Senior PHP Developer

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Expires: 30.11.2026.

Senior PHP Developer

Riga, Latvia

Job description

About the Role

Banking Systems - PHP, Symfony and Laravel We are looking for a Senior PHP Developer to build secure, reliable banking software using Symfony and/or Laravel.

You will develop backend services and integrations where financial accuracy, data integrity, and security are essential.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain banking applications using PHP and Symfony or Laravel.

• Build secure REST APIs and integrations with internal services and external banking partners.

• Write and optimize transactional SQL queries in MySQL and PostgreSQL.

• Implement appropriate transaction boundaries, isolation levels, locking, rollback, and deadlock handling.

• Design idempotent operations and safe retry mechanisms to prevent duplicate financial transactions.

• Implement authentication, authorization, input validation, secrets management, and audit logging without exposing sensitive data.

• Apply OWASP secure coding practices and resolve vulnerabilities identified through security testing and code reviews.

• Write automated tests covering business logic, monetary calculations, transaction failures, concurrent operations, and access controls.

• Collaborate with product, QA, and DevOps teams, contribute to architecture decisions, and mentor other developers.

About you

• Strong commercial experience with PHP and in-depth knowledge of Symfony and/or Laravel.

• Strong SQL skills and practical experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL, including parameterized queries, constraints, indexing, and execution plans.

• Solid understanding of ACID transactions, isolation levels, row locking, deadlocks, and concurrent database operations.

• Experience handling monetary values with exact decimal arithmetic or integer minor units, explicit currency precision, and defined rounding rules.

• Knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 and prevention of SQL injection, broken access control, XSS, CSRF, and insecure configuration.

• Experience implementing role-based access controls, least privilege, and secure authentication and session management.

• Understanding of encryption in transit and at rest, secrets management, and sensitive data protection.

• Experience with Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and dependency vulnerability management.

• Ability to take ownership of complex features and communicate technical decisions clearly.

NICE TO HAVE: 

• Background in fintech, payments, or financial services.

• Experience with banking or financial ledger systems.

• Familiarity with OWASP ASVS and API Security Top 10.

• Experience with message queues, reconciliation, and reliable processing across distributed services.

• Experience supporting security audits and resolving penetration test findings.

We offer

•  Competitive salary, depending on experience and qualifications.

•  Health insurance.

•  Free parking.

• Professional and collaborative environment in an international fintech company.

• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

We will contact only candidates who have been shortlisted for an interview.

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