PHP Backend Developer

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.