(Junior) PHP Backend Engineer

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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Starter
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, German

Tech stack

PHP (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Automation of Tests Software Quality Code Review Databases Relational Databases Cursor Programming Tools Laravel Unix Shell
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PHP Development Service-Oriented Architecture Software Engineering Symfony Systems Architecture PHP Frameworks Caching Backend Git Front End Software Development Claude Google Gemini Restful APIs Docker

Job description

As a PHP Backend Developer, you’ll work with modern frameworks, enjoy a variety of employee benefits, and grow professionally within a passionate and innovative tech team. If writing clean, efficient PHP code is your thing, this is the place to be. You Will:

  • Develop new features for fast-growing digital products using modern web technologies
  • Maintain and expand the system architecture across frontend, backend, databases, caches, and APIs comparison interfaces, result pages, finalization flows, REST APIs)
  • Optimize and scale the platform in a service-oriented architecture
  • Maintain code quality through daily code reviews and automated testing

Requirements

  • Solid programming skills in at least one language, with a strong interest in software development
  • Proven experience in PHP development; experience with modern PHP frameworks Symfony or Laravel) is a plus
  • Confident working with relational databases, Git, Docker, and in a Linux shell environment
  • Experience with AI-based development tools Cursor, Claude, Gemini, Windsurf) is a bonus
  • Strong attention to detail and a structured, quality-driven approach to work
  • Fluent in both German and English, written and spoken

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