeking a mature Senior/Lead PHP Engineer in a role focusing on Laravel-backed backend services and AI-enabled automation. You will design, implement, and monitor features end-to-end, mentor engineers, and help integrate agentic AI workflows into product tooling. Deep PHP/Laravel expertise and hands-on GenAI experience are required.

The role emphasizes performance, security, and staying current with the Laravel ecosystem, while collaborating across teams in a flexible work arrangement.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional PHP development experience.
• 4+ years building applications with Laravel (or comparable modern PHP framework).
• Solid database skills (MySQL/PostgreSQL) including query optimization and schema design.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and cloud deployment (AWS, GCP).
• Hands-on GenAI experience—LLM APIs, tool calling, or agent frameworks.
• English at least Upper Intermediate+.
• Work in EDT (Toronto) time zone.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust backend services and APIs using PHP and Laravel.
• Own features from technical design through deployment and monitoring.
• Integrate and orchestrate agentic AI workflows into existing products or internal tooling.
• Improve system performance, reliability, and security across the stack.
• Stay current with the PHP/Laravel ecosystem and emerging agentic AI tools and patterns.

Skills

PHP development

Laravel proficiency

GenAI experience

Strong communication

Independent problem solving

English proficiency

Tools

Docker

AWS

GCP

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

Nix is seeking a mature Senior/Lead PHP Engineer in a role focusing on Laravel-backed backend services and AI-enabled automation. You will design, implement, and monitor features end-to-end, mentor engineers, and help integrate agentic AI workflows into product tooling. Deep PHP/Laravel expertise and hands-on GenAI experience are required.

The role emphasizes performance, security, and staying current with the Laravel ecosystem, while collaborating across teams in a flexible work arrangement.