Senior Symfony Backend Developer

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

📋 Description

• Lead backend development utilizing Symfony 7.4, API Platform, and MongoDB (Doctrine ODM)

• Design and create API resources, custom operations, filters, and security protocols

• Enhance high-traffic endpoints and manage high-volume traffic/consumption processing

• Advance asynchronous processing using Symfony Messenger and RabbitMQ (including workers, retries, and routing)

• Oversee subscription lifecycle management (including workflows, entitlements, plan modifications, and top-ups)

• Integrate and support payment providers (such as Paddle and cryptocurrency gateways)

• Develop and oversee data pipelines linking MongoDB and ClickHouse for analytics purposes

• Fortify API security measures (JWT, OAuth, authorization, rate limiting)

• Enhance CI/CD processes and developer experience utilizing Docker and GitHub Actions

• Leverage AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude, Codex, or similar) to expedite delivery while maintaining code quality and reviewability

• Conduct code reviews and provide mentorship to fellow team members

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficiency in Symfony: Over 5 years of professional experience with Symfony, encompassing Security, Serializer, Validator, Messenger, and Workflow

• API development expertise: Strong background in API Platform (or similar REST API frameworks) — including custom operations, DTOs, filters, and extensions

• Experience with document databases: Practical knowledge of MongoDB + Doctrine ODM, covering schema design, indexing, and query optimization for large datasets

• Familiarity with message queues: Production-level experience with RabbitMQ or comparable brokers for asynchronous workloads

• Performance optimization skills: Capability to enhance PHP applications for throughput, memory usage, and latency

• Security understanding: Strong knowledge of web security, JWT authentication, and secure payment/callback management

• Quality assurance: Comfortable with automated testing (PHPUnit), static analysis, and adherence to code review standards

• AI-assisted development experience: Hands-on experience with AI tools like Cursor, Claude, or Cortex — crafting effective prompts, critically reviewing AI-generated code, and incorporating these tools into a productive engineering workflow

🏝️ Benefits

• 20 days of paid annual leave

• 5 paid sick days

• US$800/year allowance for office and equipment

• Quarterly profit-sharing

• Fully remote work environment

• High level of autonomy and direct access to company decision-makers

• Collaborative team composed of experienced developers

• An engineering culture that embraces AI tools as key productivity enhancers