The Opportunity
We’re seeking a Senior Back-End Software Engineer to join a product-led technology team responsible for building and operating large-scale, customer-facing platforms. This role suits an experienced engineer who enjoys working on established systems, taking ownership of backend services, and improving reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability.
You’ll be part of a pragmatic engineering environment that values clean code, sensible technical decisions, and steady delivery over unnecessary complexity.
The role
As a senior engineer, you’ll take responsibility for core backend systems that support high-traffic products. You’ll work closely with other engineers, product, and QA to deliver features, improve existing services, and contribute to technical direction.
This is a hands-on role with real ownership - you’ll be expected to understand how systems work end-to-end, make considered improvements, and support production platforms over time.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs
* Take ownership of existing systems, improving performance, stability, and scalability
* Write clean, well-structured, and maintainable PHP code
* Contribute to architectural and technical design decisions
* Review code and support engineering standards across the team
* Support CI/CD pipelines and production deployments (Jenkins)
* Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to long-term platform improvements
Technical Environment
* PHP as the primary backend language
* Go used in parts of the backend ecosystem
* CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
* Relational databases (e.g. MySQL)
* Git-based version control and modern development practices
About You
* Strong commercial experience as a senior back-end or software engineer
* Deep PHP experience working on production systems at scale
* Solid understanding of APIs, backend architecture, and data persistence
* Comfortable owning systems and making pragmatic technical decisions
* Experience supporting live platforms and resolving production issues
* Enjoy working in a collaborative, product-focused engineering team
Why
* Senior-level ownership without excessive process
* Work on real-world systems used at scale
* Stable, long-term role in a mature engineering environment
* Opportunity to influence how backend systems evolve over time
Apply now or contact us for a confidential discussion.
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