Senior Backend Developer (f/m/d)

We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer (f/m/d) to join our Business Services division starting at the earliest possible opportunity.

Your responsibilities

Responsibility – Shipping features, resolving issues and maintaining the stability that commercial and compliance critical workflows depend on.

Development – Working in a mature PHP/Symfony codebase with complex business logic and real transaction volume across multiple countries.

Architecture – Contributing to the evolution towards API first, framework agnostic services designed to be consumed by other systems.

Data – Designing and maintaining robust data models, migrations and audit trails where correctness and traceability are essential.

Collaboration – Working closely with Product to understand problems and constraints, shaping technical solutions and owning decisions end to end.

Your profile

You have completed your training in the IT field or your degree in computer science or a comparable course of study.

You bring at least five years of professional experience with PHP and Symfony and feel confident working in large, customized codebases with high business relevance.

You have experience with API based systems (REST; GraphQL is a plus), data modeling and ideally some exposure to Node.js or Python in integration scenarios.

You are comfortable working in English in an international setup; German skills are an advantage for daily collaboration.

You work in a structured and reliable way, communicate risks clearly, document decisions, and use AI tools consciously where they add real value.

Your benefits

Flexibility – In coordination with your team, you can expect a mix of working in the office and home office. There are no core working hours – within the scope of operational requirements and legal regulations, you can organize your working hours flexibly. In addition, you have the opportunity to work temporarily in over 40 countries.

Career Development – We are passionate about your personal and professional development, therefore we offer your regular training with our internal Academy, international experiences by doing a secondment and continuous mentoring on the job. Also, we support you on finding suitable external trainings and further education programmes.

Lifestyle – You can accumulate overtime on your annual working time account (JAZ) and compensate for it with time off after busy periods. Any remaining overtime is paid out once a year. You also have 30 days of vacation per calendar year.

Health and Wellbeing – Your health is important to us: in addition to our own company health insurance scheme, we also offer preventive medical check-ups and divers sport offerings. Take part in our free company sports programme or benefit from reduced rates at various gyms or an Urban Sports Club membership.

And there is even more – It is our purpose to create a positive working environment: An environment where flexible and creative working is possible, where work is recognized and performance is rewarded and of which we are all very proud. You can find more detailed information on all of our benefits on our career website.

At PwC Germany, it is our purpose to solve our clients key challenges, create sustainable outcomes and build trust in business and society. As part of our internal IT team (Products & Technology), you are the driver behind our promise: human-led and tech-powered. We are experts for our technology solutions and make the use of technology easier and more efficient. As a team, we develop innovative solutions for the entire product life cycle and manage the use of technology in the organization. Drive the technological development of PwC Germany in our diverse teams!