Job Title: Senior PHP Developer

Location: Within Tricity (Mandatory)

Salary: 60000-65000 per month

Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

Schedule: Flexible. Must overlap with U.S. Pacific Time business hours by at least 70%.

Reports To: IT Manager

**Candidates must have experience with Linux.

Role Overview

Suna Solutions is seeking a highly experienced Senior PHP Developer to join the company as a direct hire employee. This is a senior-level, hands-on engineering role responsible for supporting and advancing all internal PHP-based software systems.

This position will be the sole PHP developer within the organization. The individual will assume full ownership of existing applications and future PHP development initiatives.

Upon hire, the developer will receive structured knowledge transfer and training support from the PHP developers who originally built Suna Solutions internal systems. This transition period is expected to last approximately four-six months. Following this period, the developer will independently maintain, enhance, and expand all PHP-based software solutions across the organization. This role requires a high level of autonomy, accountability, and sound engineering judgment.

Required Experience & Qualifications

Experience

7+ years of professional PHP development experience
Proven experience delivering production-grade systems
Experience working independently with full ownership of applications

PHP & Frameworks

Strong PHP expertise
Experience developing applications using a PHP framework preferred
Experience building both web-based and headless/CLI-driven PHP applications
Comfortable working with background jobs, scheduled tasks, and queue-based processing

Development Tooling

Strong working knowledge of Composer
Expert use of Git for version control, including branching strategies and conflict resolution
Daily use of a professional IDE
Experience leveraging a modern development environment for productivity and code quality

Databases & SQL

Strong experience with MySQL
Ability to write complex SQL queries
Ability to optimize queries for performance
Ability to design efficient database schemas
Understanding of indexing, query plans, and transaction behavior

Security

Experience writing secure, defensive code
Working knowledge of common web application vulnerabilities
Experience mitigating risks such as SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, input validation flaws, and authentication/authorization weaknesses

Code Quality

Writes clean, readable, well-organized, and maintainable code
Understands long-term maintainability and system health
Demonstrates strong personal ownership of code quality

AI Usage Expectations

Experience using AI tools to enhance productivity and development workflows
Demonstrates judgment and verification when incorporating AI-assisted output
Maintains full ownership and responsibility for all produced code

Performance & Optimization

Experience optimizing PHP applications for efficiency
Able to manage CPU and RAM usage effectively
Comfortable working with long-running processes and scheduled tasks
Understands real-world performance tradeoffs

Environment

Current environment includes:

Windows-based infrastructure
IIS
PHP
MySQL on Windows Server

Suna Solutions maintains several internally developed software systems critical to business operations. This role is responsible for maintaining and improving these systems while also contributing to new development initiatives as business needs evolve.

The Senior PHP Developer will report to the IT Manager and collaborate with business stakeholders to translate operational needs into reliable software solutions.

Nice to have skills (Not Compulsory)

WordPress Development Experience
Front-End Skills (HTML/CSS/JS)
Maintain corporate website
Strong experience with WordPress core architecture
Experience developing custom themes (not just modifying purchased themes)
Experience with page builders (Elementor, WPBakery, etc.)
Ability to optimize WordPress performance
Experience securing WordPress environments

Communication Requirements

Strong English written and verbal communication skills
Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Comfortable working with a U.S.-based organization
Must maintain at least 70% schedule overlap with U.S. Pacific Time business hours

What Success Looks Like

Maintains and stabilizes existing PHP applications
Successfully completes knowledge transfer within the initial transition period
Independently manages all PHP-based software systems
Delivers new functionality aligned with business needs
Produces secure, maintainable, high-quality code
Demonstrates strong ownership and accountability

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