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Senior PHP Engineer

Js Careers Pty Limited — Australia · Posted ~3 hours ago

Senior Contract

Skills

PHP software architecture cloud applications technical leadership system design Cloud

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A senior PHP engineer is sought for a hands-on contract role combining production development with architectural leadership. You will guide design decisions, build high-performance components, influence platform evolution, lead complex cross-functional initiatives, and mentor less-experienced engineers.

Highlights

Combine hands-on PHP development with architectural leadership, influence platform direction, lead critical technical initiatives, and mentor junior engineers.

Description

PHP Engineer | Daily Rate Contract JS Careers is partnering with a leading global financial services group for a hands-on PHP engineering role. This role is responsible for shaping architecture, delivery, and technical leadership while continuing to write production code across an evolving platform. The ideal candidate has strong PHP engineering credentials and is looking to step into a role that blends technical leadership with influence over platform direction. The role: You'll balance technical contribution with architectural leadership on a business-critical platform, acting as a senior engineering voice across complex, cross-functional initiatives as the team drives the next evolution of the platform. You'll be responsible for: Providing end-to-end technical leadership across PHP-based cloud applications.Leading design decisions through POCs and high-performance, critical code components.Mentoring and leading junior engineers, uplifting technical capability across the team.AI-assisted software engineering and embedding AI-enabled practices into day-to-day delivery.Collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and QA engineers. What we're looking for: Strong depth of experience building PHP-based applications for the cloud.Solid understanding of performant, resilient, decoupled software systems with high standards of code maintainability.Proven experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude Code, Copilot or Gemini CLI.Experience designing and evolving service-oriented and microservices architectures.Advanced knowledge of database optimisation, indexing, and query performance tuning for MySQL.Proven AWS experience (e.g. S3, SQS, SNS, Cognito) and familiarity with cloud-native application development.Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g. AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace).Good understanding of cybersecurity principles, security standards and compliance frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001) is highly regarded.Knowledge of secure coding practices is highly regarded (Secure Code Warrior experience a bonus). If you are an experienced PHP developer with a passion for AI-assisted engineering and technical leadership, please reach out to Reuben Godfrey for a confidential conversation (reuben.godfrey@jscareers.com.au).