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Senior PHP Developer

PHP
Senior
Laravel
Back-end|Any Employment Type|Senior Level|
Hybrid|
Cluj-Napoca, Tg Mures, Anywhere in Romania
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Ramona Siklodi

Recruiting Manager

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A hands-on professional with a demonstrated track record of partnering with senior leaders to align business strategies and human resource (HR) practices. A leader who is highly motivated, committed and outcome focused with experience in strategic and operational HR planning and people management, including: performance management; employee development; employee relations; organisational and culture development; employee engagement; compensation and benefits; recruitment programs; and the alignment of people systems and procedures. Key Skills and Experience - Partnering with senior management to deliver on goals - Leadership and people management - Providing counsel and coaching support - HR Procedure development and implementation - Establishment of HR function and start up processes - HR project management - HR process improvement

About the job

We're looking for a motivated Mid/Senior PHP Developer to join our team and contribute to the development of robust, scalable web applications. In this role, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, follow best coding practices, and have the chance to influence architectural decisions while growing your expertise. If you're passionate about clean code, solving real-world problems, and working on meaningful projects, we’d love to hear from you! 🚀

Responsibilities
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Contribute to the design and development of scalable, high-performance SaaS applications using PHP and modern frameworks (e.g. Laravel, Symfony)

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Participate in the full development lifecycle: planning, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring

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Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards

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Create and maintain automated tests (e.g. PHPUnit) to ensure high code quality

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Monitor application performance, investigate issues, and apply fixes in a timely manner

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Stay up to date with industry trends and contribute ideas to improve our stack, tooling, and workflows

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Take ownership of features and deliver them with a focus on performance, security, and usability

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Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions

Requirements
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5+ years of experience in PHP development;

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Advanced expertise in PHP frameworks (Laravel, Symfony) and modern PHP standards;

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Experience with relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and optimization techniques;

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Hands-on experience developing scalable, distributed systems with microservices and/or event-driven architecture;

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Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure);

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Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure as code;

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Experience with unit testing (PHPUnit), integration testing, and performance benchmarking;

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Good communication skills in English (both written and spoken).

Nice to have
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Experience with serverless architectures, message brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka), or caching solutions (Redis, Memcached);

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Familiarity with frontend technologies (JavaScript, Vue.js, React) for full-stack context;

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LLM integrations (OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, Antrophic's Claude etc)

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Experience with LangChain, and LangSmith

Senior PHP Developer