Senior Backend Engineer (PHP)
Reward Gateway15 days ago
Plovdiv, Bulgaria or Sofia, BulgariaSenior
Responsibilities
- Interpret requirements and technical specifications to define and develop software solutions.
- Identify product improvement opportunities and implement platform enhancements.
- Troubleshoot, test, and maintain core applications and databases for performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Collaborate with QA on acceptance criteria, debugging, and issue resolution.
- Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation.
- Write clean, maintainable, well-structured code following established standards and best practices.
- Collaborate effectively within globally distributed, cross-functional teams.
- Participate in mentoring, coaching, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Requirements
- Proven backend web application development experience with strong proficiency in PHP 8+ and MySQL.
- Solid understanding of object-oriented programming, SOLID principles, and modern software engineering practices.
- Proven experience applying design patterns to create maintainable and scalable solutions.
- Hands-on experience with unit and integration testing using tools such as PHPUnit or Pest.
- Strong working knowledge of SQL, RESTful APIs, and GraphQL.
- Ability to use AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, code quality, and documentation.
- Excellent English communication and collaboration skills in globally distributed, cross-functional teams.
- Comfort working in environments following strong Agile practices, iterative development, continuous improvement, and close product collaboration.
Benefits
- Hybrid work requiring presence at the Sofia or Plovdiv office at least twice per week, as agreed.
- Benefits and wellbeing offerings vary by country and location and are designed around fairness, choice, balance, and employee support.
- Inclusive and accessible recruitment process with reasonable adjustments available.
About Reward Gateway
Reward Gateway builds an HR SaaS platform for employers to deliver employee benefits, recognition and rewards, discounts, communications, and wellbeing programs across web and mobile. It sells subscriptions to HR teams at mid-market and enterprise companies. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in London, the company operates globally and is part of Edenred following a 2023 acquisition.