Senior PHP Engineer

Our client is building a high-performance logistics platform handling real-time order dispatch, driver routing, and delivery tracking. We’re hiring a Strong Senior PHP Engineer (Laravel) to help them push performance boundaries and design distributed systems that never sleep.

Core requirements:

• AI-first development is required. Candidates must actively use AI agents to generate and develop code as part of their daily workflow

• 5+ years professional PHP development (PHP 7/8.1+)

• 3+ years Laravel framework in production environments

• Production experience with:

• Real-time systems (WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, or long polling)

• Message queues (RabbitMQ/Kafka/SQS) - handling order dispatch pipelines

• Redis for caching and real-time data (geospatial queries a plus)

• MySQL - optimized for high read/write volumes

• API Design: RESTful APIs handling 1000+ RPS, proper rate limiting and fault tolerance

• Testing: Unit, integration, feature tests are standard (80%+ coverage expected)

• System Design: Can architect distributed systems and explain CAP theorem trade-offs

• OOP/SOLID principles: maintainable code that scales with team growth

• Git workflows: PR reviews, branching strategies, CI/CD pipelines

• AI-assisted development: Proficient with modern AI coding tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini) for productivity and rapid prototyping

Proven Track Record:

• Delivered at least 2 production systems handling time-sensitive operations

• Performance optimization on real traffic (database indexing, query optimization, caching)

• Handled moderate scale: Systems processing 5K+ transactions/hour

• Experience with concurrent operations - race conditions, locking, idempotency

• Production debugging: Troubleshooting live issues using logs, APM tools, and metrics

• Participated in code reviews: giving and receiving constructive feedback

As a strong plus:

• Cloud & Infrastructure: Kubernetes (deployments, pods…