Senior PHP Engineer (Laravel/Payments) - Remote Portugal

Job description

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY: Join a world-class technology consultancy where software is built by people, for people, creating high-performance systems that impact users worldwide. We're seeking a PHP Engineer to join an agile, collaborative team building resilient payment platform systems that scale. This role offers you the opportunity to be a technical partner, not just a developer, working closely with leadership (CEO/COO) and clients where your voice matters as much as your code. We value empathy, self-organization, and the courage to take risks in a politics-free environment. PROJECT & CONTEXT: You'll develop, maintain, and enhance the core backend of a high-stakes payment platform, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance. The role involves implementing critical functionalities including transaction processing, user authentication, and integrations with external payment services like Stripe, GoCardless, and CardStream. You'll refactor complex controllers, design clean business logic within services and repositories, and collaborate with the Tech Lead on key architectural decisions. Working with multiple MySQL databases via RDS and DynamoDB, you'll write efficient queries...