Senior Backend Developer

We are looking for a backend developer who loves building and improving APIs, integrations, and CMS. You will be responsible for the backend side of the products.

You will work directly with our Engineering Lead and have a real influence on technical decisions, bringing your opinions.

What you will do

• Modernize and refactor existing APIs: improving structure, performance, security, and documentation
• Design and build new endpoints and services, with versioning and backward compatibility in mind
• Work with MySQL on AWS RDS: schema design, query optimization, migrations
• Operate and improve our AWS infrastructure: Elastic Beanstalk, ElastiCache (Redis), S3
• Improve our CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment practices
• Assist the frontend team (Angular / Node.js) when necessary

What we are looking for

• Over 5 years of experience in backend development
• Strong knowledge of PHP and CodeIgniter or another MVC framework (Laravel, Symfony...)
• Solid REST API design: versioning, authentication, error handling, documentation
• Experience in refactoring legacy code safely, with automated tests (PHPUnit or similar)
• Strong knowledge of MySQL, including performance optimization
• Practical experience with AWS: RDS, Elastic Beanstalk, ElastiCache/Redis
• Docker and Linux (shell scripting, process management, permissions)
• Experience in CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or similar)
• You care about code quality, take ownership, and communicate clearly

Preferred

• AWS Lambda, SQS or event-driven architectures
• Angular, Node.js, CSS/SCSS
• Experience with authentication services (e.g., Amazon Cognito)

What we offer

• 100% remote
• Direct collaboration with the Engineering Lead and real impact on architecture
• Negotiable salary based on experience

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