Senior Backend Engineer (PHP/Rust migration)
South Geeks5 months ago
Remote, WorldwideSenior
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend functionality in a PHP-based payment processing platform.
- Contribute to the gradual migration of selected systems from PHP to Rust.
- Troubleshoot production issues and perform data investigations.
- Participate in weekly production releases and maintain stable deployment cycles.
- Review code and collaborate with engineers to maintain code quality.
- Support and evolve observability through logging, monitoring, and debugging tools.
- Understand and maintain complex payment workflows connected to government systems.
Requirements
- Senior-level backend development experience in PHP, ideally in a LAMP-based architecture.
- Strong experience with MySQL and relational database design.
- Experience maintaining and evolving large, long-lived codebases.
- Solid understanding of Unix/Linux environments and server-based application development.
- Experience debugging production systems and investigating complex data or processing issues.
- Familiarity with automated testing practices and maintaining large test suites.
- Experience with message queues, logging systems, or asynchronous processing.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate through code reviews and technical discussions.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to learn complex technical and business domains.
- Rust experience or willingness to learn Rust is preferred.
- Experience with financial systems, payments, or fintech platforms is preferred.
- Some JavaScript experience for occasional frontend tasks is preferred.
- Experience using AI-assisted coding tools is preferred.
Benefits
- 100% remote work
- Long-term projects
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Work-from-home and training reimbursement
- English lessons
- Technical training
- Career coaching
- Payment in USD
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About South Geeks
Our mission is to power the evolution of leading companies in Fintech and Life Sciences by curating elite engineers from Latin America. We focus on agile and precision hiring and caring for the people who take care of our clients, building long-lasting strategic partnerships. With more than 8 years of experience and 200+ engineers in 8 countries deployed across 50+ challenging projects, South Geeks is proud to boost sustainable business and successful career paths.