PHP Developer

Wrike is the most powerful work management platform. Built for teams and organizations looking to collaborate, create, and exceed every day, Wrike brings everyone and all work into a single place to remove complexity, increase productivity, and free people up to focus on their most purposeful work. Our vision: A world where everyone is free to focus on their most purposeful work, together. About the Role: As a Website Backend Developer at Wrike, you will own the backend development of our global marketing website and related internal tools. Your work will power key customer-facing experiences, enable marketing and business teams to operate efficiently, and directly support Wrike’s growth by ensuring our web infrastructure is scalable, secure, and optimized for performance and SEO. Your Impact: Design, develop, and maintain backend services for Wrike’s website, admin panels, and internal tools. Build and enhance components in our CMS and component management system. Develop and improve internal tools for managing incoming requests from marketing and other business stakeholders. Implement and optimize REST APIs to support website features and integrations. Contribute to SEO-oriented backend solutions that drive traffic and conversion. Proactively identify, propose, and implement technical improvements to increase performance, reliability, and maintainability. Participate in code reviews, ensuring high code quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices. Your Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field. 5+ years of production web development experience. Strong experience with PHP and Laravel (experience with YII2 or Symfony is a plus). Solid understanding of REST APIs, OOP, SQL, and Git. Proven experience working on SEO-oriented web projects. Ability to architect web applications and tools independently, from concept to deployment. Experience developing admin panels or content management systems. Hands-on participation in collaborative code review processes. User experience with advanced AI coding assistants (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Codex). Full professional proficiency in English (written and spoken). Standout Qualities: Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React, Vue), HTTP requests, and TypeScript. Background in performance optimization for high-traffic websites. Practical application of engineering principles such as KISS, DRY, and SOLID in day-to-day work. General understanding of Continuous Integration (CI) processes and pipelines. Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization. A team player who contributes to a fun, supportive, and productive team environment. Team Dynamics: You will join the Web Team, which is part of Wrike’s Business Development department. The team is organized into two Scrum teams composed of frontend engineers, backend engineers, QA, and designers. You will be a backend developer within one of these cross-functional squads, collaborating closely with marketing, customer-facing, HR, and other internal teams that rely on our websites, web tools, and admin panels. You’ll work in an environment that values openness, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Our Work Style: Methodologies: Scrum, with clear goals set via OKRs. Backend: PHP 8.4, Laravel. Frontend/CMS: Twill CMS + Vue.js. Infrastructure: MySQL, Nginx. Additional Services: Several microservices and standalone projects using Node.js. We combine a modern PHP/Laravel stack with a component-based CMS and a strong focus on SEO, performance, and marketing enablement. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact, customer-facing web properties at scale, while also building internal tools that directly empower business teams—giving you a broad scope of influence compared to many traditional backend roles. Why Join Wrike? 18 calendar days of paid vacation (12 days of National & Festival holidays (10 fixed, 2 flexible)) Sick Leave Compensation (5 Paid Uncertified Sick Days) Menstrual Leave: Twelve (12) days per calendar year. Women employees are eligible for up to 1 day of menstrual leave per month. Parental Leave: 26 Weeks Maternity / 4 Week Paternity 2 Volunteer Days Group Medical Insurance (Employees + Dependents) Term Life Insurance (Rs 50,00,000) Personal Accident Insurance (Rs 50,00,000) Monthly Broadband / Internet Reimbursement (INR 1500) Hybrid Working Model + Complimentary Lunch & Snacks Your recruitment buddy will be Tripti Sachan , Senior Recruiter #LI-TS1 Who Is Wrike and Our Culture We’re a team of innovators and creators who solve the complex work problems of today and tomorrow. Hybrid work mode Wrike promotes a hybrid model for team members near our office hubs in San Diego, Prague, Dublin, Nicosia, and Tallinn, with 2–3 in-office days per week to foster collaboration and teamwork. This work mode supports our culture of collaboration and solving problems fast to deliver business outcomes and win together. Our persona 💡 Smart: We love what we do, and we’re great at it because this is our domain. Our combined knowledge in this space is unmatched. 💚 Dedicated: We get up every day focused on helping our customers win. We’re committed to helping our teammates win, too! 🤗 Approachable: We're friendly, easy to get along with, considerate, and helpful. Our culture and Values 🤩 Customer-Focused We care about our customers. We understand the customer journey, experience, and value derived from Wrike. Decision-making and action-taking are done with the customer in mind. 🤝 Collaborative We work as one and win together, each bringing unique strengths that contribute to diversity of thought for better outcomes. Leveraging our own work management platform, we foster an environment of creative collaboration and shared achievement. 🎨 Creative We strive to succeed through continuous innovation. It’s our pursuit of novel concepts that helped us create a market category. We continue to cultivate a workplace that fosters creative thinking as a means of transcending conventional boundaries and empowers us to break new ground to deliver extraordinary work management solutions. 💪 Committed We believe in ownership at all levels of the organization, by owning workflows from start to finish. Each member of our team is an integral part of this commitment, establishing work as a platform for personal growth and transformation, as well as collective success and growth. Check out our LinkedIn Life Page, Company culture page, Instagram, Wrike Engineering Team, Medium, Meetup.com, Youtube for a feel for what life is like at Wrike.