Job Description

ABOUT STAYTUS

Staytus is the leading SaaS digital guest communications provider for luxury hotels worldwide. We're seeking a Senior PHP Developer to drive the creation of our next generation of mobile and web applications. The role is a superb opportunity for a developer to put the skills to work at the confluence of luxury hospitality, marketing, data, and artificial intelligence. The role is based in Staytus' Dubai HQ and offers an unusually open, friendly, and globally-minded workplace.

ABOUT YOU

You're a software engineer, but you're not only a software geek--you like people and enjoy other hobbies too. You love solving problems. You have a natural curiosity and love to learn, especially in the areas of software coding techniques, trends, tools, and architecture. You know how to balance structure and tactical speed of execution. You have a natural empathy for the user, and crave the rewards of extreme quality. You have strong visual acumen and your work is both elegant and intelligent. You are energetic and creative yet have unfailing attention to detail. You are a team player and give everything you've got to help the team succeed. Your honesty and integrity are among your most cherished personal values. You enjoy operating in an Agile environment, and you have strong experience developing rock-solid backend with a focus performance and scalability. You want to build the next generation of game-changing services.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Write clean, testable, and secure code based on standard web development best practices. Build and maintain web and backend applications built with PHP Symfony and Laravel. Responsible for in-house and 3rd party API integration. Contributing to all phases of the development lifecycle, working well in a small team and independently with minimal supervision when necessary.
REQUIRED SKILL AND EXPERIENCE

Good communication skills in English. 5+ years of web/backend development experience in PHP. Minimum of 3 years of Symfony experience. Minimum of 2 years of JS experience. Expert in designing and implementing scalable and high-performance RDBMS database architectures. Expert in designing and implementing scalable and high-performance REST APIs. Knowledge of the Agile Development Methodology. Proficient in Git.
LOCATION

Remote
HIRING STEPS

Please submit your via indeed. If selected in the fist round, we will ask you to complete a short at-home technical test. If selected for the second round, we will invite you to a technical interview (live coding + solving problem test) via teleconference. If shortlisted for the final round, we will invite you to a non-technical interview with the management.
Note: in your short cover letter, please answer the following questions:
- why are you interested in this job?

- where do you currently live?

- when would you be available to start working with us?

- what is your current salary level?

- what experience/work have you done in Symfony?

Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Contract length: 24 months

Experience:

Symfony: 2 years (Required) Laravel: 2 years (Preferred) REST: 2 years (Preferred)
Application Deadline: 31/07/2025