Senior Back-end Developer (PHP)

Aerones

Riga, Riga, Latvia permanent

Posted: December 9, 2025

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Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Back-end Developer with extensive experience in PHP-based back-ends. You will shape our back-end architecture and establish development guidelines, ensuring high quality and performance.

If you're passionate about advancing back-end development and making a significant impact, we encourage you to apply and join our team.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Create backend solutions for internal and customer-facing systems.
• Implement robust REST APIs for front-end teams.
• Collaborate with a team of developers in an Agile environment to deliver high-quality products.
• Maintain clean and efficient code, staying current with industry trends and technologies.
• Develop reusable code and libraries for efficient and sustainable development.
• Define, review, and enforce standards and best practices for back-end development.
• Optimize and monitor back-end performance to ensure a seamless user experience.
• Develop and maintain automated back-end testing solutions.
• Engage in agile solution delivery, aligning with business requirements while maintaining high-quality standards.
• Maintain and improve documentation in code repositories and other company platforms.

Requirements:
• Experience: 5+ years of experience with PHP and other backend languages.
• Back-end Expertise: Strong experience with backend frameworks such as Symfony, Laravel or Yii, and a solid understanding of programming, design patterns, and web protocols.
• Databases: Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL and other RDBMS engines. Experience with ORM libraries, query optimization and performance tuning.
• Tools Proficiency: Proficiency with Linux, bash scripting, Docker containers and other development tools.
• Debugging and Optimization: Experience with debugging, profiling, and optimizing web based applications.
• Version Control: Familiarity with version control tools such as Git. Experience working in a team environment with multiple branches, resolving merge conflicts, and providing code reviews.
• Open-Source Participation: Experience in participating in open-source projects would be a plus.
• CI/CD Knowledge: Understanding of CI/CD methodology and practices is considered a plus.
• Language Skills: Fluent in English.
• Educational Background: A degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field is a plus.

Benefits:
• Opportunity to represent the Global Leader in Robotic Wind Turbine Maintenance and Inspection Services, working in a supportive and developing work environment and culture
• A modern and comfortable office location at Katlakalna iela 11E, Riga
• Health Insurance after the probationary period and additional funding for the purchase of glasses after one year
• Birthday gifts
• An additional 3 days of leave per year, which can be taken as needed
• Gifts and additional funding for special occasions (marriage, birth of a child)
• Salary ranging from EUR 4000 to EUR 5500 per month before taxes

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