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Senior PHP Backend Developer (AI-Assisted Development)
SnappyCX · Nigeria · back to the listing
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What this role officially is
software developer — ESCO, the EU occupation classification
Software developers implement or program all kinds of software systems based on specifications and designs by using programming languages, tools, and platforms.
Also known as: application developer, application programmer, solutions developer, programmer, software specialist, application software developer
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Work Arrangement
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Location: Remote
• Schedule: Full-Time with required overlap with US business hours
• Time Zone Requirement: Pacific Time overlap required
About the Role
Our Client is looking for a Senior PHP Backend Developer to join our Engineering team full-time and take ownership of our lead-capture ecosystem.
You’ll build, improve, and maintain interactive multi-step form funnels that capture and route consumer leads, integrate with third-party APIs, and support analytics that drive conversion and revenue performance.
This is an AI-native engineering environment where development productivity is amplified through AI-assisted coding tools. Success in this role requires strong technical ownership, sound engineering judgment, and comfort working across existing production systems.
What You’ll Do
• Build, modify, and maintain multi-step lead-capture flows and web experiences
• Develop backend functionality using PHP and MySQL
• Integrate and troubleshoot third-party APIs
• Create and maintain logging, reporting, and analytics solutions
• Improve conversion performance through iteration and optimization
• Write maintainable, reusable, and production-safe code
• Work within existing systems and improve legacy implementations where needed
• Collaborate asynchronously with the engineering team and communicate progress clearly
Required Qualifications
• 5+ years of full-time professional PHP development experience working on a team
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools in production environments
(Claude Code preferred; experience with Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, or similar AI-assisted development tools accepted)
• Intermediate to Advanced MySQL experience including:
• Schema design
• Query writing and optimization
• Safely updating production data
• Intermediate to Advanced JavaScript skills:
• Strong vanilla JavaScript
• DOM manipulation
• Events
• Fetch / async operations
• JSON handling
• Intermediate to Advanced CSS skills:
• Responsive and mobile-first development
• Cross-browser compatibility
• CSS custom properties
• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows
• Strong written and verbal English communication
• Ability to independently solve problems and work with minimal supervision
• Comfortable maintaining and improving existing or legacy codebases
Nice to Have
• Go (Golang)
• Python
• AWS experience (EC2, Lightsail, Apache configuration, deployments)
• PostgreSQL
• Linux / Shell experience (SSH, deployments, cron, command line)
• Experience with:
• Multi-step form flows
• Lead generation
• Performance marketing
• Conversion funnel analytics
• Experience integrating and debugging REST APIs
What Success Looks Like
• Independently ships production-ready flow updates
• Uses AI coding tools effectively while maintaining code quality
• Builds reliable logging and reporting solutions
• Delivers clean API integrations with proper error handling
• Communicates proactively and requires minimal oversight
Work Arrangement
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Location: Remote
• Schedule: Full-Time with required overlap with US business hours
• Time Zone Requirement: Pacific Time overlap required
Originally posted on Himalayas
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Location: Remote
• Schedule: Full-Time with required overlap with US business hours
• Time Zone Requirement: Pacific Time overlap required
About the Role
Our Client is looking for a Senior PHP Backend Developer to join our Engineering team full-time and take ownership of our lead-capture ecosystem.
You’ll build, improve, and maintain interactive multi-step form funnels that capture and route consumer leads, integrate with third-party APIs, and support analytics that drive conversion and revenue performance.
This is an AI-native engineering environment where development productivity is amplified through AI-assisted coding tools. Success in this role requires strong technical ownership, sound engineering judgment, and comfort working across existing production systems.
What You’ll Do
• Build, modify, and maintain multi-step lead-capture flows and web experiences
• Develop backend functionality using PHP and MySQL
• Integrate and troubleshoot third-party APIs
• Create and maintain logging, reporting, and analytics solutions
• Improve conversion performance through iteration and optimization
• Write maintainable, reusable, and production-safe code
• Work within existing systems and improve legacy implementations where needed
• Collaborate asynchronously with the engineering team and communicate progress clearly
Required Qualifications
• 5+ years of full-time professional PHP development experience working on a team
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools in production environments
(Claude Code preferred; experience with Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, or similar AI-assisted development tools accepted)
• Intermediate to Advanced MySQL experience including:
• Schema design
• Query writing and optimization
• Safely updating production data
• Intermediate to Advanced JavaScript skills:
• Strong vanilla JavaScript
• DOM manipulation
• Events
• Fetch / async operations
• JSON handling
• Intermediate to Advanced CSS skills:
• Responsive and mobile-first development
• Cross-browser compatibility
• CSS custom properties
• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows
• Strong written and verbal English communication
• Ability to independently solve problems and work with minimal supervision
• Comfortable maintaining and improving existing or legacy codebases
Nice to Have
• Go (Golang)
• Python
• AWS experience (EC2, Lightsail, Apache configuration, deployments)
• PostgreSQL
• Linux / Shell experience (SSH, deployments, cron, command line)
• Experience with:
• Multi-step form flows
• Lead generation
• Performance marketing
• Conversion funnel analytics
• Experience integrating and debugging REST APIs
What Success Looks Like
• Independently ships production-ready flow updates
• Uses AI coding tools effectively while maintaining code quality
• Builds reliable logging and reporting solutions
• Delivers clean API integrations with proper error handling
• Communicates proactively and requires minimal oversight
Work Arrangement
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Location: Remote
• Schedule: Full-Time with required overlap with US business hours
• Time Zone Requirement: Pacific Time overlap required
Originally posted on Himalayas