At Prestia, we build robust, user-focused software solutions that empower schools and educators to do their best work. We're now looking for a Fullstack Senior PHP Developer with a strong track record in troubleshooting, optimizing performance, and fine-tune database queries to help us scale our products and deliver even greater value to our customers both locally and internationally.
What you'll do
- Diagnose and resolve complex issues in Javascript, PHP applications with speed and precision
- Profile and optimize code, APIs, and database queries to improve performance
- Refactor legacy code to enhance maintainability, scalability, and security
- Collaborate with product managers, QA, and DevOps to deliver reliable, high-performing features
- Mentor junior developers and foster best practices across the engineering team
- Continuously monitor and improve application performance, availability, and reliability
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of professional PHP development experience (Laravel, Slim, or similar frameworks)
- Strong expertise in SQL query optimization (MySQL or PostgreSQL)
- Solid understanding of debugging, profiling, and performance tuning tools such as XDebug or others.
- Experience with REST APIs and integrating third-party services
- Familiarity with caching, indexing, and scalable architecture patterns
- Fast learner, friendly, team player, hardworking, reliable and trustworthy
- Able to speak and write fluent english.
- Bonus: Experience with Education technology platforms or analytics systems
- Bonus: Experience with CI/CD and working with Microsoft Azure
Why join us?
- Fast career growth
- Work on impactful products that make a difference in education
- Collaborate with a passionate, innovative, friendly team
- Opportunity to shape the technical direction of our platforms