Senior PHP Engineer, Deel

• Bring 8+ years of backend development experience
• Are highly skilled in PHP, with a solid understanding of OO principles, architecture, and design patterns
• Bring strong relational database experience (MySQL or PostgreSQL)
• Are proficient with the Linux command line and familiar with AWS
• Thrive in a collaborative, remote-first work culture where teamwork and camaraderie are key
• Embrace independence and take ownership of your projects, yet also excel in a team setting
• Communicate complex ideas with ease and enjoy collaborating with diverse teams of technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Are passionate about solving customer problems with your coding superpowers, and are a natural at troubleshooting issues
• You should be eager to embrace new technologies, as the role will involve transitioning to a modern JavaScript stack in the near future

Desirable

• Be a part of a truly cross-functional team; Backend Engineers, Frontend Engineers, Product Teams, Designers and QA’s
• Participate in product planning (from discovery all the way to deployment) - we want your input at all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle!
• Collaborate! Our teams work together to develop robust new features, APIs, continuously improve our industry-leading products and find and fix any bugs at DeelSpeed
• Ensure our customers receive a white-glove experience with our products!
• Fully own the development of features on the client, server, service, and database
• You will maintain and improve stability in our legacy PHP monolith (PHP 5.6, Zend components)
• Eagerness to embrace new technologies, as the role will involve transitioning to a modern JavaScript stack in the near future. Familiarity with later versions of PHP (such as PHP 8) will also be beneficial in the event of system updates
• You will design and implement server-side APIs, data models, and business logic, primarily in PHP, with MySQL
• You will create and optimize database schemas, queries, and interactions with relational databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL)
• You will perform thorough testing, debugging, and troubleshooting of applications to ensure high-quality deliverables - even in a legacy environment where regressions can be easy to introduce
• You will collaborate with the team on reducing technical debt and delivering feature backlog items that improve operational efficiency
• You will participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain code quality standards
• You will communicate project progress, challenges, and solutions effectively to team members and stakeholders
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes, methodologies, and tools