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Fullstack Entwickler mit PHP-Backend – Symfony, RabbitMQ (m/w/d)
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Germany
Experience
Mid-level · 3+ years
Job description
Backend-focused software developer working in client projects for large enterprises, mainly with PHP/Symfony, APIs and messaging, mostly remote with occasional on-site days.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote · Germany
- Languages
- German – C1
What you'll do
- Work in customer projects at large companies, embedded in their teams
- Backend development with PHP, preferably Symfony
- Design REST APIs and document them with OpenAPI
- Connect systems via messaging: RabbitMQ, Symfony Messenger or Kafka
- Build and maintain GitLab pipelines from build to deployment
- Generate, review and refactor code with Claude Code, Copilot or Cursor
- Coordinate with Product Owners, frontend and operations
- Support frontend work when the feature requires it
What we're looking for
- At least three years of professional experience as a developer after training or studies
- PHP, at least three years productively in the last five years, preferably with Symfony (Laravel also acceptable)
- REST API design including OpenAPI
- CI/CD with GitLab pipelines
- Message-based architecture with RabbitMQ or comparable (Symfony Messenger on AMQP, Kafka)
- Automated tests with PHPUnit, plus integration and end-to-end tests
- Must be able to work productively with AI tools like Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor
- German at C1 level or better, as project language is German
Nice to have
- LLM integration in applications (RAG, tool calling, agents), also from a side project
- Pimcore 11 or another CMS
- Data modeling with MariaDB or MySQL
- TypeScript with Vue or React
- AWS
- Real-time interfaces and data pipelines
Benefits
- Mostly remote, with office if you like
- MacBook (unless the client provides their own hardware)
- Various customers, various projects
- The founders are your direct contacts
- Internal upskilling in AI development
How to get hired
- 1CV is enough, no cover letter needed
- 2Short video question round (2×90 seconds), then feedback within a few days
Apply
About Rockstardevelopers GmbH
Software developer with experience from hundreds of individual projects for enterprise and mid-sized clients
Founded in 2015 in Mannheim, with further offices in Stuttgart and Munich; builds custom software for enterprise and mid-sized clients.
Key facts
- 2015
- Mannheim, Germany
- Short paths, honest feedback, no political games
- No hierarchy levels between you and the people making decisions
- Clients staff these projects almost exclusively with permanent employees
What they value
- Short paths, honest feedback, no political games