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# Staff PHP/Symphony Software Engineer at WIZELINE

- **Company:** WIZELINE
- **Location:** Spain
- **Posted:** 2023-01-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://www.wizeline.ai/careers/job?gh_jid=2956165

## Job description

We are

Wizeline, a global AI-native technology solutions provider, develops cutting-edge, AI-powered digital products and platforms. We partner with clients to leverage data and AI, accelerating market entry and driving business transformation. As a global community of innovators, we foster a culture of growth, collaboration, and impact.

With the right people and the right ideas, there’s no limit to what we can achieve

Are you a fit?

Sounds awesome, right? Now, let’s make sure you’re a good fit for the role:

## Key Responsibilities

- Provide architectural guidance on the transition of business-critical functionality from legacy PHP systems to a modern, scalable technology stack.
- Evaluate technical trade-offs, define clear API boundaries, and establish pragmatic migration strategies that balance modernization with business continuity.
- Remain deeply hands-on with code, contributing directly to development while providing Staff-level technical leadership and architectural direction.
- Resolve critical bugs, improve system reliability, and safely refactor business-critical workflows within complex legacy environments.
- Deep-dive into undocumented business logic, including contracts, commissions, rights, and payments, and translate it into modular, maintainable modern architecture.
- Drive the incremental decoupling of legacy systems using modern backend and frontend patterns, including APIs, microservices/BFF architectures, Next.js, and Node.js.
- Design and guide modern API strategies using technologies and patterns such as GraphQL, REST, and API Gateways.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot as an integral part of daily engineering workflows to accelerate development, debugging, refactoring, and technical analysis.
- Identify opportunities to use AI to increase engineering velocity, improve developer workflows, and reduce repetitive development effort.
- Partner closely with engineers, technical leaders, and senior business stakeholders to clarify requirements, challenge assumptions, and make sound architectural decisions.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor, communicating migration pathways, architectural trade-offs, risks, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Help establish engineering standards and modern development practices while working collaboratively and hands-on alongside the broader engineering team.
- Support the onboarding and mentoring of additional engineers as the workstream and team continue to grow.

Must-have Skills

- Staff or Lead-level software engineering experience, with the ability to operate independently, make sound architectural decisions, and lead technical direction without constant oversight.
- Strong hands-on experience working with legacy PHP, including environments such as Symfony and native PHP, with the ability to navigate, debug, stabilize, and safely refactor complex monolithic applications.
- Strong full-stack engineering background with practical knowledge of modern frontend and backend development.
- Functional proficiency with Next.js, Node.js, Symfony, and modern API architectures.
- Experience designing, consuming, or evolving APIs using technologies and patterns such as GraphQL, REST, and API Gateways.
- Demonstrated experience modernizing or migrating legacy systems while maintaining business continuity and minimizing unnecessary complexity.
- Ability to understand and extract complex or undocumented business logic and translate it into modular, maintainable technical solutions.
- Strong architectural judgment, including the ability to evaluate trade-offs, define system boundaries, and recommend pragmatic migration strategies.
- AI-Assisted Engineering Fluency: Active, hands-on proficiency with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot. AI tools should be an integral part of your daily development workflow for coding, debugging, refactoring, research, and technical problem-solving.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, particularly within complex, business-critical systems.
- Ability to balance architectural thinking with daily hands-on execution and code contribution.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain technical decisions, risks, and trade-offs clearly to senior stakeholders.
- Pragmatic and collaborative working style, with a willingness to work directly alongside engineers rather than operating exclusively at an architectural or strategic level.

Nice-to-have

- Experience working with financial, royalty, accounting, or payment-related systems, particularly workflows involving contracts, rights, commissions, payments, or multi-currency transactions.
- Familiarity with Python or .NET, particularly within broader multi-stack enterprise environments.
- Experience modernizing large-scale legacy applications through incremental migration or decoupling strategies.
- Experience designing or implementing microservices, Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) patterns, or API-driven architectures.
- Experience working within complex enterprise environments involving multiple technology stacks and interconnected systems.
- Experience mentoring engineers, establishing development practices, and helping growing engineering teams scale effectively.
- Experience partnering directly with senior technical and business stakeholders on high-visibility transformation initiatives.
- Familiarity with talent, entertainment, agency management, rights management, or similar domain-specific platforms.

What Success Looks Like

- Business and marketing objectives are consistently translated into clear, actionable campaign briefs.
- Creative and content partners receive the context, decisions, and feedback needed to deliver strong work.
- Campaigns progress with clear ownership, fewer missed follow-ups, and fewer avoidable delays.
- Content and creative work are constructively challenged when they do not align with the brief, audience need, or intended campaign outcome.
- Marketing leadership can focus on strategy and final approvals rather than day-to-day task management.
- Campaign insights and learnings are captured and applied to improve future briefs, workflows, and ways of working.
- The Coordinator develops increasing fluency in ETF products, financial-advisor audiences, category narratives, and campaign performance.

What Success Looks Like

- Legacy business logic is progressively understood, documented, stabilized, and transitioned toward a modern architecture without disrupting critical business operations.
- Clear and pragmatic migration pathways are established between legacy PHP applications and the target technology stack.
- Critical bugs and reliability issues are resolved quickly, while high-risk areas of the legacy application are safely refactored.
- API boundaries and integration patterns are clearly defined, enabling incremental decoupling rather than unnecessary large-scale rewrites.
- Engineering decisions appropriately balance speed, maintainability, technical risk, and business priorities.
- AI-assisted development becomes an integral part of daily engineering workflows, contributing to faster coding, debugging, refactoring, and technical analysis.
- Senior stakeholders have clear visibility into architectural trade-offs, migration risks, dependencies, and recommended next steps.
- The Staff Engineer remains an active technical contributor while providing the architectural guidance and technical leadership expected at Staff level.
- Engineering practices, documentation, and knowledge transfer improve as the workstream grows and additional team members are onboarded.

## What we offer

- A High-Impact Environment.
- Commitment to Professional Development.
- Flexible and Collaborative Culture.
- Global Opportunities.
- Vibrant Community.
- Total Rewards.

*Specific benefits are determined by the employment type and location.

Find out more about our culture [here](https://www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Einstagram%2Ecom%2Fwizelineglobal%2F&urlhash=0-9d&isSdui=true)

## About WIZELINE

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wizeline is a global AI-centric technology solutions provider that designs, builds, and scales digital products and platforms for enterprises.
- **Entity Type**: Private (majority-owned by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec – CDPQ)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Bismarck Lepe (Executive Chairman)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: IT Services & Consulting, AI Engineering, Digital Product Development
- **Target customers**: B2B enterprises across media, fintech, publishing, sports, investment banking, healthcare, CPG, and life sciences
- **Mission/Purpose**: “Do the Important, Seamlessly” – helping clients modernize technology, harness data, and integrate AI to drive measurable outcomes

## Products & Services
- **AI‑Centric Product Development**: Full‑stack engineering, UX design, and AI integration services delivered through cross‑functional, agile pods.
- **Agentic PODs**: Dedicated innovation teams augmented by AI agents for faster, smarter delivery.
- **Nearshoring Advisory**: Strategic nearshore engagement models for building dedicated innovation hubs in Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
- **WizeAcademy**: Internal training and certification programs for continuous learning in cloud technologies and coding.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (acquired by CDPQ in 2021)
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Annual Revenue: ~$104.4 M (estimated, per LinkedIn)
  - Total Funding: $100.1 M (Series A, Series B, and debt financing)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**:
  - Majority investor: CDPQ
  - Prior investors: Apax Digital, Sierra Ventures, LEAP Global Partners, A.Capital Ventures
  - Partner: Fullstory (2024 North American Service Partner of the Year)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Recognized on Inc. 5000 list of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies (2021–2024)
  - Ranked #1 with Fullstory as North American Service Partner of the Year (2024)
  - Expanded to 11 countries with teams in the Americas, Europe, and APAC
  - Surpassed 1,000 employees and continues to hire aggressively

## Competitive Advantages
- **Nearshore delivery model** with deep presence in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Vietnam – offering cost‑effective, high‑quality engineering talent
- **Proprietary frameworks** (e.g., “Wizeline Way”) that combine boutique consulting agility with enterprise‑scale execution
- **AI‑first approach** – productized industry‑specific AI solutions that accelerate time‑to‑market for clients
- **Inc. 500 recognition** for four consecutive years signals consistent growth and client trust

## Strategic Focus
- Deepening AI capabilities through **Agentic PODs** and dedicated AI engineering teams
- Expanding European footprint with a new Barcelona office and growing operations in Spain, UK, and Romania
- Continuing to invest in nearshore innovation hubs, especially in Latin America and Vietnam
- Strengthening partnerships and growing the client portfolio in high‑value sectors like fintech, media, and healthcare

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “A global community of innovators, problem‑solvers, and lifelong learners” – strong emphasis on growth, collaboration, and belonging
- **Remote & Flexibility**: Remote‑friendly with flexible work policy; physical offices in SF, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Barcelona, and Ho Chi Minh City
- **Perks**:
  - Competitive compensation and total rewards
  - Health benefits and wellness programs
  - Savings & retirement plans
  - Global mobility opportunities
  - Free certifications (cloud, coding) through WizeAcademy
  - Happy hours, gaming tournaments, sports activities
- **Recognition**:
  - HRC Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ (2019–2024)
  - Expansión Super Empresas (2020–2023)
  - Expansión Super Espacios de Trabajo (2020–2021)

## Sources
1. [Wizeline Careers Page](https://www.wizeline.ai/careers/)
2. [Wizeline About Us](https://www.wizeline.ai/about-us/)
3. [Built In Wizeline Profile](https://builtin.com/company/wizeline)
4. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/wizeline)
5. [Greenhouse Careers Board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wizeline)

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