Backend Data Engineer, PHP/Symfony
Posted 21hrs ago
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Backend Data Engineer focused on data flows, API architecture for an affiliate and lead generation company. Building scalable ingestion pipelines and structured data models in the iGaming and finance sectors.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable data ingestion pipelines for a wide range of structured and unstructured data sources
- Build and maintain a canonical, extensible data model that supports long-term evolution, interoperability, and backward compatibility
- Ensure ingested data is normalized, validated, deduplicated, enriched, and stored in a structured and future-proof manner
- Architect systems that support schema evolution, data lineage, traceability, and auditability
- Develop stable, well-documented, versioned APIs for internal and external consumers
- Design APIs with strong guarantees around backward compatibility, reliability, and long-term maintainability
- Implement automated data curation and enrichment workflows using modern techniques such as machine learning, entity resolution, classification, semantic matching, and anomaly detection
- Collaborate closely with product, platform, and domain experts to evolve data models and workflows over time
- Optimize systems for scalability, performance, fault tolerance, and low-latency API access
Requirements:
- Strong PHP and Symfony experience
- Strong PostgreSQL and Doctrine experience
- Symfony Messenger, Scheduler, Redis experience
- Experience building ETL/ELT or data platform systems
- Proficiency in programming languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP
- Familiarity with data modeling, schema registries, and metadata management
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- 5–8+ years PHP & PostgreSQL experience (~6–10 years backend/data engineering overall)
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development

















