YLD
ContractPHPEngineer(CraftCMS)
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“Contract PHP Engineer (Craft CMS) at YLD. Skills: Craft CMS, PHP development, Content migration. Build features on Craft CMS. Maintain Craft CMS features”
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Craft CMS production experience, PHP development experience, Clean, maintainable PHP, Modern CMS platforms experience, Agile, iterative environments experience, Production quality maintenance
Nice to Have
Craft CMS templating system knowledge, Craft CMS plugin ecosystem knowledge, Craft CMS content modeling knowledge, Legacy CMS migration experience, Epic Server familiarity, Responsive design implementation, Relational SQL Server experience, API development (REST) experience, CMS API consumption understanding, CI/CD pipelines experience, Git experience, Cloud-hosted environments familiarity, Standard deployment familiarity, Monitoring and performance awareness
What You'll Do.
Build features on Craft CMS
Maintain Craft CMS features
Commit code consistently
Contribute to CMS migration
Collaborate on engineering initiatives
Participate in show and tells
Maintain production quality
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Client engineering team; Product designer; Small collaborative team; YLD and client teams
Communication Scope
Explain technical decisions
Process & Methodology
Agile, Iterative environments
Full Job Description
Senior Software Engineer (PHP / Craft CMS) Location: Brazil (Remote) Department: Engineering Employment Type: Contract (B2B) Contract Length: 3 months (with potential for extension) About YLD 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. 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. About the role 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. 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. Your day-to-day responsibilities will look like this Building and maintaining features on a production Craft CMS platform, with consistent commits and a short feedback loop; Contributing to the migration of a legacy CMS onto Craft, including UI/UX rework, targeting mid-2026 launch; Working closely with client engineers and a product designer, collaborating on engineering initiatives and keeping each other sharp; Mentoring teammates and sharing knowledge across the team to accelerate growth; Participating in regular show and tells, promoting your work to the wide
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