Smart Working
Smart Working
51 – 200 Employees
ConsultingHealthcareMarketing
Smart Working is a recruitment service that helps businesses build software development teams with vetted developers from around the world. Its selection process includes technical assessments and background checks, matching companies with developers experienced in a range of programming languages and frameworks. Smart Working supports flexible, remote hiring for organizations in areas including consulting, healthcare, and marketing, helping them expand development capacity while managing recruitment and operating costs.

Senior Symfony Engineer (PHP) – Remote in India

Lead backend development for Smart Working’s enterprise marketing-data platform using PHP and Symfony. Modernize the Symfony stack, strengthen scalability, and collaborate across Angular, TypeScript, and AI services in a remote role.

Description

  • Own backend delivery for the core Symfony application
  • Become capable of delivering work independently within 2–3 months of joining
  • Evaluate code produced by both team members and AI tools
  • Help upgrade the application from Symfony 6.1 to Symfony 7
  • Address versioning, compatibility, and legacy-system challenges
  • Enhance application performance, scalability, and long-term maintainability
  • Contribute across Angular, TypeScript, and Python-based AI agent services
  • Coordinate with DevOps when backend changes influence other system areas
  • Read and understand Angular and TypeScript code while focusing primarily on backend work
  • Evaluate the broader effects of technical decisions across Symfony, Angular, and AI services
  • Trace issues to their root causes and refine existing solutions
  • Build maintainable features within a legacy codebase
  • Work independently while partnering with a remote, cross-functional team
  • Comply with SOC 2, PII, and security requirements

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of commercial software engineering experience, including 5 or more years with PHP
  • At least 7 years of expert-level PHP development experience
  • At least 3 recent years of advanced commercial experience with Symfony 6.x or 7
  • Strong senior-level Laravel experience may qualify when directly transferable
  • At least 4 years of advanced backend architecture, system design, and scalability experience
  • At least 2 years of advanced experience critically using AI development tools
  • At least 5 years of advanced MySQL experience, including schema design and query optimization
  • Comparable PostgreSQL or other relational-database experience may be accepted
  • At least 1 year of Angular, TypeScript, or equivalent front-end experience
  • At least 3 years of advanced automated-testing experience with PHPUnit
  • At least 1 year of experience upgrading frameworks and modernizing legacy codebases
  • At least 2 years of intermediate AWS experience
  • Fluent written and spoken English
  • Strong written and verbal communication abilities
  • Availability to work UK hours
  • Willingness to complete strict background checks
  • Ability to comply with PII and data-protection requirements
  • Ability to work independently after 2–3 months, with a hands-on engineering approach and architectural mindset
  • Hands-on engineering approach combined with an architectural mindset

Benefits

  • Full-time position intended for long-term employment
  • Remote-first working model
  • Supportive community focused on growth and well-being
  • Scope for personal and professional development
  • Work with global teams and products
  • Part of a remote, cross-functional product squad

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