Backend Developer (PHP)

Firebird is an international online travel company that organizes trips to Europe for customers from around the world. We have a dedicated software development department that focuses on our internal products that allow everyone else to deliver some of the top-notch, worldwide services. Currently, there are a number of commercially available projects in production that are being actively worked on:

• Service for booking rail tickets https://rail.ninja

• Online trip builder https://triptile.com

• Service for booking hotels https://travel.ninja

Tech stack: PHP/Drupal 11/Symfony, Maria-DB/MySQL, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Docker.

We’re expanding both of the product teams and are looking for experienced PHP Backend developers to join us.

Your tasks will include

• Designing and creating the product architecture;

• Back-end development;

• Analysis of business requirements and design of their implementation based on existing and new systems;

• Modification, implementation and creation of custom modules, components and themes;

• Integration with external services (Payment systems, Salesforce, GDS services, etc.);

• Conducting code reviews;

• Active use of Company-approved AI development tools (e.g., Cursor) in compliance with internal policies, security standards, and evolving corporate guidelines;

• Work with version control systems;

• Work in Jira, Confluence.

Candidate requirements

• 3+ years of backend development experience;

• Strong communication skills;

• Strong knowledge of PHP (>7.0), code refactoring, coding standards;

• Experience with at least one of the popular PHP frameworks;

• Knowledge and practical application of OOP principles;

• Understanding how web servers work, working in Nginx + php-fpm bundles;

• Experience with coding with AI-agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex)

• Ability to work with the Linux console;

• Experience with version control systems (Git).

We offer

• Competitive compensation based on interview results;

• Opportunity to build a stellar career in a fast-growing international travel company;

• Opportunity to work with advanced top-of-the-line software for travel management;

• Interesting, challenging tasks and a world-class team.