Senior/ Lead PHP Engineer (with AI Skills)

Toronto time zone

We're looking for a mature, Senior/Lead PHP Engineer with deep Laravel expertise and hands-on experience building or integrating agentic AI systems. You'll take ownership of complex backend features end-to-end, mentor other engineers, and help shape how AI-driven automation and agents fit into our product and internal workflows.

About the client:

Our client is a leading online car marketplace group operating across Europe and North America, bringing together market-leading brands to shape the future of our industry by combining the best of both regions.

What You'll Do:

• Design, build, and maintain robust backend services and APIs using PHP and Laravel


• Own features from technical design through deployment and monitoring


• Integrate and orchestrate agentic AI workflows (e.g., LLM-based agents, tool-calling pipelines, autonomous task runners) into existing products or internal tooling


• Improve system performance, reliability, and security across the stack


• Stay current with the PHP/Laravel ecosystem and emerging agentic AI tools and patterns

What You Need to Succeed:

• 6+ years of professional PHP development experience


• 4+ years building applications with Laravel (or comparable modern PHP framework experience with strong Laravel proficiency)


• Solid database skills (MySQL/PostgreSQL), including query optimization and schema design


• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and cloud deployment (AWS, GCP, or similar)


• Strong communication skills and the judgment to work independently on ambiguous problems


• Hands-on GenAI experience — you've built with LLM APIs, tool/function calling, retrieval, agents, or agent frameworks and put them into real workflows.


• Modern AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex) are part of how you work day to day.


• Strong communication and collaboration skills — you work well in a team, share your opinions clearly, and can move a topic forward with people across functions.


• Solid engineering fundamentals: testing, debugging, code quality, and getting things production-ready.


• English - at least Upper Intermediate+


• Work in EDT (Toronto) time zone

We offer*:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible


• A competitive salary and good compensation package


• Personalized career growth


• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)


• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing


• Education reimbursement


• Memorable anniversary presents


• Corporate events and team buildings


• Other location-specific benefits

*not applicable for freelancers