Senior PHP Backend Engineer (Symfony OR Laravel) | Athens (Hybrid)

Athens City Center, Greece

Hybrid Working Model (3 days on-site)

Up to €50,000 Gross Annual Salary

Full-Time | Long-Term Engagement

We are looking for a Senior PHP Backend Engineer to join a growing engineering team in Athens and contribute to the development, maintenance, and evolution of large-scale web platforms and business-critical applications.

This role is ideal for experienced PHP developers who have built production-grade applications using either Symfony or Laravel and enjoy working in a modern engineering environment focused on quality, scalability, and long-term product development.

You will collaborate closely with developers, product teams, and stakeholders while contributing to high-impact projects using modern PHP technologies and best development practices.

Candidates must currently reside in Greece

Candidates must have the legal right to work in Greece

Relocation support is not available

Visa sponsorship is not available

• Develop, maintain, and enhance backend applications using PHP 8+
• Design and implement scalable REST APIs and backend services
• Build and optimize database structures, queries, and application performance
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
• Write and maintain automated tests
• Collaborate with product, QA, and engineering teams
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve system stability
• Contribute to technical discussions and architecture improvements
  
  

• 4+ years of professional PHP development experience
• Strong experience with PHP 8.x
• Strong commercial experience with Symfony OR Laravel
• Experience building and maintaining REST APIs
• Solid knowledge of MySQL and database optimization
• Experience with Git and Docker
• Familiarity with automated testing (PHPUnit, Pest, or similar)
• Good understanding of software design principles and clean code practices
• Ability to work independently while collaborating within a team environment
• Fluent English communication skills
  
  

• Experience with both Symfony and Laravel
• Doctrine ORM or Eloquent ORM
• OAuth2 / SSO integrations
• Payment gateway integrations (Stripe or similar)
• Webhooks and event-driven architectures
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with SaaS platforms or multi-tenant systems
• Experience integrating with enterprise systems
  
  

• Athens-based position
• Initial onboarding period on-site in Athens
• Hybrid working model thereafter (3 days per week on-site)
• Long-term collaboration with a minimum engagement of one year
  
  

• Salary up to €50,000 gross annually
• Long-term project stability
• Modern PHP technology stack
• Opportunity to work on large-scale business applications
• Collaborative and experienced engineering team
• Career growth within a modern software development environment
• Hybrid working model in Athens
  
  

Salary: Up to €50,000 Gross annually depending on experience.