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Senior Software Engineer, PHP
Location
United States
Posted
13 days ago
Salary
$120K - $135K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, PHP
Vultr
• 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
Job Requirements
- 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
- Experience with Redis for caching, distributed locking, queues, and performance optimization
- Familiarity with message queues and asynchronous processing systems such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS, or Redis Streams
- Proficiency with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with logging, monitoring, tracing, and observability tooling (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, etc.)
- Understanding of API security best practices including OAuth2, JWT, RBAC, rate limiting, and OWASP principles
- Experience with cloud infrastructure platforms (Vultr, AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tooling
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and Git-based development workflows
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across distributed teams
Benefits
- 100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental and vision plans.
- 401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting
- Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year
- 11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan
- Increased PTO at 3 year and 10 year anniversary + 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years + Anniversary Bonus each year
- $500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year
- Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
- Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
- Company paid Wellable subscription
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