Senior Associate - PHP

Skills

at Davies, you will contribute to the design, development, and support of enterprise web applications within an Agile Scrum team. You will work with modern PHP technologies and frameworks, cloud platforms, APIs, and databases to build scalable and high-performing solutions that support critical business operations.
You will collaborate closely with architects, product owners, QA engineers, and senior developers to deliver high-quality software while continuously improving engineering standards and development practices.
This role is ideal for an experienced PHP developer seeking to deepen technical expertise, work within a modern cloud-enabled environment, and contribute to meaningful digital transformation initiatives.
Design, develop, and maintain applications using PHP, Laravel/Symfony, MySQL, and modern front-end technologies.
Develop RESTful APIs, integrations, and microservice-based solutions.
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following SOLID principles and industry best practices.
Participate in application architecture discussions and technical design reviews.
Ensure application security, scalability, maintainability, and performance optimization.

Work closely with Product Owners, QA Engineers, Architects, and Senior Developers to deliver solutions from concept through production.
Participate actively in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint reviews.
Assist in supporting and enhancing existing enterprise applications.
Contribute ideas and recommendations for improving application architecture and development processes.

Develop unit, integration, and functional tests using modern testing frameworks.
Participate in code reviews and promote coding standards across the team.
Support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
Identify and remediate technical debt while maintaining application quality and stability.
Stay up to date with emerging PHP technologies, frameworks, and development practices.
Contribute to engineering excellence initiatives and technology modernization efforts.
Participate in knowledge-sharing sessions, technical workshops, and peer mentoring activities.
and containerized application deployments.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
5+ years of commercial software development experience.
Minimum 4+ years of hands-on PHP application development experience.
PHP 8+, Laravel and/or Symfony Frameworks
MySQL, PostgreSQL, and database design principles
Experience developing and consuming
RESTful APIs
Good understanding of
object-oriented programming, design patterns, and SOLID principles
Experience building scalable web applications and services.
Knowledge of
Microservices Architecture
and event-driven systems.