Software Engineer Backend Developer

Software Engineer - Backend Developer

Location: Sofia

Overview of the Role

We are looking for a skilled Backend Developer with experience in or PHP (Laravel) to join our team. You will work on building and maintaining scalable backend applications and services contributing to a robust and high-performance infrastructure that powers a seamless user experience across our platforms.

You will develop backend services in and support/improve existing PHP/Laravel (Nova) systems as needed. Youll collaborate closely with other engineers participate in technical discussions and help evolve our backend architecture and best practices. You will own the performance and stability of mobile backend services: ensure all APIs operate efficiently proactively identify and resolve issues drive rapid incident resolution and be accountable for service reliability uptime and seamless integration with mobile applications.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys clean maintainable code API design and continuous improvement. Experience with distributed systems microservices state management and performance optimization is highly valued. Familiarity with cloud technologies message brokers (e.g. Kafka) and caching systems (e.g. Redis) is a strong advantage.

What youll do:

• Develop and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using and PHP/Laravel (Nova)

• Collaborate with mainly mobile developers DevOps engineers product owners and other stakeholders to deliver robust and secure backend solutions

• Participate in technical design discussions and continuously improve backend architecture and performance

• Design and implement RESTful APIs and integrations including real-time features (e.g. WebSockets) when needed

• Integrate with databases (SQL and NoSQL) message brokers third-party services and external APIs

• Write clean reusable and testable code Unit tests and help maintain high standards for code quality through reviews

• Debug and optimize backend systems for performance scalability and security

• Maintain technical documentation and API guidelines

• Perform related duties as assigned

What youll bring:

• 5 years of professional software engineering experience with strong hands-on in backend development

• 2 years of backend experience in either (typescript) or PHP (Laravel; Laravel is a plus)

• Solid experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs (SOAP exposure is a plus).

• Strong grasp of backend architecture scalability microservices and API security best practices

• Proficiency with Git and collaborative workflows (GitHub/GitLab); familiarity with Agile processes

• Experience with testing (unit integration end-to-end) using tools such as Jest Mocha Supertest or equivalents

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)

• Experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS; GCP/Azure also valued)

• Experience optimizing backends for scalability maintainability and performance

• Understanding of authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth2 JWT OpenID Connect)

• Knowledge of relational (PostgreSQL MySQL)

• Proficient with Git and collaborative Git-based workflows. Experience with monorepo setups is a plus

• Understanding of security principles for web and API development (e.g. OWASP Top Ten)

• Proficient in written and verbal English communication
  
  
  Nice to have:

• Good grasp of microservices distributed systems and asynchronous processing (queues; Kafka/RabbitMQ)

• Non-relational (MongoDB Redis) databases

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation) is a plus

  
  
  Why choose us:

  
  Aside from a generous base salary we have a fantastic benefits & rewards program that is designed to encourage personal and career development.
  
  

• 30 days paid leave

• Health and Dental Insurance for you your partner and your children (if you all live at the same address)

• Personal life insurance and disability coverage

• Wellbeing fund

• A sports card membership valid across the country

• Discounts as a compliment form us among different services

• Monthly food vouchers

• Free snacks fruits and drinks in the office

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  Equal opportunities:

  
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