Senior Software Engineer (PHP)

Smoobu empowers everyday people to become successful entrepreneurs by helping them manage their vacation rentals. Its platform supports over 100,000 properties in 120+ countries, enabling hosts to grow their businesses. NFQ is Smoobu’s technology partner helping to grow its engineering team.

• Solid experience in backend development (PHP/Symfony)
• Expertise in relational and non-relational databases
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (preferably AWS)
• Familiarity with Docker and containerized environments
• Experience designing event-driven, asynchronous, and integration-heavy systems
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Experience in AI-assisted software development including agentic coding tools
• Entrepreneurial mindset and business curiosity
• Excellent English communication skills for distributed teams

Nice to have:

• Experience with layered architectures, CQRS patterns, Domain-Driven Design principles
• Full stack engineering experience including infrastructure and frontend

• Autonomously plan and execute quarterly or multi-quarter projects with measurable milestones and manage complex dependencies and scope
• Partner closely with business stakeholders to refine product direction and recommend impactful improvements
• Propose and implement technical initiatives to improve team velocity and software quality
• Mentor colleagues
• Continuously improve AI-assisted and agentic coding practices
• Contribute to transforming Smoobu Tech into a cloud-native, service-oriented architecture