Senior Software Engineer (Backend) - PHP

Role Overview

Senior Backend Software Engineer (PHP) on the fully remote Engineering team at Feedonomics. You’ll help deliver and scale core infrastructure components and services for a robust, high-performance, data-intensive SaaS platform.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the architecture, design, and development of scalable, highly available applications and services.
• Solve complex infrastructure-related problems and provide post-release support for scalable applications.
• Improve DevOps practices and tooling, using automation to strengthen the CI/CD pipeline and streamline deployment.
• Present and defend architecture solution options to product owners and engineering leadership.
• Run post-mortems to analyze failures and prevent recurrence.
• Drive continuous improvement across end-to-end infrastructure and systems.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes that solve concrete business problems.
• Become a domain expert by tracking industry trends and applying best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years backend programming experience.
• 2+ years with PHP (strongly preferred).
• 2+ years with one or more: MySQL (or similar), plus backend language experience such as Python, Go, Java, or similar.
• Strong understanding of database schema design, caching, and scalability.
• Strong understanding of communication protocols (e.g., TCP, RPC).
• Experience with distributed systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to perform time and memory complexity analysis.
• US work authorization required.
• BS or higher in Computer Science or related field.

Nice to Haves

• Caching technologies (e.g., Redis or Memcached).
• DevOps experience.
• Full-stack observability tools (e.g., New Relic).
• Linux operating systems.
• CI/CD and containerization tools (e.g., Docker).
• Distributed systems and performance/security best practices.

Compensation

Pay transparency range: $135,960 – $203,940 (exact salary depends on location and qualifications).