Senior PHP Engineer (Laravel)

TL;DR

Senior PHP Engineer (Laravel): Leading the design and evolution of a global platform's high-performance distributed backend services with an accent on scalability, efficiency, and service-oriented architecture. Focus on enforcing SOLID principles, optimizing database strategies, and coaching mid-level engineers.

Location: Remote-first. Must reside in and be fully eligible to work in either the UK or Spain. Proof of a valid right to work in one of these two countries will be required.

Company

hirify.global is the world’s first eSIM store that helps people connect in over 200+ countries and regions, building the next digital service to revolutionize the telecom industry.

What you will do

• Lead the design of high-performance distributed systems capable of handling global traffic.
• Develop and refine services to improve scalability and efficiency.
• Drive the transition toward a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to ensure modularity and resilience.
• Set the bar for code quality by enforcing SOLID principles, design patterns, and testing standards.
• Actively coach mid-level engineers through deep code reviews and technical knowledge sharing.
• Identify bottlenecks in services and implement advanced caching and database strategies.
• Partner with Product and DevOps to translate complex requirements into scalable technical roadmaps.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional backend development experience with a deep mastery of PHP.
• 4+ years of building enterprise-grade applications in Laravel or an equivalent senior background in Symfony.
• Mastery of distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and messaging patterns like SQS or Pub/Sub.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL including performance tuning and handling transactions at scale.
• Experience architecting on AWS and managing containerized environments with Docker.
• A champion of clean code, automated testing, and CI/CD best practices.
• Fluent English.

Nice to have

• Experience with SaaS/PaaS, SOA, or microservices architecture.
• Experience with eSIM, or GSMA technologies.
• Familiarity with Traveltech solutions.
• Experience in building or maintaining custom SDKs.

Culture & Benefits

• Health Insurance.
• Work-from-anywhere stipend.
• Annual wellness & learning credits.
• Annual all-expenses-paid company retreat in a gorgeous destination.
• Paid on-call rotation (standby fees + overtime, no on-call for first 6 months, guaranteed rest periods, flexible hours, split rotations).
• Equal-opportunity environment that values diversity, inclusion, and equity.
• Team spread across 50+ countries.

Hiring process

• Background checks may be requested upon successful application, with prior consent, and strictly limited by applicable laws.