Middle PHP Backend Developer (Symfony)

  • Contract
  • Back-end

About Paybis

Paybis is a fast-growing fintech company operating in the cryptocurrency and payments space. We build scalable, high-performance products used by customers worldwide.

You will join a cross-functional team working on Paybis core products and services, where development is organized in agile teams (Developers, QA, DevOps, BA).

Your Role

As a Backend Developer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining backend services, contributing to system architecture, and ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability of our products.

We are looking for a strong PHP engineer with solid backend experience, analytical thinking, and a proactive mindset, who is eager to grow and contribute to product development.

What you’ll do

  •  Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable PHP code
  • Develop features end-to-end, from concept to production
  • Refactor legacy code to improve stability and performance
  • Identify bottlenecks, bugs, and implement effective solutions
  • Write unit, integration, and functional tests
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering standards
  • Collaborate with Developers, QA, DevOps, and Product teams
  • Contribute to improving system architecture and scalability
  • Participate in production support and on-call activities when required 

Requirements

  •  3+ years of experience in PHP backend development
  • Strong experience with Symfony (v5/6)
  • Experience with MySQL and Redis
  • Experience with message brokers (e.g. RabbitMQ)
  • Solid understanding of OOP, DDD, and design patterns
  • Understanding of microservices / service-oriented architecture
  • Experience writing unit, integration, and functional tests
  • English sufficient for professional communication 

Nice to have

  • Experience with AWS (SNS, SQS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, Lambda, ECS)
  • Experience with payment integrations (card processing, PayPal, etc.)
  • Experience with crypto or blockchain technologies
  • DevOps experience (Terraform, Serverless)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (GitLab, Jira, Docker) 

Soft Skills

  •  Strong desire to learn, grow, and develop within the company
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Proactive mindset and problem-solving attitude
  • Clear and structured communication
  • Ability to document technical solutions and share knowledge
  • Collaborative approach and openness to feedback

What we offer

  • Exciting and impactful work in a fast-growing fintech environment
  • A friendly, supportive, and highly skilled team
  • Modern tech stack and cloud-based service-oriented architecture
  • Opportunity to work in the evolving fintech & cryptocurrency space
  • A product-driven company focused on quality and continuous improvement 

Hiring process

  1.  HR Screening
  2. Technical Interview
  3. Test Task (if required)
  4. Final Interview 

Why join us?

This is a great opportunity for a backend developer who wants to:

  • work on real, scalable products
  • deepen backend and architecture expertise
  • grow into a stronger инженер (Middle → Senior)
  • contribute to a fast-growing fintech company