engineering
Posted Mar 16Senior Backend Engineer (PHP/Rust migration)
at South Geeks
Remote
Responsibilities
- - Troubleshoot production issues and perform data investigations when needed.
- - Review code and collaborate with engineers to maintain code quality.
- - Support and evolve system observability through logging, monitoring, and debugging tools.
Requirements
- We´ll be happy to see your application, even if there are skills you don't quite master! ABOUT US At South Geeks, we connect top LATAM engineering talent with innovative companies building impactful products worldwide.
- ABOUT THE ROLE We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (PHP) to help maintain and evolve a mission-critical payments platform operating at the intersection of government systems and prepaid card processing.
- This role focuses heavily on backend development within a mature PHP-based platform that processes complex financial workflows.
- experience developing backend systems in PHP, ideally within a LAMP-based architecture. - Strong
- experience working with MySQL and relational database design. -
- Experience maintaining and evolving large, long-lived codebases. - Solid understanding of Unix/Linux environments and server-based application development. -
- Experience debugging production systems and investigating complex data or processing issues. - Familiarity with automated testing practices and maintaining large test suites. -
- Experience working with message queues, logging systems, or asynchronous processing. - Ability to work independently while collaborating through code reviews and technical discussions. - Strong analytical skills and ability to learn complex technical and business domains.
- IF YOU GET THE JOB, YOU WILL HAVE TO - Develop and maintain backend functionality in a PHP-based payment processing platform.
- - Contribute to the gradual migration of selected systems from PHP to Rust.
- Experience with Rust or interest in learning it as part of a gradual system migration. -
- Experience working with financial systems, payments, or fintech platforms. - Some JavaScript
- experience for occasional frontend tasks. -
- Experience using AI-assisted coding tools.