PHP Developer (Fluent Spanish Speaking)

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer with deep expertise in modern PHP, Laravel, microservices, and clean architecture. This is a 6-month engagement working fully remotely, collaborating with a cross-functional team to build scalable, secure, and high-performance Back End systems. Fluency in Spanish is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable, secure, and high-performance Back End architectures using modern frameworks and technologies.

• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and services connecting Front End applications, databases, and third-party systems.

• Write clean, efficient, and reusable Back End code following Clean Architecture, SOLID principles, and industry best practices.

• Work with PHP template engines (eg, Twig) to ensure clean separation of logic and presentation.

• Manage dependencies and tooling using Composer, PHPStan, PHPMD, and other modern PHP tools.

• Design and maintain robust data models, business logic, and integrations with external APIs or services.

• Ensure high-quality deliverables through unit testing, integration testing, and debugging across multiple environments.

• Collaborate closely with Product, Marketing, Design, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• Participate in code reviews and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

• Continuously optimise and refactor existing codebases for performance, maintainability, and scalability.

• 4+ years of modern PHP experience, with extensive hands-on work using Laravel in large-scale, high-traffic environments.

• Strong experience with PHP tooling and dependency management (Composer, PHPStan, PHPMD).

• Deep knowledge of MySQL or PostgreSQL.

• Mastery of microservices and distributed systems using Docker.

• Strong background in Clean Architecture, DDD, and refactoring Legacy systems.

• Expert understanding of SOLID, Clean Code, TDD, and CQRS.

• Proficiency with Git and modern development workflows.

• Ability to work effectively under time constraints with strong self-learning capabilities.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Knowledge of NoSQL databases (Redis, MongoDB, Elastic).

• Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ or Kafka.

• Strong unit testing experience.

• AI proficiency: Experience using AI development tools (eg, Junie, Claude), creating AI skills, and working with AI agents.

• Must be fluent in Spanish.