Full-Stack PHP Engineer
Experience
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Junior Engineer: 2–4 years
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Mid-Level Engineer: 3–8 years
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Lead Engineer: 8+ years
Job Overview
We are looking for versatile Full-Stack PHP Engineers to join our Engineering team. The team works across multiple Business Units and technology initiatives, supporting new product development, application enhancements, application modernization, integrations, and specialized engineering projects.
The role requires strong hands-on expertise in PHP, combined with the ability to work across frontend, backend, databases, cloud, DevOps, and emerging technologies. Our environment includes both modern PHP applications and significantly older enterprise systems, so engineers should be comfortable understanding, maintaining, troubleshooting, and modernizing legacy PHP applications toward current PHP versions and frameworks.
The ideal candidate is a strong problem solver who can quickly understand unfamiliar codebases, adapt to different technology environments, leverage AI-assisted development tools effectively, and take ownership of delivering high-quality engineering outcomes.




Roles & Responsibilities
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Design, develop, test, maintain, and modernize PHP applications.
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Develop applications using modern PHP frameworks.
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Build and consume REST APIs.
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Develop full-stack applications using PHP with React, Angular, Vue.js, or similar technologies.
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Work with both contemporary and legacy PHP applications.
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Analyze existing codebases and identify modernization opportunities.
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Upgrade PHP versions, frameworks, libraries, and dependencies.
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Refactor legacy PHP applications toward modern architectures.
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Work with relational and NoSQL databases.
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Develop integrations with enterprise applications and third-party services.
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Work with AWS or Azure cloud platforms.
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Implement CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
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Troubleshoot application and production issues.
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Improve application performance, security, reliability, and maintainability.
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📌 Full Stack PHP Engineer (India)
🏢 Sonata Software
📍 India