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Impact Scale LLC VERIFIED EMPLOYER

Senior PHP Developer.

Software Engineering & Dev Full-Time

Senior PHP Developer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a senior PHP developer working on a communications platform.
  • The Person:The person will build backend features, optimize message delivery pipelines and MySQL schemas, maintain integrations with carrier APIs and microservices, and support junior developers through code reviews.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has 5+ years of PHP development experience, preferably in Laravel, plus 3+ years in SQL, query optimization, and data modeling, with advanced understanding of OOP, MVC architecture, RESTful API development, and Ribbit MQ.

About the role

Senior PHP Developer

Impact Scale is seeking to hire a Senior PHP Developerto join our team to enhance, maintain, and scale our flagship communications platform — a mission-critical system that delivers reliable, high-speed communication at scale. 

Our company offers: benefits, positive company culture, catered lunches, competitive salaries, remote flexibility, and career growth through impactful projects in a collaborative culture. 

Responsibilities:

  • Work with the existing team to understand project requirements and plug into our workflow. 

  • Collaborate with product managers, DevOps, and QA to roll out new features and improve system stability.

  • Build and improve backend features in PHP (Laravel preferred) 

  • Optimize message delivery pipelines, database queries, and API calls for speed and reliability.

  • Maintain integrations with carrier APIs, third-party services, and internal microservices.

  • Design and optimize MySQL schemas for large datasets with high transaction rates.

  • Improve caching, queuing, and load-balancing strategies to handle millions of daily requests.

  • Write clean, testable code with strong error handling and fault-tolerant design.

  • Provide guidance to junior developers and participate in peer code reviews.

Qualifications/Skills:

  • 5+ years of PHP development experience, preferably in Laravel.

  • 3+ years in SQL, query optimization, and data modeling.

  • Experience in a similar high load project or platform

  • Advanced understanding of OOP, MVC architecture, RESTful API development, Ribbit MQ.

  • Git, Jira, Docker familiarity preferred.

  • Speak Ukrainian or Russian fluently

What we offer:

  • Competitive salary based on experience.

  • Fully remote work with flexible hours.

  • Opportunity to work on high-impact projects used by thousands of customers daily.

  • Collaborative, results-driven culture.

  • Career growth opportunities in tech leadership.

  • Catered lunches once a week. 

Hours, Location and Benefits:

  • Full time 40 hours per week

  • Hybrid office and work from home hours

  • A generous benefits package, including comprehensive health insurance, retirement savings, and paid time off.

  • 401k Benefits

Published July 17, 2026
Location Vancouver, BC
Job Type Full-Time