Toronto time zone. Project duration - 3months.
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
Skills Required
- 6+ years of professional PHP development experience
- 4+ years building applications with Laravel or comparable modern PHP framework experience with strong Laravel proficiency
- Solid MySQL or PostgreSQL database skills, including query optimization and schema design
- Familiarity with Docker and cloud deployment platforms such as AWS or GCP
- Hands-on experience with LLM APIs, tool or function calling, retrieval, agents, or agent frameworks in real workflows
- Experience using modern AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Codex
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Experience with testing, debugging, code quality, and production readiness
- English proficiency at Upper Intermediate level or higher
- Availability to work in the EDT Toronto time zone
What We Do
N-iX is a global software solutions and engineering services company that helps world’s leading organizations turn challenges into lasting business value, operational efficiency, and revenue growth using advanced technology. Whether you need to build a custom solution, modernize your digital product or acquire extra tech expertise - we have the experience and capabilities to ensure your success. With over 2,000 professionals in 25 countries across Europe and the Americas, N-iX offers expert solutions in cloud, data analytics, embedded software, IoT, AI, machine learning, and other tech domains. Being in business for over two decades, we have worked with dozens of industry-leading enterprises and Fortune 500 companies creating value across a wide variety of sectors, including finance, manufacturing, supply chain, retail, e-commerce, healthcare, and more. Our unique combination of business domain expertise and technical know-how enables us to effectively collaborate with ISVs, tech companies, and enterprises of all sizes. Thanks to the strong tech ecosystem and partnerships with AWS, GCP, Microsoft, SAP, OpenText, Snowflake, and others, we bring extra speed, scale and efficiency to more than 160 organizations across the globe. N-iX is recognized by numerous industry awards, such as CRN Solution Provider 500, Global Outsourcing 100 by IAOP, ISG Provider Lens™, Modern Application Development services providers by Forrester, etc
