Senior Software Engineer, PHP

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and enhance functionalities within FeeNavigator utilizing PHP/Laravel and Vue.

• Create efficient database queries and improve MySQL performance as required.

• Take ownership of the quality of your work from start to finish through developer-led testing — creating unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, and confirming your changes up to production.

• Enhance the health of a large, established codebase by refactoring complicated areas and breaking down high-complexity components into maintainable, well-structured code.

• Document essential business logic, application workflows, and significant architectural decisions.

• Collaborate with Product Managers to clarify requirements and contribute to the design of technical solutions.

• Engage in code reviews to uphold high engineering standards and share best practices.

• Work with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to ensure that the software is observable, resilient, secure, and ready for production.

• Diagnose and resolve incidents, defects, and performance issues in partnership with cross-functional teams.

• Contribute to the continuous enhancement of development processes, tooling, and engineering practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

• Over 5 years of experience in developing complex applications.

• Proficiency in PHP and contemporary development practices.

• Strong grasp of object-oriented programming and design patterns.

• Experience with relational databases like MySQL (schema design, query optimization).

• Familiarity with modern frontend development (JavaScript/TypeScript, Vue, npm, basic CSS/SCSS).

• Comfort working within large, established codebases — capable of navigating unfamiliar systems, untangling complexity, and making sound adjustments with minimal guidance.

• Understanding of secure coding principles.

• Experience with Git and CI/CD workflows.

• Experience contributing throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Effective utilization of AI-assisted development tools, with the discernment to identify where they add value and the discipline to review and validate their output.

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary plus bonus.

• A remote-first culture!

• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.

• 13 Paid Holidays.

• Company-sponsored volunteer days.