Senior / Lead PHP Engineer with AI Skills

About the role

N-iX, a global software development service company, is recruiting a mature Senior / Lead PHP Engineer with deep Laravel expertise and hands-on experience building or integrating agentic AI systems. The client is a leading European online car marketplace serving over 30 million monthly users across 18 countries. Over a 6-month engagement, you will help the team build the next major product release, owning complex backend features end-to-end, mentoring other engineers and shaping how AI-driven automation and agents fit into the product and internal workflows. You will work full time in the EDT (Toronto) time zone within a cross-functional product team.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain robust backend services and APIs using PHP and Laravel to deliver the next major product release.
• Own features from technical design through deployment and monitoring.
• Integrate and orchestrate agentic AI workflows (LLM-based agents, tool-calling pipelines, autonomous task runners) into existing products and internal tooling.
• Improve system performance, reliability and security across the stack.
• Mentor other engineers and partner with colleagues across functions.
• Stay current with the PHP/Laravel ecosystem and emerging agentic AI tools and patterns.

Required profile

• 6+ years of professional PHP development experience, including 4+ years with Laravel (or a comparable modern PHP framework with strong Laravel proficiency).
• Hands-on GenAI experience: building with LLM APIs, tool/function calling, retrieval, agents or agent frameworks in real workflows.
• Modern AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Codex used daily.
• Upper-intermediate English or higher; strong communication and collaboration skills, able to work independently on ambiguous problems.

Required skills

• Laravel and PHP
• GenAI and LLM-based agent workflows
• MySQL or PostgreSQL, including query optimization and schema design
• Docker and cloud deployment (AWS, GCP or similar)
• Testing, debugging and production-ready engineering

What we offer

• Flexible working format: remote, office-based or flexible.
• Competitive salary and compensation package.
• Career growth, mentorship program, tech talks, trainings and education reimbursement.
• Active tech communities, anniversary presents and corporate events.