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SnappyCX

Senior PHP Backend Developer (AI-Assisted Development)

SnappyCX Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting · 11-50 employees

Jun 22
Remote php Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time Nigeria
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About the role

The developer will build, maintain, and optimize multi-step lead-capture funnels and backend functionality using PHP and MySQL. They will also integrate third-party APIs and implement logging and analytics solutions to drive conversion performance.

What they look for

PHP MySQL JavaScript CSS Git AI coding tools Claude Code API integration Backend development Schema design Query optimization Responsive design Lead generation Conversion optimization Logging and reporting

Requirements

Candidates must have 3+ years of professional PHP development experience and hands-on experience with AI coding tools in production. Strong proficiency in MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, and Git is required, along with the ability to work remotely with Pacific Time overlap.

Full description

Work Arrangement

  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Remote
  • Schedule: Full-Time with required overlap with US business hours
  • Time Zone Requirement: Pacific Time overlap required

About the Role

Our Client is looking for a Senior PHP Backend Developer to join our Engineering team full-time and take ownership of our lead-capture ecosystem.

You’ll build, improve, and maintain interactive multi-step form funnels that capture and route consumer leads, integrate with third-party APIs, and support analytics that drive conversion and revenue performance.

This is an AI-native engineering environment where development productivity is amplified through AI-assisted coding tools. Success in this role requires strong technical ownership, sound engineering judgment, and comfort working across existing production systems.

What You’ll Do

  • Build, modify, and maintain multi-step lead-capture flows and web experiences
  • Develop backend functionality using PHP and MySQL
  • Integrate and troubleshoot third-party APIs
  • Create and maintain logging, reporting, and analytics solutions
  • Improve conversion performance through iteration and optimization
  • Write maintainable, reusable, and production-safe code
  • Work within existing systems and improve legacy implementations where needed
  • Collaborate asynchronously with the engineering team and communicate progress clearly

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of full-time professional PHP development experience working on a team
  • Hands-on experience using AI coding tools in production environments

(Claude Code preferred; experience with Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, or similar AI-assisted development tools accepted)

  • Intermediate to Advanced MySQL experience including:• Schema design
  • Query writing and optimization
  • Safely updating production data
  • Intermediate to Advanced JavaScript skills:• Strong vanilla JavaScript
  • DOM manipulation
  • Events
  • Fetch / async operations
  • JSON handling
  • Intermediate to Advanced CSS skills:• Responsive and mobile-first development
  • Cross-browser compatibility
  • CSS custom properties
  • Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows
  • Strong written and verbal English communication
  • Ability to independently solve problems and work with minimal supervision
  • Comfortable maintaining and improving existing or legacy codebases

Nice to Have

  • Go (Golang)
  • Python
  • AWS experience (EC2, Lightsail, Apache configuration, deployments)
  • PostgreSQL
  • Linux / Shell experience (SSH, deployments, cron, command line)
  • Experience with:• Multi-step form flows
  • Lead generation
  • Performance marketing
  • Conversion funnel analytics
  • Experience integrating and debugging REST APIs

What Success Looks Like

  • Independently ships production-ready flow updates
  • Uses AI coding tools effectively while maintaining code quality
  • Builds reliable logging and reporting solutions
  • Delivers clean API integrations with proper error handling
  • Communicates proactively and requires minimal oversight

Work Arrangement

  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Remote
  • Schedule: Full-Time with required overlap with US business hours
  • Time Zone Requirement: Pacific Time overlap required

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