PHP Developer

We’re a fast-growing European cloud infrastructure & managed services provider powering high-performance hosting and managed Kubernetes for tech teams. We’re looking for an experienced Senior PHP / Laravel Backend Engineer to help build scalable, secure backend systems that run on modern cloud platforms. Join a pragmatic engineering team where your code keeps customer workloads running reliably at scale. What you’ll be doingDesign, build and maintain backend services and APIs using PHP (8+) and Laravel.Implement robust database schemas and optimised queries (MySQL/Postgres).Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, containerised builds (Docker) and cloud deployments (Kubernetes).Integrate with caches, message queues and observability tooling (Redis, RabbitMQ/Kafka, Prometheus/ELK).Own features from design to production: write tests (PHPUnit), perform code reviews, and troubleshoot live incidents.Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to design services that are secure, observable and cost-efficient.Mentor junior engineers and help evolve engineering practices and architecture. What we’re looking for4+ years professional experience with PHP and Laravel (or similar frameworks).Strong SQL skills and experience with MySQL or Postgres at scale.Practical experience with Docker and deploying applications to container platforms; familiarity with Kubernetes a big plus.Solid understanding of RESTful API design; experience with GraphQL is a plus.Experience with automated testing (unit, integration) and CI systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).Comfortable debugging production issues and working with observability tools (logs/metrics/tracing).Fluent English (spoken & written); German is optional but helpful for some customer-facing work.Team player with good communication skills and a pragmatic, security-minded approach. Nice to havePrevious experience at an infrastructure, hosting or managed-services company.Familiarity with cloud networking, DDoS mitigation patterns or edge DNS/hosting services.Experience with PHP performance tuning and profiling.Knowledge of Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools. What we offerCompetitive salary and flexible, remote-first working policy (EU timezone friendly).Generous training & conference budget, paid time off, and hardware allowance.Opportunity to work directly on infrastructure powering real customer workloads (high impact).Collaborative, engineering-led culture with a strong focus on reliability, security and pragmatic automation.Clear career path and mentorship opportunities.