Senior PHP Web Developer

Senior PHP Web Developer

About the role

XM is looking for experienced Senior PHP Web Developers to join its Software Development team.

In this role, you will design new functionality, improve existing web applications and contribute to technical decisions that shape the company’s development processes.

You will work on customer-facing and internal platforms, including the company website, registration journeys, the Members Area and supporting web services. The wider engineering environment includes PHP, Go, React, Angular, Kubernetes, Terraform and AWS.

This position is suited to a backend-focused developer who enjoys taking ownership of projects, maintaining high engineering standards and working across the complete software-development lifecycle.

What you’ll be doing

• Design and implement new web features and software projects.

• Develop reliable, maintainable and secure PHP applications.

• Maintain and improve existing customer-facing web platforms.

• Refactor legacy or existing code to improve quality and maintainability.

• Work on registration forms, account-management areas and internal web services.

• Create and consume web services.

• Research emerging web technologies and assess their value to the team.

• Integrate suitable technologies into existing applications and workflows.

• Write automated tests using PHPUnit.

• Maintain strong test coverage across the applications you work on.

• Support continuous-integration processes and engineering-quality standards.

• Investigate and resolve support tickets related to your projects.

• Diagnose application, database and integration issues.

• Collaborate with other developers throughout project delivery.

• Organise and prioritise development tasks independently.

• Contribute to technical discussions and software-process improvements.

What we’re looking for

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology or another relevant discipline.

• At least three years of experience in PHP web development or a similar position.

• Strong professional knowledge of PHP 8 or later.

• Strong experience working with MySQL.

• Practical experience using Redis.

• Experience using Git and modern version-control workflows.

• A strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles.

• Experience developing with modern PHP frameworks.

• Experience creating and consuming web services.

• Practical experience writing automated tests with PHPUnit.

• The ability to research and adopt technologies that provide clear value.

• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.

• Good analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• The ability to work independently and take ownership of assigned projects.

• The ability to collaborate effectively within a software-development team.

• A commitment to maintainable code and high engineering standards.

Skills that would be an advantage

• Experience developing applications with Symfony.

• Experience designing and developing REST APIs.

• Knowledge of common software-design patterns.

• Understanding of SOLID principles.

• Familiarity with the DRY principle and reusable software design.

• Knowledge of web-application security and OWASP guidance.

• Experience working with AWS or another cloud provider.

• Experience analysing and optimising database queries.

• Experience building and maintaining Composer packages.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes and Terraform.

• Exposure to Go, React or Angular within multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Work arrangement

This is a full-time position with hybrid and remote working options listed by the employer.

Available locations include:

• Limassol, Cyprus

• Nicosia, Cyprus

• Athens, Greece

• Thessaloniki, Greece

• Remote

Candidates should confirm any country restrictions, office-attendance requirements and remote-working conditions directly with XM during the recruitment process.

Benefits

The advertised benefits include:

• An attractive remuneration package.

• An intellectually engaging engineering environment.

• Continuous personal and professional-development opportunities.

• Access to international training.

Additional benefits and eligibility conditions should be confirmed directly with XM.

Recruitment process

The expected recruitment process includes:

1. An online technical assessment.

2. An introductory conversation with the Talent Acquisition team.

3. A role-specific take-home assignment.

4. A final interview.

The exact stages may vary depending on the applicant and selected location.

Use of AI during recruitment

XM may use artificial-intelligence tools to support parts of its recruitment process.

These systems may assist with reviewing applications, analysing CVs and candidate responses, or identifying information that may require further verification.

AI tools support the recruitment team but do not replace human judgement. Final hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.

About XM

XM is an international financial-services and online-trading organisation with teams working across software engineering, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, compliance and business operations.

Its engineering teams build and maintain customer-facing websites, registration systems, account-management platforms, internal services and supporting technology infrastructure.

How to apply

Applicants should submit an up-to-date CV through XM’s official careers page.

Your application should clearly demonstrate:

• Your professional PHP-development experience.

• Applications or platforms you have developed using PHP 8 or later.

• Your experience with MySQL, Redis and Git.

• PHP frameworks you have used professionally.

• Web services or REST APIs you have developed or integrated.

• Your experience writing automated tests with PHPUnit.

• Examples of existing applications you have maintained or refactored.

• Your knowledge of object-oriented programming and software-design principles.

• Experience improving database-query performance.

• Your understanding of application-security practices.

• Any experience with Symfony, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform or Composer packages.

• Links to relevant GitHub repositories, open-source projects or technical work.

All applications are handled confidentially by XM.

Applications are processed directly by XM. cyprustech.careers is presenting this opportunity for informational purposes and is not acting as the employer or recruitment agency for this vacancy.