Senior PHP Backend Developer (Riyadh, KSA)

Overview

About The Product & Company

Responsibilities

• Create elegant, efficient and bulletproof software to support and extend our current software products
• Use tools including PHPStorm, MongoDB, NodeJS, AWS/AZURE, GIT, Memcache, Code Reviews, PHPUnit, Solr, among others
• Solve complex architectural challenges when implementing new features
• Integrate with databases, file systems, cloud services when delivering solutions
• Troubleshoot and fix reported customer issues, delivering software patches as needed
• Share your knowledge and experience with other engineers

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience in web app development
• 3+ years in PHP development
• Strong knowledge of the following:
• Automation testing
• Client server architecture is required
• Object-oriented programming and design patterns
• PHP ecosystems (PHP 8.2+ experience, Composer, PHPUnit)
• Web technologies including HTTP protocol, XML, REST
• Highly proficient in spoken and written English with strong communication skills
• Comfortable using AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar) as part of a daily development workflow - for code generation, review, debugging, and documentation.

Nice-To-Have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline
• Knowledge of modern PHP frameworks
• Experience in enterprise system’s architecture (Architecture Patterns, Eventing, Queues)
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases like MongoDB and their declarative query languages
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Knowledge of CI/CD (Jenkins preferred), Docker, SOLR, Redis
• Experience developing with NodeJS, JavaScript, TypeScript.
• What We Offer – These Do Not Change
• Be part of a team of passionate, committed individuals dedicated to building a world-class product
• Dedicated time for training and education opportunities
• A mentorship model wherein your mentor and team support your development
• A competitive salary with an annual bonus
• Onsite work with flexible hours that fall outside of 9am -12pm (US Eastern Standard Time)
• 20 days of paid time off, which increases by a further 2 days after 3 years of service and 3 days after 5 years of service (in addition to 10 public holidays in your country)
• Paid day off on your birthday or on an alternative day if your birthday falls outside a typical working day
• Paid day off to volunteer with the charity of your choice
• Paid monthly internet cost, as well as lunch and a wellbeing stipend provided
• Reimbursement of all hardware costs associated with the role
• Please note that we conduct background security checks for everyone joining our team.
• AI-assisted screening may be used during the application review process.