Software Engineer PHP

Kforce Technology Staffing; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA

FSA

401(k)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

ADD coverage

Paid time off

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Kforce Technology Staffing seeks a Software Engineer PHP for its team in West Palm Beach, FL. You will design, build and maintain high-performance PHP applications, implement RESTful APIs, and work with Laravel, Symfony or Slim.

The role emphasizes MySQL optimization, Redis caching, and containerized deployments with Docker and Kubernetes in a distributed environment. Candidates should have strong communication skills and collaborate across distributed teams; experience with OpenAPI, CI/CD

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with PHP 8+ and major frameworks (Laravel, Symfony, Slim).
• Experience building RESTful APIs using current design standards.
• Experience with Redis caching, distributed locking, queues, and performance tuning.
• Cloud platforms experience (Vultr, AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Strong MySQL knowledge including schema design and query optimization.
• Familiarity with message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS, Redis Streams) and async processing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and Git workflows.
• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance PHP applications handling millions of API requests daily.
• Design and tune MySQL schemas, queries, and indexes for speed and reliability.
• Implement and support RESTful APIs with OpenAPI and versioning best practices.
• Develop asynchronous workflows, background jobs, queues, and event-driven integrations.
• Participate in architecture discussions, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
• Contribute to code reviews and engineering best practices.
• Write clean, well-tested code with unit and integration tests.

Skills

PHP development

RESTful APIs

Redis caching

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure/Vultr)

MySQL optimization

Message queues (RabbitMQ/Kafka/SQS/IR)

CI/CD

Docker & Kubernetes

Communication & collaboration

Tools

Laravel

Symfony

Slim

OpenAPI

Job description

We are seeking a Software Engineer PHP for our team in West Palm Beach, FL. We offer comprehensive benefits to eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability, and ADD coverage. Salaried employees also receive paid time off, while hourly employees may qualify for paid sick leave when required by law. This role is not eligible for bonuses, incentives, or commissions. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to protected status.

Requirements

• We need at least 3 years of professional software development experience, with strong hands-on expertise in modern PHP 8+ and frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, or Slim.
• We need experience building RESTful APIs using current design standards.
• We need experience with Redis for caching, distributed locking, queueing, and performance tuning.
• We need experience working with cloud platforms such as Vultr, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure, along with infrastructure-as-code tools.
• We need strong MySQL knowledge, including schema design and query optimization for high-volume systems.
• We need familiarity with message queues and asynchronous processing technologies such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS, or Redis Streams.
• We need familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and Git-based development practices.
• We need proficiency with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• We need excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• We design, build, and maintain high-performance PHP applications that handle millions of API requests each day.
• We design and tune MySQL schemas, queries, and indexes for speed and reliability.
• We implement and support RESTful APIs aligned with modern API standards, including OpenAPI and versioning best practices.
• We develop asynchronous workflows, background jobs, queues, and event-driven integrations where needed.
• We take part in architecture discussions, incident response, and root-cause analysis for production issues.
• We participate in code reviews and help strengthen our engineering best practices.
• We write clean, well-tested code with thorough unit and integration test coverage.