Senior PHP Developer

Weareseekinganexperienced SeniorPHPEngineertojoinagrowingengineeringteamsupportingabusiness-criticalhealthcaretechnologyplatform. Thisisahands-ondevelopmentrolefocusedonbuildingnewfeatures, enhancingexistingapplications, developingAPIsandintegrations, andensuringproductionsystemsremainstable, secure, andperformant. TheidealcandidateisastrongPHPdeveloperwhoenjoyssolvingcomplextechnicalproblemsandisequallycomfortabledevelopingnewfunctionality, reviewingcode, troubleshootingproductionissues, andimprovinganestablishedapplicationenvironment. You'llworkwithmoderndevelopmentpracticesandcloud-hostedapplicationsrunninginAWSandAzure, collaboratingwithengineering, product, QA, and DevOpsteamstodeliverreliablesolutions. KeyResponsibilitiesDesign, develop, maintain, andenhancePHPapplicationsusingLaraveland/orSymfony. BuildandsupportRESTfulAPIs, backendservices, integrations, andapplicationworkflows. Writeclean, secure, maintainable, andhigh-performingPHPcodefollowingestablishedengineeringstandards. Participateintechnicaldesigndiscussions, peercodereviews, andapplicationarchitectureimprovements. Troubleshootproductionissues, investigateapplicationerrors, performroot-causeanalysis, andimplementlong-termfixes. SupportapplicationshostedinAWSandAzure, includingdeploymentactivities, monitoring, productionvalidation, andincidentresponse. Optimize MySQLqueries, databaseinteractions, andapplicationperformance. Workacrossthefullapplicationstack, includingPHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, relationaldatabases, caching, andbackgroundprocessing. Improveapplicationreliability, observability, documentation, automatedtesting, andoperationalrunbooks. Collaboratewithproductowners, QA, DevOps, andbusinessstakeholderstotranslaterequirementsintoscalabletechnicalsolutions. Participatein Agiledevelopment, releaseplanning, estimation, anddelivery. Mentorjuniorengineersthroughcodereviews, technicalguidance, andknowledgesharing. Contributetoongoingapplicationmodernization, frameworkupgrades, dependencymanagement, andplatformimprovements. Required Qualifications5+yearsofprofessionalPHPdevelopmentexperience. Stronghands-onexperiencewith Laraveland/orSymfony. Solidunderstandingofobject-orientedprogramming, softwaredesignprinciples, andmaintainableapplicationarchitecture. Experiencedeveloping, maintaining, andtroubleshootingproductionPHPwebapplicationsandbackendservices. StrongexperiencedesigninganddevelopingRESTfulAPIs, includingauthentication, authorization, validation, andintegrations. Proficiencywith MySQL, includingSQLqueries, databasetroubleshooting, andperformanceoptimization. Experiencesupportingbusiness-criticalapplicationshostedinAWS, includingdeploymentsupport, monitoring, troubleshooting, andproductionincidentresolution. WorkingknowledgeofHTML, CSS, JavaScript, andmodernwebapplicationdevelopment. Experiencewith Git, codereviews, collaborativedevelopmentworkflows, and Agilemethodologies. Understandingofsecurecodingpractices, applicationsecurity, accesscontrols, anddataprivacy. Familiaritywith DevOps/SREconcepts, applicationmonitoring, reliability, andproductionreadiness. Abilitytoindependentlymanagecomplexdevelopmentassignments, estimatework, communicatetechnicaltrade-offs, anddeliverqualitysolutions. Strongcommunication, collaboration, troubleshooting, andproblem-solvingskills. Preferred