PHP Backend Developer (Freelancer)

About Us

Soul AI is a pioneering company founded by IIT Bombay and IIM Ahmedabad alumni, with a strong founding team from IITs, NITs, and BITS. We specialize in delivering high-quality human-curated data, AI-first scaled operations services, and more. Based in SF and Hyderabad, we are a young, fast-moving team on a mission to build AI for Good, driving innovation and positive societal impact.

About the Role:

We are hiring a PHP Backend Developer skilled in Laravel, Symfony, or large-scale PHP backend systems. You will validate patch correctness, debug backend logic, review PRs, and run PHPUnit test suites across monolithic or microservice repositories.

Key Responsibilities:

• Validate patches across PHP controllers, services, and backend modules.
• Run PHPUnit test suites and debug regressions or failing tests.
• Review Laravel/Symfony components, DI containers, routing, and data flows.
• Inspect PRs for correctness, security, maintainability, and framework alignment.
• Troubleshoot backend logic, request lifecycles, and framework behaviors.

Skills & Experience Required:

• 2+ years of PHP backend development.
• Strong understanding of Laravel/Symfony, DI containers, and backend architecture.
• Proficient with PHPUnit, debugging microservice/monolithic PHP systems.
• Ability to reason about request lifecycles and complex backend interactions.
• strong framework knowledge, DI patterns, testing stack expertise.
• ability to debug complex backend workflows.

Why Join Us?

• Work on high-impact projects that contribute to building AI for Good.
• Collaborate with top-tier engineers and domain experts from IITs, NITs, and BITS.
• Opportunity to grow in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

NOTE: Pay will vary by project and typically is up to ₹1500 per hour.