At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and maintain integrations using PHP and Symfony in a fully remote role.
- Company: Join a growing SaaS company with a focus on innovation and integration.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, performance bonuses, share options, and paid weekend on-call rota.
- Other info: Great opportunity for career growth in a dynamic, remote team.
- Why this job: Make an impact by working on exciting projects and owning AWS infrastructure.
- Qualifications: Strong PHP and Symfony experience, plus AWS and third-party integration skills.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 70000 £ per year.
A fantastic opportunity for a Senior Backend Engineer to join a growing, integration-focused SaaS company. Working within a small and experienced engineering team, you will build and maintain a wide range of production integrations with external software platforms. This is a highly autonomous role combining hands-on PHP and Symfony development with complex third-party API integration work and increasing ownership of the company’s AWS infrastructure.
Fully remote within the UK. Ideally, you will be based near London, as you must be available to travel to London for occasional team meetings.
Salary: £55,000 - £70,000 per annum depending on experience. Additional paid weekend on-call rota, performance bonus and share options.
Requirements for Senior Backend Engineer:
- Strong commercial experience developing production software using PHP
- Commercial experience using Symfony
- Proven experience building and maintaining multiple third-party integrations in production
- Strong production experience with AWS, including containers, monitoring and incident response
- Strong understanding of automated testing, code quality and CI/CD practices
- A pragmatic approach to engineering, with the ability to balance technical quality against commercial delivery requirements
- Comfortable working autonomously within a small, fully remote engineering team
- Willingness to participate in a paid weekend on-call rota
- Experience within payments, travel technology, marketplaces, hospitality or another integration-heavy SaaS environment would be beneficial
Responsibilities for Senior Backend Engineer:
- Design, build and maintain multiple third-party integrations using PHP and Symfony
- Contribute to platform and API features across the wider software estate
- Investigate production issues and identify whether problems originate from the code, configuration or an external platform
- Learn the existing AWS environment and progress towards significant infrastructure ownership
- Improve observability, automated testing and CI/CD quality gates across the platform
- Support upgrades to current versions of PHP and Symfony
- Participate in a paid weekend on-call rota supporting urgent out-of-hours issues
- Excellent longer-term scope to take on wider technical and management responsibilities as the company grows
If you would like to apply for this unique Senior Backend Engineer role, please send your CV via the relevant links!
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Senior Back End PHP Developer in City of London employer: RedTech Recruitment
Join a pioneering technology company in Cambridge, where innovation meets collaboration. As a Software Engineer, you'll enjoy a vibrant work culture that encourages technical autonomy and creative problem-solving, alongside a comprehensive benefits package including private health for your family and an enhanced pension. With opportunities for professional growth and the chance to work on cutting-edge AI solutions, this role is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic environment.
