Flexihire Talent is partnering with a fast-growing B2B SaaS company in the healthcare/fintech space (HQ: Chicago) to hire a Senior PHP Backend Developer.

You’ll play a critical role in scaling a large Laravel-based backend into a modern, modular, and reliable architecture that powers mission-critical workflows.

  Who We’re looking for: Senior PHP Backend Dev with 5+ years of PHP/Laravel experience and a testing mindset (PHPUnit) and CI/CD, Docker/K8 experience.  To help us evolve our large Laravel monolith into a scalable and reliable architecture.  You’ll collaborate with senior engineers on performance, data, and integrations that power revenue-critical workflows.  🔹 What You’ll Work On Refactor & scale a large PHP/Laravel codebase from monolith to microservices.

Participate in database improvements for throughput and reliability Write maintainable, well-tested code (PHPUnit) and review peers’ changes Profile/optimize critical paths and help improve observability Leverage AI-powered coding & testing tools (we pay for them) to increase productivity and code quality.

Integrate 3rd party services to create a world-class enterprise product.

  🔹 Tech Stack Backend: Laravel, GoLang, PHPUnit.  Frontend: Angular  Databases & Queues: MySQL (clustered), Redis, RabbitMQ/Kafka (nice to have) Infra: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git   🔹 About the Company You’ll be joining a global product & engineering team of 19 (CTO, Engineers, PM, QA) building “Workflows,” their automation platform now scaling from MVP to enterprise.  Remote-first & flexible Fast-moving with low bureaucracy Premium tools provided to help you do your best work   🔹 What You’ll Get 💰 Salary: $70K–80K USD (full-time) 🌍 100% Remote work 🎂 Birthday PTO – 1 day, immediate 🩺 Sick Leave – 3 days/year after 6 months (with doctor’s note) 🌴 Vacation PTO – 10 days/year after 1 year (subject to HR approval) 📚 Professional Development: Up to $100/month for approved courses (after 3 months of contract)   Reporting Structure You’ll report to the Project Manager, Scrum Master, and CTO.

Current team includes 6 Developers, a Team Lead, and DevOps.

  Recruitment Process Recruiter Interview → Tech Interview 1 → Tech Interview 2 → Reference Check → Leadership Call → Reference Check → Offer → Start Date   What We Assess During Interviews: Deep-dive PHP Interview, hands-on Laravel + database exercise, architecture/scalability discussion Team fit (communication, collaboration, culture)   How to Apply Send your resume, GitHub/portfolio, and a short note about your most challenging PHP performance or scalability project.

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