Junior Php Developer Remote Jobs in Raleigh, NC (NOW HIRING)

We are seeking a PHP Technical Lead Engineer (REMOTE) for a full time and direct hire role for one of our amazing health tech partners in the United States. This role is remote, but you MUST be living in the United States and be willing to work east coast hours. You MUST be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder. This role does NOT offer sponsorship, it's NOT a consulting role, and we do NOT work with 3rd parties!

Overview:

We are looking for an experienced PHP Software Engineer to drive the development of integration-focused services that connect core business applications with external platforms, partners, and third-party systems. They make a healthcare platform that supports practice management, surgical workflows, revenue cycle management (RCM), MIPS reporting, and more. They provide a comprehensive end-to-end solution for doctors and their patients. This role blends hands-on software development, technical leadership, and team mentorship. You will help shape architecture, establish engineering best practices, and lead the delivery of scalable integration solutions that support critical business operations and customer-facing products. You should have strong technical expertise, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for building reliable, high-performance systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for a team of engineers, influencing architecture, design patterns, and implementation strategies.
• Lead, mentor, and support developers through project planning, task prioritization, code reviews, and professional growth.
• Design and develop scalable APIs, integration services, and communication frameworks that connect internal applications with external systems.
• Establish standards and best practices for service-oriented and distributed system architectures.
• Own the successful delivery of engineering initiatives, ensuring projects are well-scoped, thoroughly tested, and completed on schedule.
• Implement resilient integration patterns, including error handling, monitoring, retry mechanisms, and fault-tolerant workflows.
• Build and maintain data integration processes that support accurate, secure, and efficient information exchange.
• Promote software quality through code reviews, automated testing, documentation, and engineering standards.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and business stakeholders to align technical solutions with organizational goals.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, tooling, and system performance.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong background in PHP and modern PHP frameworks, ideally Laravel.
• Proven experience designing and building APIs and service-based applications.
• Hands-on experience integrating software with external vendors, partner platforms, and third-party systems.
• Solid understanding of service-oriented architecture, asynchronous communication, and distributed application design.
• Experience implementing data integration and transformation solutions.
• Knowledge of fault tolerance, monitoring, retry strategies, and resiliency patterns in distributed environments.
• Proficiency with Git and modern development workflows.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployment technologies such as Docker.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent communication abilities.
• Previous experience leading projects or mentoring engineers.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and drive initiatives forward.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing event-driven systems and messaging architectures.
• Knowledge of AWS services and cloud-native development, including technologies such as ECS, Aurora, and SQS.
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and logging tools.
• Experience working in SaaS, healthcare, or other highly regulated industries.
• Background establishing integration standards, frameworks, or governance practices.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.