Senior PHP Software Developer (f/m/d)

What do we do?

Introducing Thinkproject Platform
Pioneering a new era and offering a cohesive alternative to the fragmented landscape of construction software, Thinkproject seamlessly integrates the most extensive portfolio of mature solutions with an innovative platform, providing unparalleled features, integrations, user experiences, and synergies.

By combining information management expertise and in-depth knowledge of the building, infrastructure, and energy industries, Thinkproject empowers customers to efficiently deliver, operate, regenerate, and dispose of their built assets across their entire lifecycle through a Connected Data Ecosystem.

What your day will look like

About the Role
We are looking for a Senior PHP Software Developer (f/m/d) to own core backend services and APIs within our cloud-based SaaS platform. You will design, build, and maintain the backend infrastructure that powers construction workflows used by major infrastructure organisations across Europe — collaborating daily with product managers, architects, and frontend engineers across our international team.

This is a hands-on engineering role. You will write production code every day, contribute to architecture decisions, and take end-to-end ownership of the services you build — from requirements through to deployment and production support.

Stack: PHP, Laravel, Larastan, Sail, Pest / PHPUnit, MySQL / PostgreSQL, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes

Key Responsibilities

Backend Engineering

Design, develop, and maintain PHP backend services and RESTful APIs consumed by frontend applications and third-party integrations

Write clean, testable, well-documented code in Laravel following strict typing, SOLID principles, and team standards

Design and optimise relational database schemas, queries, and migrations in MySQL or
PostgreSQL

Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks before they reach production; own reliability within your feature areas

Architecture & Code Quality

Apply object-oriented design principles and patterns (SOLID, DDD, Repository/Service) to produce maintainable, scalable backend services

Participate in code reviews and hold the bar for engineering standards across the team

Use static analysis (Larastan / PHPStan) and code style tooling (Pint) as first-class engineering practices — not afterthoughts

Delivery & Continuous Improvement

Contribute to the full software development lifecycle — from requirements and architecture through to deployment and production support

Write comprehensive unit and feature tests using Pest or PHPUnit; apply TDD where appropriate

Engage in technical discussions and help improve development processes, tooling, and delivery practices

Domain Integration

Collaborate with frontend engineers (React, TypeScript) to define and negotiate clean API contracts

Optionally: engage with BIM data formats and standards (IFC, BCF, COBie) as part of construction data integration work

What you need to fulfill the role

Required Skills & Qualifications
You have 6+ years of professional PHP experience, have shipped production Laravel services at scale, and have strong opinions about backend architecture — not just implementation patterns. Specifically:

6+ years of professional experience in PHP backend development

Expert-level proficiency with Laravel — including Larastan for static analysis and Sail for local development

Proven experience designing and building RESTful APIs consumed by frontend applications

Solid understanding of software design principles and patterns: SOLID, DDD, Repository/Service pattern

Strong hands-on experience with relational databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL) — query
optimisation, schema design, migrations

Proven testing discipline using Pest or PHPUnit — TDD in practice, not just on paper

Familiarity with Azure and containerisation (Docker / Kubernetes)

Comfortable in Agile/Scrum delivery environments with high individual ownership

English fluency (written and spoken)

Nice-to-Have (Bonus Skills)

Frontend exposure in React / TypeScript — enough to understand what the API consumer needs

Experience with event-driven or microservices architecture (Azure Service Bus, Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Familiarity with BIM data formats (IFC, BCF, COBie) or construction / engineering software domains

Soft Skills

Engineering rigour — you care about correctness, schema design, and API contract quality, not just delivery velocity

Ownership mindset — you build it, you run it, you improve it

Clear communicator: able to define API contracts precisely and explain backend decisions to frontend and product stakeholders

Collaborative: you work across frontend, product, and architecture without friction

Comfortable with ambiguity — you can move from incomplete requirements without waiting for perfect conditions

What success looks like
Month 3: Independently delivering backend features; API contracts are clean and well
documented; no regressions introduced
Month 6: Owning a backend service area end-to-end; contributing to database and architecture decisions with evidence-backed proposals
Month 12: Recognised as a technical reference point for PHP/Laravel standards on the team; atleast one significant performance or reliability improvement delivered to production

You're probably NOT a fit if

You write PHP without static analysis or treat type safety as optional

You prefer to implement fully-defined specs rather than contribute to shaping them

You are not comfortable with distributed async collaboration across European time zones

You are not interested in the construction and infrastructure software domain

What we offer

Compensation (Pune, Senior)
Competitive fixed salary — shared on request
Variable performance bonus: 5% of fixed
Continuous learning & certification budgetLearning programmes | Career growth | International exposure At Thinkproject, we run feedback cycles that are honest and frequent. We believe the best engineering cultures are built on trust, transparency, and shared ownership — not hierarchy. Our Pune team is a core part of a global organisation, collaborating across time zones with colleagues in Germany, France, the UK, UAE, Spain, New Zealand, and Australia.
Lunch 'n' Learn Sessions I Women's Network I LGBTQIA+ Network I Coffee Chat Roulette I Free English Lessons I Thinkproject Academy I Social Events I Volunteering Activities I Open Forum with Leadership Team (Tp Café) I Hybrid working I Unlimited learning