Senior Senior / Principal PHP Software Engineer

Job Description

About Sunbytes

Sunbytes is a leading Tech & Talent Solutions company known for innovative and scalable solutions. We offer comprehensive long-term partnerships, including recruitment, dedicated worldwide talents, and custom software development tailored to meet client needs.

About the Role

Sunbytes is actively seeking a highly skilled PHP Software Engineer (Senior or Principle level) to join an in-office, full-time role with our Japanese client in their SaaS company specializing in providing cloud services . You will have a chance to join one of Japan’s leading IT companies, in a well-equipped and professional environment with a clear path for career development.

As a PHP Software Engineer , you will join their new project in every phase from Outline Design, Detail Design, Development / Implementation, Code review, Unit test, and Release. During your time here, you will be trained to develop to Tech Lead / Principal Software Engineer as your next step in the career.

Responsibilities

Work with Project Lead and project development members to analyze product specifications, specification changes, and new additional functions.

Participate in project development as a Principal / Senior Software Engineer from the Outline Design, Detail Design, Development / Implementation, Code review, Unit test, Release stages.

You can be trained to become a Principal Software Engineer / Tech Lead.

Design Database, develop functions, and support team members.

Do other tasks assigned by the Project Lead.

Requirements

Job Requirements

Technical must-haves

At least 4 years of experience in web application programming with : PHP

Proficiency in Laravel, CodeIgniter, Yii 2, CakePHP, Zend

Proficiency in Javascript, HTML, CSS, SCSS, Jquery, Json, Ajax

Proficiency in database tools like PostgreSQL, MySQL...

Technical nice-to-haves

Experience in AI tools : Github copilot, Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor

Experience in developing complicated system, serve 1-2 million users

Soft skills must-haves

Ability to create / present easy-to-understand technical documentation and share knowledge with colleagues

Ability to research to solve technical problems.

Read and understand documents in English well

Benefits

Benefits

1) Salary and Bonus

13th and 14th month salary; 100% gross salary social insurance contribution.

100% salary during probation period

Salary increase and Bonus payment 2 times / year

2) Working hours, rest

Monday ~ Friday, from 8 : 30 ~ 17 : 30

12 annual leave days + 11 Vietnamese holidays + 7 Japanese holidays = 30 days

Almost no overtime (has OT salary policy)

3) Training

Opportunity to be sent to Japan for training

Japanese engineers support OJT (on the job training)

Soft skills training by level

Monthly technical seminars

4) Awards

Yearly MVP - 2 to 3 excellent employees each year get to experience and work in Japan for 1 week.

Quarterly MVP - Outstanding Employee of the Quarter Award

5-year employee award,..

5) Physical and mental health care benefits

Social insurance paid on full contract salary

Annual company trip (3 days 2 nights), 50% sponsorship of tour costs for employee families

Many events throughout the year : Women's Day, Men's Day, Children's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Christmas, Year-end party, quarterly team building, Activities with employee families, Monthly birthday parties ...

Participate in PVI personal health insurance program

Participate in sports clubs (Futsal, Badminton)

Periodic health check-ups.