**Toronto time zone** We're looking for a mature, Senior/Lead PHP Engineer with deep Laravel expertise and hands\-on experience building or integrating agentic AI systems. You'll take ownership of complex backend features end\-to\-end, mentor other engineers, and help shape how AI\-driven automation and agents fit into our product and internal workflows. **About the client:** Our client is a leading online car marketplace group operating across Europe and North America, bringing together market\-leading brands to shape the future of our industry by combining the best of both regions. **What You'll Do:** * Design, build, and maintain robust backend services and APIs using PHP and Laravel * Own features from technical design through deployment and monitoring * Integrate and orchestrate agentic AI workflows (e.g., LLM\-based agents, tool\-calling pipelines, autonomous task runners) into existing products or internal tooling * Improve system performance, reliability, and security across the stack * Stay current with the PHP/Laravel ecosystem and emerging agentic AI tools and patterns **What You Need to Succeed:** * 6\+ years of professional PHP development experience * 4\+ years building applications with Laravel (or comparable modern PHP framework experience with strong Laravel proficiency) * Solid database skills (MySQL/PostgreSQL), including query optimization and schema design * Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and cloud deployment (AWS, GCP, or similar) * Strong communication skills and the judgment to work independently on ambiguous problems * Hands\-on GenAI experience — you've built with LLM APIs, tool/function calling, retrieval, agents, or agent frameworks and put them into real workflows. * Modern AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex) are part of how you work day to day. * Strong communication and collaboration skills — you work well in a team, share your opinions clearly, and can move a topic forward with people across functions. * Solid engineering fundamentals: testing, debugging, code quality, and getting things production\-ready. * English \- at least Upper Intermediate\+ * Work in EDT (Toronto) time zone **We offer\*:** * Flexible working format \- remote, office\-based or flexible * A competitive salary and good compensation package * Personalized career growth * Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more) * Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing * Education reimbursement * Memorable anniversary presents * Corporate events and team buildings * Other location\-specific benefits * not applicable for freelancers