Senior PHP Engineer — Scale Cloud APIs & Microservices

Vultr; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid insurance premiums

401(k) plan with 100% match up to 4%

Professional Development Reimbursement

11 Holidays + PTO + rollover

Sabbatical & Anniversary bonuses

Remote office stipend

Internet reimbursement

Gym membership reimbursement

Wellable subscription

Job summary

Vultr is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and scale backend systems powering Vultr's cloud platform. You will optimize PHP applications and MySQL schemas to support millions of API requests daily.

The role emphasizes RESTful API design, async workflows, and collaboration with distributed teams. Experience with PHP 8+, Laravel or Symfony, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, and observability tools is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience with strong proficiency in modern PHP (PHP 8+) and common frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, or Slim
• Deep expertise in MySQL including query optimization and schema design for high-traffic applications
• Strong experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs using modern standards

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance PHP applications serving millions of API requests daily
• Architect and optimize MySQL database schemas, queries, and indexing strategies for low-latency access
• Implement and maintain RESTful APIs following modern API design standards, including OpenAPI specifications and versioning best practices
• Design and implement asynchronous workflows, background jobs, queues, and event-driven integrations where appropriate
• Participate in architecture discussions, incident response, and root-cause analysis for production issues
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver scalable solutions
• Conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and champion engineering best practices
• Write clean, well-tested code with comprehensive unit and integration test coverage

Skills

PHP 8+

MySQL optimization

RESTful APIs

Redis caching

Docker / Kubernetes

Tools

Laravel

Symfony

Slim

OpenAPI

RabbitMQ / Kafka

Job description

Vultr is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and scale backend systems powering Vultr's cloud platform. You will optimize PHP applications and MySQL schemas to support millions of API requests daily.

The role emphasizes RESTful API design, async workflows, and collaboration with distributed teams. Experience with PHP 8+, Laravel or Symfony, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, and observability tools is essential.