Senior PHP Engineer

S-Pro

1d•Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior PHP Engineer to join an Israeli fintech company developing a large-scale online marketplace. The platform has been evolving for many years and is currently undergoing a major modernization initiative focused on improving architecture, performance, and maintainability. As part of the team, you will play a key role in refactoring legacy components, migrating them to modern PHP and Laravel versions, and helping shape the platform’s future architecture. AI-powered development is an integral part of the engineering workflow, with tools like Claude used to accelerate delivery while maintaining high code quality.

Requirements

8+ years of commercial PHP development experience.
Strong experience with native PHP and modern PHP.
Hands-on experience with Laravel.
Solid knowledge of MySQL.
Experience working with Docker, Redis, and Git.
Strong background in refactoring and optimizing large existing codebases.
Ability to understand, review, and improve AI-assisted code rather than relying on generated output without validation.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Good communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS.
Experience with MongoDB.
Experience performing manual testing during development.
Experience modernizing legacy enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

Refactor and modernize existing PHP applications.
Migrate legacy functionality to modern Laravel and PHP versions.
Optimize application performance and improve code quality.
Analyze, review, and improve AI-generated code where appropriate.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
Create meaningful logging and improve system observability.
Work with Docker-based development environments.
Collaborate closely with the engineering team to deliver features within ambitious timelines.
Participate in troubleshooting, debugging, and continuous improvement of the platform.