Senior PHP Developer (Symfony, Laravel)

Quận 11, Vietnam

Job description

  • Analyze requirements, come up with adequate technical design and maintain technical documentation.
  • Write clean and maintainable code using engineering best practices (unit testing, source control, continuous integration, automation, design patterns, etc.).
  • Participate in and may conduct code reviews. Follow, improve and enforce coding standards.
  • Troubleshoot performance, scale, object clustering issues for integration solutions and debugging.
  • Actively raise any concerns to Tech Lead/ Project Manager and suggest action plan to improve overall quality.
  • Research new technologies and existing libraries.
  • Assist other team members with design challenges and coding issues; and evaluate their performance.

Desired Skills and Experience

  • 3+ years’ experience in web development, with expertise in PHP and OOP, applying modern architecture concepts (dependency injection, service containers, event-driven design, modular components, and middleware pipelines).
  • Proficient in Symfony and Laravel frameworks, with hands-on experience building robust and maintainable applications.
  • Experience working with CMS and eCommerce platforms: Drupal, WordPress, Magento, OroCommerce, with the ability to extend, customize, and integrate them into complex ecosystems.
  • Hands-on experience with ORMs (e.g., Doctrine) and building scalable, maintainable backend systems.
  • Skills in integrating, optimizing web platforms and caching layers: Nginx, Apache, PHP-FPM, Varnish, Redis, Memcached.
  • Understanding of application architecture, design patterns, and best practices (DDD, SOLID, CQRS, etc.).
  • Experience building RESTful APIs, microservices, and working with API-first architectures.
  • Good knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL), including query optimization and schema design.
  • Strong communication skills in English (both written and verbal).
  • Demonstrated leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically while staying hands-on.

Nice-to-have skills:

  • Familiarity with frontend technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, modern frameworks (React, Vue), Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap.
  • Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, etc.).
  • Understanding of web security best practices (OWASP, JWT, OAuth2, etc.).
  • Familiar with DevOps tools and modern deployment workflows: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.).
  • Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Why ekino?

  • High-ownership working environment: You will take full responsibility and control of your missions contributing to the team’s success
  • Continuous skill improvement with new technologies, challenging projects, on-the-job coaching, and training programs
  • Annual performance review & bonus: recognize your efforts and identify development/ improvement needs
  • Clear career path: define your career development with long-term vision
  • Be secured in your mind with employee’s care: private healthcare insurance package, medical check-up, support allowance…
  • Great-place-to-work activities (company trip, sport clubs…): enhance teamwork spirit and facilitate your work-life harmony.

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Thank you for your time and enthusiasm in our career opportunities.
Please kindly note that shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 3 weeks of application. Alternatively, we will reach out to you when another suitable chance arises in the future.