Foundrr.lab
Senior PHP Backend Developer
Remote Senior $4.7k–$12.8k/moest.
Summary
Foundrr.lab is seeking a Senior PHP Backend Developer to develop and maintain a large-scale ERP system for a jewelry manufacturing and wholesale company. This long-term, remote role involves feature development, refactoring, and system integrations across manufacturing, inventory, logistics, finance, and wholesale operations.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain backend functionality for the ERP system
- Work with legacy code: improve, refactor, and extend existing modules
- Design and implement new features and integrations
- Develop and maintain APIs (REST / SOAP)
- Work with real-time features using WebSockets
- Optimize performance, stability, and database queries
- Fix bugs and ensure system reliability
- Collaborate with backend, frontend, and product team members
- Take ownership of tasks from analysis to delivery
Requirements
Experience:
- 5+ years of experience with PHP
- Strong experience with native PHP (procedural, OOP, DI)
- Hands-on experience with Yii2, Laravel/Lumen, Workerman
- Solid understanding of OOP and design principles, WebSockets, REST and SOAP APIs, GitFlow, CI/CD pipelines, Linux environments
- Database experience: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis
- Frontend basics: Native JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS
- English level: B2 or higher (written and verbal communication)
Soft Skills:
- Strong self-management and ability to work independently
- Clear and structured communication
- Proactive mindset: identifies issues and proposes solutions
- High level of responsibility and ownership for results
- Ability to work effectively in distributed teams
- Strong time management and prioritization skills
Nice to Have:
- Experience working in Scrum teams (5+ people)
- Experience building complex ERP or CRM systems
- Knowledge of Python
- Experience with high-load or business-critical systems
Conditions
Work Arrangement:
- Full-time, fully remote work
- Long-term, stable project
- Clear task-based workflow
- No micromanagement
- Professional and experienced team
- Opportunity to work on a complex, real-world ERP system