Backend Developer (LAMP / Laravel / Symfony)

We’re looking for a Backend Developer experienced in the LAMP stack to build, optimize, and maintain high-performance applications. You’ll work with PHP MVC frameworks, manage raw SQL queries, integrate APIs, and operate in containerized environments.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain backend systems using PHP (Laravel/Symfony) on the LAMP stack
• Write and optimize raw SQL queries for MySQL
• Work in Docker containers (Laravel Sail) with WSL2/Linux
• Integrate RESTful APIs using documentation best practices
• Debug code with xDebug and monitor queries via Laravel Telescope

Requirements

• LAMP stack experience (Linux, MySQL, Apache, PHP)
• Laravel/Symfony experience (PHP MVC frameworks)
• MySQL server experience + SQL language skills (Raw SQL code)
• Experience with docker containers (Laravel Sail)
• Confident using WSL2 (Windows integration / Ubuntu / any Linux distro etc)
• Comprehensive understanding of API integration + how to read documentation
  (RESTful applications)
• Confident using debugging tools (i.e x-debug for code, telescope for queries etc)

Nice to Have

• Experience using Node/Express (JS)
• Experience using deployment pipelines (GitHub Actions, Ansible/Ansistrano)