Senior PHP Developer - 100% Remote

Contract Duration: Indeterminate
Project Term: Indeterminate
Contract Type: Dedicated Independent Contractor (Open PJ)

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and evolve applications using PHP, ensuring strong practices in organization, architecture, and code quality.
• Create, maintain, and optimize APIs and back-end services, applying design patterns and consistently following the MVC model.
• Work extensively with systems developed in Laravel and CakePHP, proposing structural improvements, refactoring, and performance tuning.
• Develop and execute tests using PHPUnit to ensure stability and prevent production failures.
• Utilize Composer for dependency management, maintaining organized and updated projects.
• Work responsibly with legacy code, driving continuous improvements without compromising current operations.
• Contribute to structuring simple pipelines in Docker environments (when applicable).
• Support integrations utilizing Redis, queues, or caching mechanisms, as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• Completed higher education (Bachelor's degree) in Systems Analysis and Development, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Prior professional experience with PHP development.
• Practical experience with Laravel.
• Experience with CakePHP.
• Applied knowledge of the MVC architecture pattern.
• Knowledge of PHPUnit for test creation.
• Experience utilizing Composer.
• Demonstrated ability to work with legacy code and propose effective improvements.

Desirable Skills:

• Consistent knowledge of Java development.
• Experience with Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring MVC, and Spring Security.
• Practical knowledge of Hibernate/JPA.

Minimum Education: Higher Education