Senior PHP Engineer (Magento) — AI-Assisted “Vibe Coding” Workflows

The RoleOwn high-impact Magento 2 services and storefronts while helping us push an AI-assisted development culture. You’ll spend most of your time in PHP/Magento, but should be comfortable reviewing or shipping changes across React front-ends and Python/Go backend services when needed. We actively use Claude Sonnet 4.5, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor to accelerate delivery — without compromising code quality or security.What You’ll DoDesign, build, and maintain Magento 2 modules, themes, and integrations (payments, tax, ERP, PIM, shipping).Lead performance, caching, and indexing work (FPC/Varnish, Redis, async queues).Ship features end-to-end: PHP APIs → React/Next.js UIs → infra (Docker/K8s, CI).Review AI-generated diffs with a security/performance lens; enforce coding standards (PSR-12), tests, and design patterns.Translate product requirements into clear prompts and workflows for AI tools; capture reusable prompt “recipes.”Pair with engineers to improve developer experience (tooling, CI, prompt libraries, secure context windows).Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis.Must-Have5 + years professional PHP; 3 + years Magento 2 (plugins, observers, service contracts, DI, EAV, MSI, GraphQL/REST).Strong SQL/MySQL performance skills; hands-on with Redis and queues.Production experience using AI coding assistants (Claude Sonnet 4.5, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to generate, refactor, and test code — including the ability to critique and harden AI output (security, privacy, performance).Solid testing habits (PHPUnit, integration/functional tests) and CI discipline.Comfortable collaborating across React (TypeScript) and one of Python or Go.Nice to HaveMagento Commerce / Adobe Commerce experience.Elasticsearch / OpenSearch tuning; async architectures; event sourcing.API design (OpenAPI), auth (OAuth2/JWT), payments (PCI awareness).Observability (Grafana/Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), SRE basics.Experience with AI-first editors (Cursor, Windsurf) and IDE integrations (PhpStorm / VS Code).How We “Vibe Code”Tooling: Claude Code for complex refactors and agents; Copilot for inline completions; Cursor for repo-aware edits. Workflow: write crisp specs → prompt → generate → test → refine → manual hardening. Quality gates: no AI-generated secrets; deterministic migrations; idempotent scripts; diff-time security checks; perf budgets. Documentation: PRs include brief AI notes (what was generated vs. hand-rolled, known caveats).Hiring Process (Fast & Practical)Written Technical Test – You’ll explain and demonstrate your own development workflow using modern AI-assisted tools. We’re interested in how you think, prompt, validate, and integrate AI into real engineering tasks — not just in the output.Technical Conversation – Deep-dive into your results, Magento architecture patterns, and how you balance AI support with solid engineering practice.Team Chat & Offer – Meet the team, talk culture and fit, and decide if our approach to AI-first engineering matches yours.Compensation & PerksCompetitive salary + equity, hardware budget, AI tooling budget (Claude Pro/Team, Copilot, Cursor), conference & training budget, flexible hours, 25 + PTO days.