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Senior Backend Developer (PHP)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Minneapolis, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
29 September 2026 (11 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Senior Backend Developer (PHP)
Role Overview
About Project:
The project involves working on an existing backend application built in PHP focused on developing and maintaining RESTful APIs that support business functionality and integrations with other systems.
The selected candidate will be responsible for:
Key Requirement
The client is looking for a Senior Backend Developer with strong PHP experience focused on building and maintaining RESTful APIs and working with SQL databases.
This is not a DevOps or CI/CD-heavy role.
Required Skills
Additional/Preferred Skills
Job Description shared by Sarah:
Role Overview
- Title: Senior PHP Developer
- Location: Minneapolis MN
- Experience: 510 years
- Focus: Backend application development
About Project:
The project involves working on an existing backend application built in PHP focused on developing and maintaining RESTful APIs that support business functionality and integrations with other systems.
The selected candidate will be responsible for:
- Designing building and enhancing backend services and APIs
- Working extensively with SQL databases for data processing and optimization
- Maintaining and improving application performance scalability and reliability
- Collaborating with frontend and other teams to support end-to-end feature delivery
Key Requirement
The client is looking for a Senior Backend Developer with strong PHP experience focused on building and maintaining RESTful APIs and working with SQL databases.
This is not a DevOps or CI/CD-heavy role.
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on experience in PHP development (Laravel/Symfony preferred)
- Experience in designing and building RESTful APIs
- Solid SQL/database experience (MySQL PostgreSQL or MS SQL)
- Experience in backend development for production applications
- Familiarity with version control (Git)
Additional/Preferred Skills
- Basic knowledge of JavaScript HTML CSS
- Exposure to scripting languages (Python Bash PowerShell)
- Familiarity with testing tools (Playwright PyUnit etc.)
- Exposure to monitoring/logging tools (Grafana Splunk)
Job Description shared by Sarah:
- 5 years of experience with programming SQL for database technologies such as Microsoft SQL MySQL Postgres
- 5 years of strong development proficiency in PowerShell Bash Python PHP JavaScript HTMLCSS technologies
- Strong knowledge of RESTful API design
- Familiarity with markup languages such as XML JSON YAML and HTML
- Experience with testing tools such as Playwright Pester PyUnit
- Experience with IDEs such as VS Code IntelliJ PyCharm Visual Studio etc.
- Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git)
- Experience with orchestration such as Jenkins GitHub Actions
- Experience with artifact repositories such as Artifactory
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana Prometheus and BigPanda
- Experience with logging tools such as Splunk
Required Experience:
Senior IC
