Senior Backend Software Engineer (PHP)

Your responsibilities

• Drive the design development and optimization of back-end solutions to ensure reliability scalability and performance.
• Mentor and guide team members providing technical expertise and fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Architect and implement highly available and resilient infrastructure solutions.
• Conduct research on emerging technologies and propose innovative solutions to address complex technical challenges.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and refine system architecture and design.
• Write clean efficient and maintainable code following best practices and industry standards.
• Drive the adoption of testing frameworks and methodologies to ensure the quality and stability of our software products.
• Document technical designs processes and decisions to facilitate knowledge sharing and maintainability.

• 5 years of experience in back-end software development with a strong focus on performance optimization and scalability.
• Proficiency in PHP with expertise in frameworks such as Laravel.
• Excellent communication skills (English) and the ability to collaborate effectively in an international team environment.
• Strong understanding of caching strategies and techniques to improve API performance.
• Experience building and maintaining open RESTful APIs and integrating third-party services.

• Experience in DevOps is valuable for this position
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Google Cloud selecting the correct services and navigating the infrastructure for support and debugging purposes.

Why youll love it here

• Youll work on a product thats used in live broadcasts worldwide: your impact will literally be visible on screen.
• Short decision lines mean good ideas get heard and acted on quickly.
• Youll collaborate with passionate colleagues across engineering design sales and customer success: people who genuinely enjoy building things together.
• Were lean enough for your contribution to make a real difference yet established enough to provide stability and structure.
• Flexibility is real here: hybrid options flexible hours and trust to manage your work in the way that makes you most productive.
• We value curiosity and growth: youll have a budget and opportunities for learning and room for new ideas.
• A competitive package tailored to your experience and skills including health coverage mobility support and a solid holiday policy that helps maintain balance.
• An inclusive culture where ownership is encouraged and every voice matters.
• Open to both employees and freelancers.

At Cuez were on a mission to simplify and optimize the production of live broadcasts. From news and sports to talk shows and universities our cloud-based solutions empower production teams worldwide to create seamless high-quality content. Our innovative SaaS products help streamline workflows enhance collaboration and automate repetitive tasks allowing creative teams to focus on what truly matters: storytelling. With a global team working both remotely and from our office in Leuven we foster a dynamic open and innovation-driven culture. We believe in teamwork creativity and continuous learning.