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Senior PHP Developer - fully remote within Europe (m/f/d)

Remote, Europe·Full-time·Added over a year ago (last checked 20 Oct)

JobLeads

11 open roles

Overview

Work mode
Remote (Europe)
Contract
Permanent contract, full-time hours
English
Required
Experience
5+ years

Visa options

  • The ad doesn’t mention sponsorship

    Not a refusal, but not a yes. Worth asking in your first message.

  • May fit the digital nomad visa

    A remote job for a company outside Spain: you apply yourself, no sponsor needed. It asks for about €2,849 a month in remote income.

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Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience in back-end development, delivering production-ready applications.

• Strong expertise in PHP and a deep understanding of software design principles and scalable architecture.

• Extensive hands-on experience with the Symfony framework.

• Routine hands-on work with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or comparable) on production code, not IDE autocomplete.

• Spec and verification discipline: quality is decided before the first line of code, and you close the loop with plans, tests and blocking checks rather than trusting output.

• Deliberate context management, and real strength at reviewing agent-generated code, where the bottleneck now sits.

• Proficiency with Git and modern collaborative development workflows.

• Clear and effective communication skills, especially when collaborating with a distributed global team.

Nice to have

• Experience working with MySQL and ORM frameworks such as Doctrine.

• Experience making a large legacy codebase agent-friendly, or with MCP servers.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

• Fully remote work - collaborate with us from wherever you do your best work.

• Flexible hours designed to support both productivity and personal balance.

• The freedom to choose your preferred equipment so you can work comfortably and effectively.

• Competitive compensation aligned with your expertise and impact.

• A diverse, supportive team culture that values openness, collaboration, and fresh ideas.

• Premium agent tooling with real token headroom and no usage leaderboards.

• Opportunities for professional growth through learning resources, training, and conference support.

• The chance to build technology that genuinely improves the lives of job seekers around the world.

• Memorable team experiences, from EU meetups to our annual company summer getaway.

At JobLeads, your work won’t just power a platform, it will help millions of professionals discover new opportunities, pursue meaningful careers, and shape their futures with confidence.

If you’re passionate about great technology, inspired by purposeful work, and excited to collaborate with a talented global team, we’d love to hear from you.

The role

We’re looking for a Senior Back End Developer who thrives on building elegant systems and meaningful user experiences. In this role, you’ll help shape the architecture and performance of the platform that powers JobLeads, primarily working on our backend systems with PHP and Symfony.

But this role goes beyond simply writing code. You’ll help drive technical decisions, influence the evolution of our platform, and play a key part in delivering products that empower millions of professionals worldwide.

What you'll do

• Design and develop scalable backend services using PHP and Symfony, ensuring performance, stability, and maintainability across the platform.

• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, QA engineers, and fellow developers to bring ideas from concept to launch.

• Participate in thoughtful code reviews that elevate code quality, strengthen architecture, and support team learning.

• Improve the conventions, hooks and review automation that agents rely on.

• Take ownership of features from initial concept through implementation, optimization, and continuous improvement.

How We Build

Agentic engineering is how we work, not a pilot project. AI enhanced coding is part of everyday delivery, our merge requests run through an AI review pipeline in CI, and our tech leads each are constantly on the look out for ways to augment our team’s capabilities and to build agent fluency. Not all of us are equally far along yet, but the direction is settled. What we never do is ship code nobody understands.

About JobLeads

JobLeads is a Hamburg-based job search platform that specializes in executive and management-level positions, primarily targeting professionals in Germany and Europe. The company operates a digital job board that connects senior candidates with employers, leveraging SEO and content marketing to attract a large audience of job seekers. With a focus on the DACH region and expanding European reach, JobLeads is a recognized player in the online recruitment industry, though it is not a household name globally.

JobLeads has a significant remote-first approach, with all current open roles in Spain being fully remote within Europe, making it an attractive option for international professionals seeking flexibility. The company's Spain presence is not tied to a physical office; instead, it hires remote employees across Europe, including Spain. The work culture emphasizes autonomy and digital collaboration, and the team is international, with English and German as common working languages. For international hires, JobLeads offers the opportunity to work from anywhere in Europe while contributing to a growing job platform.

Industry
Job Search Platform
Founded
2012
Employees
50–200
Headquarters
Hamburg, Germany

Good to know if you are moving

  • All open roles in Spain are fully remote, allowing international professionals to work from anywhere in Europe without relocating.
  • The company is based in Hamburg, Germany, and offers a European work environment with a mix of German and international staff.
  • JobLeads focuses on executive-level job search, which may appeal to professionals with experience in recruitment or HR tech.
  • The company uses Personio for its careers page, indicating a structured HR process and a modern tech stack.
  • Remote roles are open to candidates across Europe, making it accessible for professionals in Spain without visa sponsorship concerns.

In their own words

About the company & team

At JobLeads, we believe careers should be shaped with purpose, confidence, and opportunity. That’s why we build technology that helps professionals around the world take control of their career journeys. Behind that mission is our Tech Team, a vibrant, globally distributed group of builders, thinkers, and collaborators who care deeply about the experiences we create.

We’re a team that values curiosity, ownership, and human connection. We collaborate across borders and time zones, challenge each other to grow, and celebrate the wins, big and small, along the way. From your very first day, you’ll feel it: this is a place where ideas are welcomed, contributions matter, and people genuinely enjoy working together.

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