Senior PHP Backend Developer
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
Not specified
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Job Description
Role Description
LeadingReach is looking for a Senior PHP Backend Developer who views AI as a force multiplier for engineering excellence. You will lead the development of core services while pioneering "AI-First" workflows to accelerate the SDLC and contribute your knowledge and talents to our pristine PHP RESTful API that supports our web application. We already have a cohesive team of highly productive senior developers that love working together to build great things and we are looking to add you to our incredible team.
If you are among the best, come join us and you'll enjoy a great company culture, and rewarding work—but only if you are a great developer!
Location: Fully remote, open to candidates across approved U.S. states, with a preference for those in Texas (especially Austin) or Atlanta.
Qualifications
- PHP Expertise: Minimum (5) years of professional experience as a PHP software developer or demonstrable expert-level architectural aptitude.
- API Mastery: Minimum (5) years of experience building scalable RESTful APIs that support complex frontend database applications (CRUD+Search) while enforcing strict business rules.
- Symfony Framework: Professional working experience using the Symfony framework for enterprise-grade applications.
- AI-Driven SDLC: Proven experience optimizing the SDLC through AI-driven workflows to accelerate boilerplate generation, refactoring, unit test coverage, and documentation.
- Automated Quality & Security: Working experience integrating AI-powered static analysis and automated PR review tools to identify quality gaps and security vulnerabilities (OWASP) before production.
- Relational Databases: Professional experience using MySQL and writing advanced SQL to handle complex datasets.
Requirements
- Expert proficiency with AI coding assistants (Cursor, Copilot, Gemini, etc.) and the ability to craft complex system prompts to improve code maintainability.
- Ability to audit AI-generated code for "hallucinations," security flaws.
- Expert-level PHP development and deep familiarity with Symfony components (Messenger, Workflow, API Platform).
- Expert RESTful API design focusing on performance, scalability, and frontend-friendly data structures.
- Advanced SQL skills, including complex Joins, Cross Joins, Group By, Unions, Embedded Selects, and query optimization.
- Intermediate to Advanced expertise in MySQL administration and schema design.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 100% Remote, must be based in U.S
- Startup environment within a stable, industry-leading company
- 20 days PTO, 4 paid mental health days, plus paid holidays
- Company-sponsored health, vision and dental benefits
- Matching 401k
- Flexible schedule that emphasizes a collaborative team synergy with personal accountability
- Regular company (often themed) events: virtual happy hours, our annual company holiday party and other fun team events
Job Requirements
- PHP Expertise: Minimum (5) years of professional experience as a PHP software developer or demonstrable expert-level architectural aptitude.
- API Mastery: Minimum (5) years of experience building scalable RESTful APIs that support complex frontend database applications (CRUD+Search) while enforcing strict business rules.
- Symfony Framework: Professional working experience using the Symfony framework for enterprise-grade applications.
- AI-Driven SDLC: Proven experience optimizing the SDLC through AI-driven workflows to accelerate boilerplate generation, refactoring, unit test coverage, and documentation.
- Automated Quality & Security: Working experience integrating AI-powered static analysis and automated PR review tools to identify quality gaps and security vulnerabilities (OWASP) before production.
- Relational Databases: Professional experience using MySQL and writing advanced SQL to handle complex datasets.
- Expert proficiency with AI coding assistants (Cursor, Copilot, Gemini, etc.) and the ability to craft complex system prompts to improve code maintainability.
- Ability to audit AI-generated code for "hallucinations," security flaws.
- Expert-level PHP development and deep familiarity with Symfony components (Messenger, Workflow, API Platform).
- Expert RESTful API design focusing on performance, scalability, and frontend-friendly data structures.
- Advanced SQL skills, including complex Joins, Cross Joins, Group By, Unions, Embedded Selects, and query optimization.
- Intermediate to Advanced expertise in MySQL administration and schema design.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 100% Remote, must be based in U.S
- Startup environment within a stable, industry-leading company
- 20 days PTO, 4 paid mental health days, plus paid holidays
- Company-sponsored health, vision and dental benefits
- Matching 401k
- Flexible schedule that emphasizes a collaborative team synergy with personal accountability
- Regular company (often themed) events: virtual happy hours, our annual company holiday party and other fun team events
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