PHP Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a PHP Engineer based in Germany. Join a fully remote engineering team working on a mature internal platform that supports the creation and publication of intelligence content. You’ll help maintain and modernize a production Laravel application while contributing across both backend and frontend technologies. The role combines hands-on development with opportunities to improve testing, observability, tooling, and deployment practices. You’ll play an important part in gradually moving an established system toward a modern cloud platform. With significant autonomy, you’ll have the opportunity to make thoughtful improvements while keeping a dependable production environment running smoothly. You’ll collaborate closely with platform and DevOps specialists as well as distributed colleagues across multiple regions. This role is well suited to a pragmatic, full-stack-minded engineer who values quality, ownership, and methodical modernization. Accountabilities Develop, maintain, and improve production features across the PHP/Laravel backend and JavaScript, CSS, and HTML frontend.Maintain and modernize the application while ensuring changes are introduced safely and sustainably.Keep PHP, Laravel, and other application dependencies current, including managing safe framework and version upgrades.Improve automated testing, observability, developer tooling, CI, and deployment automation to support reliable software delivery.Investigate, triage, and resolve production incidents, defects, and technical issues through structured debugging and root-cause analysis.Contribute to the modernization and migration of the application onto a cloud platform in collaboration with platform and DevOps teams.Document system behavior, dependencies, operational procedures, and runbooks to improve knowledge sharing and maintainability.Work autonomously on assigned priorities while taking ownership of delivering reliable technical solutions.Provide regular updates on progress, priorities, risks, and technical developments.Collaborate with distributed teams across Europe, the United States, South America, and Asia while adapting effectively to diverse professional and cultural environments.Participate in occasional travel as required by the role. Requirements Significant professional experience building and maintaining production PHP applications and systems.Strong hands-on experience with the Laravel framework, including safe framework and dependency upgrades.Working knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, with the ability to contribute to an established frontend.Demonstrated ability to improve and evolve mature codebases safely rather than relying on complete rewrites.Strong debugging, incident-response, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis capabilities.Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL.Strong experience with Git, CI/CD workflows, automated testing, and disciplined software development practices.Ability to work independently, take ownership of assigned work, and collaborate effectively with platform and DevOps specialists.Professional written and spoken English at B2 level or above.Experience with system migration or modernization projects is desirable.Familiarity with Kafka or other message queues, S3 or similar object storage, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS is an advantage.Experience with security hardening and dependency management is beneficial.Exposure to cybersecurity threat intelligence, data pipelines, or high-volume data ingestion systems is a plus.React experience is desirable and may provide opportunities to contribute to additional frontend platforms.Comfort using AI-assisted coding tools such as Claude or Codex is advantageous.Strong communication, collaboration, reliability, and problem-solving skills. Benefits Market-competitive compensation.Fully remote working opportunity within Europe.B2B contractor arrangement with a 12-month contract basis.Remote-friendly and collaborative working culture.Wellness programs designed to support employee wellbeing.Employee recognition program.Access to professional development and learning opportunities.Opportunity to work on meaningful technology supporting cybersecurity intelligence operations.Collaboration with an international, geographically distributed engineering and technology community.Occasional travel opportunities as part of the role.Inclusive environment focused on people, customers, innovation, openness, and integrity. How Jobgether Works We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. 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