Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kforce is recruiting on behalf of an unnamed client for a Senior Software Engineer PHP. The role focuses on developing and maintaining high-performance PHP applications, building scalable APIs and data systems, and collaborating with engineering and product teams on architecture and delivery.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- 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
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees
- HSA and FSA for eligible employees
- 401(k) for eligible employees
- Life, disability, and ADD insurance for eligible employees
- Paid time off for salaried personnel
- Paid sick leave for hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project
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