About Smart Working

At Smart Working, we believe your job should not only look right on paper but also feel right every day. This isn't just another remote opportunity - it's about finding where you truly belong, no matter where you are. From day one, you're welcomed into a genuine community that values your growth and well-being.

Our mission is simple: to break down geographic barriers and connect skilled professionals with outstanding global teams and products for full-time, long-term roles. We help you discover meaningful work with teams that invest in your success, where you're empowered to grow personally and professionally.

Join one of the highest-rated workplaces on Glassdoor and experience what it means to thrive in a truly remote-first world.

About the role

Build reliable applications that scale. At Smart Working, we're looking for a PHP Developer to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you'll work with Laravel, Eloquent, and DTOs to deliver maintainable features, integrate APIs, and contribute to quality-first development practices. You'll collaborate with peers, write clean and tested code, and help us scale services that power global products.

Responsibilities

Deliver production-ready features using PHP, Laravel, Eloquent, and DTO-based designs
Implement and test RESTful APIs and integrations (including Auth0)
Write and maintain unit tests, improving overall test coverage
Contribute to code quality and observability (SonarLint/SonarQube, Datadog logging/metrics)
Collaborate across teams, sharing knowledge and ensuring alignment with standards

Requirements

3+ years of experience with PHP and Laravel, developing production-grade web applications
2+ years working with Eloquent ORM and DTOs, structuring and managing data across application layers
Hands-on experience with unit testing (PHPUnit), writing and maintaining reliable test suites
Proficient in RESTful APIs and integration patterns, including authentication (Auth0) and distributed workflows
Hands-on with code quality and observability tools, such as SonarLint, SonarQube, or Datadog

Nice to Have

AWS cloud exposure (EC2, S3, Lambda)
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and deployment tools (Octopus Deploy)
Experience with distributed integration patterns such as Saga

What you will learn

You'll deepen your expertise in Laravel, API integrations, and quality-first coding practices while collaborating with a large technical team (100+ engineers). Expect to grow through mentorship, structured feedback, and exposure to modern DevOps and cloud practices

At Smart Working, you'll never be just another remote hire.

Be a Smart Worker - valued, empowered, and part of a culture that celebrates integrity, excellence, and ambition.

If that sounds like your kind of place, we'd love to hear your story.

PHP Developer - Laravel - (Remote, Full-Time)

PHP Developer ( PHP, Laravel, Codeigniter )