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Senior PHP / Symfony Software Developer
Term: Full-time / Direct Hire
Work Environment: 100% Remote
Visa Status: US Citizen, Green Card, TN Visa
Our client is a rapidly growing technology company building software solutions for the Clinical Trials and Medical Meetings industries, serving clients across 67 countries worldwide.
They are looking for an experienced Senior PHP / Symfony Software Developer to join our engineering team. This is a hands-on role for a seasoned backend engineer with deep PHP and Symfony expertise, strong Object-Oriented Programming fundamentals, and a track record of building, maintaining, and improving complex production applications.
You’ll work across an established suite of interconnected products, developing new functionality while helping us modernize and improve our existing platform. You’ll collaborate with experienced engineers and technical leadership in an Agile, Scrum, and test-driven development environment.
This position is 100% remote within the United States.
What You'll Work On
Our software supports critical workflows across clinical trials and medical meetings, including:
Meeting itinerary planning, scheduling, and tracking
Event, content, and speaker management
Invitations, email, and marketing campaigns
Vendor payments and expense tracking
Communication among clinical-trial patients, caregivers, and pharmaceutical organizations
Clinical-trial compliance and governance
What You'll Do
Design, develop, and maintain backend applications using PHP and Symfony
Write clean, maintainable, efficient, and well-tested Object-Oriented code
Build new functionality supported by meaningful automated unit and integration tests
Develop and maintain PHP modules, services, RESTful APIs, and third-party integrations
Analyze business and application requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions
Troubleshoot complex application, integration, database, and production issues
Improve the performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability of existing applications
Collaborate with Senior Engineers and technical leadership on application design and complex development challenges
Contribute to the ongoing modernization of our applications and development practices
Participate actively in Agile/Scrum planning, estimation, and technical discussions
Take ownership of assigned work from analysis through development, testing, and completion
What We're Looking For
8-10 years of professional PHP development experience
3-5 years of professional Symfony development experience
Deep understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and software design principles
Strong knowledge of modern PHP application architecture and development practices
Professional experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL database
Strong command-line Git skills, including branching, merging, conflict resolution, rebasing, reverting, stashing, and cherry-picking
Strong experience with PHPUnit and automated testing
Experience designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs and third-party integrations
Working knowledge of Linux, Nginx, Bash, permissions, cron jobs, and related application/server operations
Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment
Strong database, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong sense of ownership and accountability
Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in a distributed engineering team
Nice to Have
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Experience with Composer
Experience with Docker and containerized environments
Knowledge of MongoDB scaling and sharding
Experience with React or other modern JavaScript frameworks
Familiarity with AWS and CI/CD pipelines
Experience modernizing or refactoring mature production applications
Experience developing software for healthcare, clinical trials, life sciences, pharmaceutical technology, or another regulated industry
Work arrangement
Yes
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