Senior PHP Developer

Nile Bits

Senior PHP Developer Amr Saafan 2026-02-26T13:44:15-05:00

Employment Type: Fulltime
Job Location: Cairo, Egypt
Employee Location: Egypt
Work Arrangement: Remote

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Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior PHP Developer with strong backend architecture experience and cloud-native expertise. This role requires deep PHP knowledge combined with solid experience in Node.js and TypeScript, along with the ability to design systems from scratch, scale existing platforms safely, and contribute to AI-aware product development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable backend systems using PHP, Node.js, and TypeScript
• Build and maintain APIs using REST, GraphQL, and gRPC
• Lead backend architecture discussions and define engineering standards
• Design systems from the ground up and scale existing systems safely
• Implement event-driven architectures using Kafka
• Work with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and DynamoDB
• Deploy and manage services on AWS or GCP
• Containerize applications using Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes
• Contribute to AI-enabled product development and AI-ready backend design
• Mentor developers and enforce backend best practices

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience
• Strong hands-on experience with PHP, Node.js, and TypeScript
• Proven experience designing scalable and distributed systems
• Solid expertise in REST, GraphQL, and gRPC API development
• Practical experience with AWS or GCP
• Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with Kafka or other streaming platforms
• Strong database design and optimization skills across relational and NoSQL databases
• Demonstrated ability to lead architecture decisions and define backend standards

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