PHP Software Engineer

THE CLIENTOur client is a fast-growing cybersecurity product company rethinking how teams manage and share sensitive access. Their platform is trusted by 40,000+ organisations across 50+ countries - and growing fast. This is an engineering-led business: modern architecture, real technical challenges, and a strong focus on open source, privacy, and security.

They’re building a fully remote, collaborative team and looking for engineers who take ownership and enjoy solving meaningful problems. If you want to work on a product with real impact at global scale - this is worth a conversation.THE ROLE:Our client is looking for a software engineer to join its Backend team and help build the systems behind its password and credential management products across Community, Enterprise and Cloud editions.This is a backend engineering role in a security-sensitive product environment. The API sits at the centre of how our client handles business logic, access rights, integrations, data integrity and long-term product reliability.

The role is well-suited to an engineer who enjoys solving complex product problems, building sustainable systems, and balancing security, simplicity and maintainability.You would contribute across the full development lifecycle: understanding the problem, shaping the technical approach, implementing features, improving the codebase over time, and helping maintain a high standard of quality. This role will suit someone who likes ownership, thinks clearly about impact and trade-offs, and is motivated by building trustworthy software in an open-source environment.RESPONSIBILITIES:Build and improve backend services and API workflows across product suiteTranslate functional and product requirements into clear, reliable technical solutionsWork on business logic, access control, integrations and security-sensitive application flowsHelp maintain and improve code quality, test coverage, performance and backward compatibilityContribute to technical design discussions and identify opportunities to simplify or strengthen the system over timeCollaborate with product, support, security and engineering peers to refine and deliver solutionsContribute to documentation and knowledge sharing across the teamCORE REQUIREMENTS:Experience building backend applications in production with PHPStrong backend engineering fundamentals with a modern framework such as CakePHP, Symfony or LaravelAbility to break down complex problems and design simple, robust solutionsGood testing habits and attention to qualityComfort working across product, engineering and implementation questions - not just executing ticketsStrong collaboration skills, openness to feedback, and a low-ego working styleInterest in security, privacy, or building trustworthy software systemsNICE TO HAVE:Experience working on security-sensitive applications or authentication / access-control problemsExposure to cryptography-related systems or secure integrationsExperience with OpenAPI or well-structured public-facing APIsExperience maintaining long-lived software productsExperience with directory integrations or identity systems such as LDAP, Active Directory, OAuth, JWT, SCIM or WebAuthnExperience contributing to open-source projectsFamiliarity with another language such as JavaScript, Bash, Python, Go or RustTools and technologies you’ll work with: You may work across technologies such as PHP, CakePHP, SQL, PHPUnit, OpenAPI, Git and Docker, in Linux and macOS-based development environments. We do not expect candidates to bring experience with every tool listed here.How you workYou take ownership of problems, not just tasksYou value simplicity and avoid over-engineeringYou communicate clearly and raise risks earlyYou work well in an environment where feedback is frequent and constructive