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.
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.
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.
Benefits
• Flexible schedule.
• Remote work model.
• Paid vacations.
• Paid Sick-leaves.
• Paid State holidays.
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