Sr. Backend Engineer – PHP / Magento 2

Sr. Backend Engineer – PHP / Magento 2

Location: LATAM – Remote

Experience: 6+ Years

Work Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with 6+ years of experience in backend development, with strong expertise in PHP and Adobe Commerce/Magento 2.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience developing and extending Magento applications, building APIs and integrations, working with event-driven architectures, and troubleshooting distributed systems in cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance backend applications using PHP and Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce.
• Build and extend Magento modules, services, plugins, observers, cron jobs, and message-queue consumers.
• Develop and maintain REST and GraphQL APIs and service layers.
• Integrate Magento with catalog, pricing, inventory, promotions, customer/identity, PIM, ERP, and OMS platforms.
• Design and implement event-driven solutions using RabbitMQ or similar messaging platforms.
• Develop middleware and adapters to support commerce-service integrations and phased migrations.
• Troubleshoot performance and production issues across distributed systems.
• Optimize Magento indexing, database performance, caching, and asynchronous processing.
• Implement automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews, and production support practices.
• Collaborate closely with Architects and other engineering teams on technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers and provide hands-on technical leadership.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with PHP.
• Strong expertise in Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce.
• Experience with Magento REST APIs and GraphQL.
• Experience with Magento modules, plugins, observers, cron jobs, and message queues.
• Strong experience with RabbitMQ or similar asynchronous messaging technologies.
• Experience with AWS/cloud-native services.
• Strong knowledge of databases, caching, and distributed systems.
• Experience with MySQL, Redis, or similar technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD and automated testing.
• Strong debugging and production-support experience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers or serving as a senior technical lead is preferred.