PHP Architect

About the job

Immediate Joiners with Strong OOP skills and with minimum 10 years experience. Do not apply if you do not have a minimum of 10 years experience. About the role We’re seeking a PHP Architect (Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce, OXID, Shopware)to lead the design and evolution of our e-commerce platforms. You’ll set coding standards, perform deep code reviews on complex flows (catalog, checkout, payments, ... promotions), and mentor teams in building scalable, secure, high-performing systems. Strong OOP/SOLID skills are essential; hands-on e-commerce experience is required. Immediate Joiners with Strong OOP skills and with minimum 10 years experience. Do not apply if you do not have a minimum of 10 years experience. Key responsibilities Architecture & design: Own application and domain architecture for PHP services (modular monolith or microservices). Apply OOP/SOLID, design patterns, and clean architecture/DDD where appropriate. Code governance: Establish PSR standards (PSR-4/12), review complex PRs, enforce quality gates, and guide refactors to reduce tech debt. E-commerce domain leadership: Model domains like catalog, pricing/promo, carts, checkout, orders, payments, tax, shipping, inventory, and returns. Hands on coding: This role involves hands on development work. Do not apply if you are not interested in doing that. Performance & scalability: Profile and tune (OPcache, PHP-FPM), optimize queries and caching (Redis), implement queues (RabbitMQ/SQS) and async jobs. API & integrations: Design REST/GraphQL APIs; integrate with payment gateways (Stripe/Adyen/Braintree/PayPal), tax (Avalara), shipping/fulfillment, search (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch), and ERP/CRM. Security & compliance: Embed OWASP best practices, protect PII, and support PCI-DSS-aware design across payment flows. Testing & reliability: Champion automated tests (PHPUnit/Pest), contract/integration tests, CI/CD pipelines, and observability (logs/metrics/traces). Mentorship & collaboration: Coach engineers, run design reviews, and work with product/ops to deliver resilient releases. Immediate Joiners with Strong OOP skills and with minimum 10 years experience. Do not apply if you do not have a minimum of 10 years experience. Required qualifications Experience: 10+ years professional PHP; 3+ years in an architect/lead role shipping large apps. Platform: Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce, OXID, Shopware OOP mastery: Deep SOLID, common patterns (Strategy, Factory, Adapter, CQRS), and pragmatic refactoring. Frameworks: Expert in Laravel and/or Symfony; strong Composer/autoloading knowledge. Data layer: MySQL/PostgreSQL schema design, query tuning, migrations; caching with Redis; hands-on with search engines (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch). E-commerce exposure: Built or scaled complex flows (promotions/discount engines, multi-store, multi-currency, tax, inventory, OMS). Tooling: PHPUnit/Pest, static analysis (PHPStan/Psalm), linters, Git PR workflows, CI (GitHub Actions/GitLab/Jenkins). APIs & async: REST/GraphQL design, webhooks, queues/workers (RabbitMQ/SQS), rate-limiting and idempotency patterns. Soft skills: Clear communication, architectural documentation, and ability to lead cross-functional design discussions. Nice to have Platforms: Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce, OXID, Shopware, Sylius, OroCommerce, or headless builds (e.g., Laravel/Symfony + headless storefronts like Next.js). Payments & tax: Deep experience with Stripe/Adyen/Braintree/PayPal and tax services (Avalara/Vertex). Front-end integration: Understanding of headless/SPA storefronts, GraphQL gateways, and edge caching/CDNs. Cloud & DevOps: Basic AWS/GCP for PHP runtimes (FPM/Nginx), containers or serverless for specific workloads, IaC familiarity. Event-driven: Kafka/EventBridge patterns for order events and downstream sync. What we offer Competitive compensation and benefits Flexible work options and supportive, collaborative culture Budget for tools, and certifications Opportunity to shape the architecture of high-traffic e-commerce systems

Requirements

• OOP
• Magento 2
• Adobe Commerce
• OXID
• Shopware
• PHP
• SOLID
• Laravel
• Symfony
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Elasticsearch
• API design

Preferred Technologies

• OOP
• Magento 2
• Adobe Commerce
• OXID
• Shopware
• PHP
• SOLID
• Laravel
• Symfony
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Elasticsearch
• API design

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible work options
• Budget for tools and certifications
• Opportunity to shape architecture