<h1 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.375rem] font-bold">Senior Software Engineer (PHP / Craft CMS)</h1><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Location:</strong> Brazil (Remote)</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Department:</strong> Engineering</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Employment Type:</strong> Contract (B2B)</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Contract Length:</strong> 3 months (with potential for extension)</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"> </p><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold">About YLD</h3><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition, and we know our success only happens when they succeed. We're a team of curious, talented people, and we're committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work, grow, and stay.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">We're a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.</p><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold"> </h3><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold">About the role</h3><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD, you'll join a client team building and evolving digital products for a high-traffic, experience-led organisation. We're looking for someone curious, driven, and enthusiastic — skilled at problem-solving and experienced in delivering clean, maintainable PHP on modern CMS platforms.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">You'll work closely with the client's in-house engineering team on a mix of ongoing Craft CMS feature work and a larger migration from a legacy CMS, with UI/UX rework in scope. The team is collaborative and values direct partnerships over black-box agency arrangements — which is exactly the kind of engagement YLD runs.</p><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold"> </h3><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold">Your day-to-day responsibilities will look like this</h3><ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Building and maintaining features on a production Craft CMS platform, with consistent commits and a short feedback loop;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Contributing to the migration of a legacy CMS onto Craft, including UI/UX rework, targeting mid-2026 launch;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Working closely with client engineers and a product designer, collaborating on engineering initiatives and keeping each other sharp;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Mentoring teammates and sharing knowledge across the team to accelerate growth;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Participating in regular show and tells, promoting your work to the wider team;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Maintaining production quality and monitoring in line with SLAs;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Using good judgement about where emerging tools (including AI) genuinely improve the work.</li></ul><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold"> </h3><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold">Preferred Skills</h3><ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Strong PHP development skills, with production experience on Craft CMS;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Solid understanding of the Craft CMS templating system, plugin ecosystem, and content modelling;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience migrating content from legacy CMS platforms: familiarity with Epic Server or similar is a plus;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Frontend competence: working with designers to implement UI/UX rework, including responsive design and accessibility;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Database design and query optimisation (relational databases; SQL Server experience useful);</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">API development (REST), with an understanding of how CMS platforms expose and consume data;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git) in a team environment;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Comfortable with cloud-hosted environments and standard deployment tooling;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Monitoring and performance awareness: you keep an eye on things in production;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">You stay calm when debugging live issues and communicate clearly about what's happening.</li></ul><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold"> </h3><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold">You should apply if you are</h3><ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Self-motivated, proactive, and always looking for ways to improve;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">A clear communicator, you can explain technical decisions in plain language to non-technical stakeholders;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Detail-oriented without losing sight of delivery;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Comfortable working across a small, collaborative team that includes both YLD and client engineers;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experienced working in agile, iterative environments with real production stakes;</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">A genuine believer in diversity and fairness.</li></ul><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold"> </h3><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold">Our typical recruitment process</h3><ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">1st interview with someone from the Talent team (30–45 mins)</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Technical interview with our Senior Developers (1h30)</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Call with Client Partner (30 mins)</li></ul><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold"> </h3><h3 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold">We live and breathe our values, and know you will too</h3><ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Growing every day</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Including everyone</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Relationships built on honesty and ethics</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Inspiring solutions</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Winning together</li></ul><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">We're an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in all its forms. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability. We offer a remote-first working environment, with flexible working and work–life balance as standard.</p>