Remote Backend Jobs

Contract : PHP Developer : 6 months rolling : Up to £325 per day Outside IR35 : Fully remote

We’re partnered with a product-led business building smart, integration-heavy backend systems and AI-enabled applications.

They’re looking for a PHP Developer contractor to design and deliver clean middleware services and APIs that stitch together multiple platforms.

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing and building PHP-based middleware services
• Creating Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) APIs tailored to internal tools, portals, and AI consumers
• Integrating third-party platforms via REST APIs, webhooks, queues, and scheduled jobs
• Using Airtable as a cache/coordination layer, not a primary datastore
• Contributing to AI and MCP server integrations with clean, well-scoped APIs
• Producing clear API documentation, ADRs, and system diagrams

Required skills:

• Strong PHP experience
• Experience of building integration heavy backend systems and middleware applications
• REST API experience, specifically for backend-for-frontend
• Desirables: Airtable, Node.js, AI agents, MCP servers, DevOps exposure