[Hiring] PHP Developer @Cleeng

Role Description

As a backend engineer at Cleeng, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain backend features in our Core Platform (PHP 8.4, Laminas Mezzio, Doctrine, MySQL) and expose them through well-designed REST APIs.
• Work AI-first, using AI coding agents for implementation, test generation, refactoring, and navigating unfamiliar parts of the legacy codebase.
• Improve the context for AI agents to enhance team productivity.
• Own correctness, design quality, and security of everything you merge.
• Launch features with dashboards and alerts, monitor them, and participate in operational health.
• Contribute to the modernization of the platform through incremental refactoring and removal of legacy components.
• Investigate and resolve bugs and escalations in your domain, collaborating with QA on AI-assisted test automation.
• Collaborate closely in a remote-first, international team through code reviews, design discussions, and PHP Guild alignment.

Qualifications

• Proficient usage of modern PHP (8.x) with strong OOP and SOLID design judgment.
• Ability to independently deliver in a mainstream PHP framework, with Doctrine or another ORM.
• MySQL query optimization experience.
• Experience with REST API design and consumption, with automated testing in PHPUnit and a TDD mindset.
• Confidence navigating and incrementally refactoring large legacy codebases, increasingly with AI assistance.
• Clear written communication and autonomy in a remote-first, agile team.

Requirements

• Ownership of features from ticket to production, with a quality and reliability mindset.
• Strong code review judgment.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours and form of employment.
• Possibility to work 100% remotely or in a hybrid model, depending on the geo location.
• 100% paid sick leave within the agreed limits.
• Events and celebrations.