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SLIM Developer (Backend, PHP)
Full Remote · Worldwide · 3 years of experience · B1 - IntermediateWe’re seeking an experienced Slim Developer to join a fast-moving engineering team building high-performance backend services and API-driven applications. You’ll design, develop, and maintain lightweight microservices using Slim PHP, modern PHP 8...We’re seeking an experienced Slim Developer to join a fast-moving engineering team building high-performance backend services and API-driven applications.
You’ll design, develop, and maintain lightweight microservices using Slim PHP, modern PHP 8 features, SQL databases, and cloud-native tooling.
We’re looking for proactive engineers who write clean code, think analytically, communicate clearly, and thrive in collaborative Agile teams.
🧠 Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend services and REST APIs using Slim Framework (PHP 7/8).
- Architect lightweight microservices following PSR standards and clean coding principles.
- Collaborate on solution design, converting business requirements into efficient technical implementations.
- Integrate internal and third-party systems through RESTful APIs and event-driven patterns.
- Optimize application performance, caching, and database access (MySQL/PostgreSQL, Redis).
- Implement authentication/authorization flows (JWT, OAuth).
- Write automated tests (PHPUnit/Pest), conduct peer reviews, and improve code quality.
- Contribute to Agile ceremonies — refinement sessions, story estimation, defining acceptance criteria.
- Prepare technical documentation and maintain API specifications (OpenAPI/Swagger).
🧩 Must-Have Experience
- 3+ years of recent PHP backend development, including strong hands-on experience with Slim Framework.
- Advanced knowledge of:
- Slim routing, middleware, dependency injection, PSR-7/PSR-15
- REST API architecture and microservice design
- SQL (complex joins, stored procedures, query optimization)
- Docker, Git, CI/CD pipelines
- Strong understanding of modern PHP (PHP 8 features, OOP, SOLID).
- Experience integrating with external services and internal domain APIs.
- Proven experience working within Agile/Scrum teams.
Excellent communication (written and verbal) and ability to explain technical decisions.
✅ Nice-to-Have
- Familiarity with Laravel or Symfony for mixed-stack environments.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean).
- Understanding of queues and async processing (RabbitMQ, SQS, Redis Streams).
- Hands-on experience with testing frameworks, API automation, or load testing.
- Knowledge of microservice patterns, DDD, or event-driven architecture.