Senior/Lead PHP Engineer (Symfony/Laravel)
Vietnam
Asia – Tech /
Full-time /
Hybrid
At Gradion, we scale businesses with Digital, Deep Tech & AI.
As part of the NFQ Group, we bring over 23 years of experience and a global team of 800+ experts across 10 countries. Our impact spans e-commerce, retail, mobility, travel & logistics, and intralogistics, where we’ve driven bold, measurable transformative technology solutions.
Powered by the AI-first foundation, our journey is defined by customer stories of bold transformations in Business, Technology and People. We've partnered with visionary companies to architect the strategies, systems, and technologies that propelled them to extraordinary success.
From large-scale platforms to AI, data, cybersecurity & robotic solutions, Gradion delivers tailored, future-ready solutions, empowering the next generation of Billion Dollar Companies.
Our key values:
🔹 Fairness – We treat our colleagues, clients, shareholders, and the environment with integrity and respect.
🔹 Entrepreneurship – We think like entrepreneurs, taking smart risks and turning ideas into real impact.
🔹 Excellence – We go beyond expectations to deliver results that truly make a difference.
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In this role you will
- You will be joining an awesome team to build cool applications that serve millions of users, from idea to production.
- As our customers are typically ambitious foreign startups, you will have a chance to improve your English, learn about startup culture and product mindset along the way. If you want to make a great impact on the world, this is your chance now.
- Manage full lifecycle customer projects with Agile methods.
- Developing strong relationships with customers, acting as the primary point of contact as well as managing stakeholder expectations and always seek for solution improvement.
- Design, develop, test internal REST API.
- Design and implement scalable and robust applications.
- Analyze functional requirements and creation of software design.
- Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards.
- Work closely with the infrastructure team in building and scaling back-end services as well as performing root-cause analysis investigations.
- Write API documentation for better communication with front-end developers.
What you will bring
- From 5 years of overall software development experience, with an emphasis on web applications and back-end technologies, work experience in PHP (strongly preferred with Symfony).
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full development life cycle (coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, operation, monitoring, etc.).
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (Git is preferred).
- Deep knowledge of web frameworks.
- Experience in unit testing frameworks.
- Experience in CI/CD methodologies.
- Professional experience working with cloud (either AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- 2 years of experience in leading engineering teams (for technical lead level).
- Working proficiency in English.
- Experience in these business domains: hotel booking, car rental, eCommerce platform.
- Proficiency in database design & SQL skills.
- Experience in REST API development.
- Knowledge of real-time communication (Pusher, PubNub, FireBase).
- Strong understanding of system performance and scaling.
Big bonus:
Why you will love working here
- 🏆 Join Vietnam’s Best IT Company – Gradion (formerly NFQ ASIA) was recognized by ITViec for 7 consecutive years, including 2 successive years as the Winner. Work with some of the best minds in the industry and be part of a company that’s redefining how businesses scale through technology.
- 🌍 Career Growth & Tech Leadership – At Gradion, you’re not just coding or delivering features—you’re shaping innovative solutions. Collaborate closely with tech leads, gain hands-on exposure to critical product and business decisions, and receive mentorship from experts who’ve built scalable systems. Whether you aim to become a technical expert or a leader, we’ll empower your journey.
- 🚀AI-First Engineering & Strategic Consulting – Our engineering culture integrates AI as a core driver of design, development, and optimization—not an add-on. As a forward-thinking consultancy, we go beyond traditional engineering, combining technical excellence with a strategic mindset to deliver transformative solutions for ambitious businesses.
- 💰 Competitive Compensation – We believe great talent deserves great rewards. Expect an attractive salary, performance-based bonuses, and a benefits package that reflects your impact. We value talent over salary budgets—exceptional contributions deserve exceptional rewards.
- ✨ And Many More Benefits to Explore! But most importantly healthy work-life balance and an environment where you can thrive—professionally and personally. Including:
- Working time: Monday – Friday (9AM - 6PM)
- Locations: NFQ welcomes you to our offices in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang City, Can Tho City & Ha Noi City), choose the location that suits you best and join us on a journey of innovation and excellence.
- Laptop is provided.
- Community Tech activities.
- A fun & dynamic environment and freedom to be creative.
- Modern office with a flexible relaxing zone.
- 13th-month salary pro-rata (based on business situation/performance).
- Performance review 2 times/ year.
- Extra Premium Healthcare & Annual Health-check.
- 15 days annual leaves.
