Senior Backend Engineer

At ASSA ABLOY our mission is to make securely accessing the things in your life noticeably easier without being noticeable. Our global teams work together to create products and services that add everyday simplicity and convenience to our users lives. With the ability to control access to what they love the most were able to provide peace of mind through safety and visibility.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Back-End Engineer Consultant to join our growing digital engineering team and take ownership of highvisibility businesscritical initiatives. As a contributor you will modernize and unify our internal and external digital experiencespowering search configurators design tools and customerfacing applications used across Sales Customer Service Technical Support Project Management and our public web platforms.

Your work will include integrating our external website search and document search into a unified intuitive search experience. This enhancement will enable our user community to easily access installation guidance technical documentation and productrelated information while also supporting the development of advanced configuration tools.

In this role you will collaborate closely with our Design Lab teamworking within Laravel static databases and custom APIsto connect part configurations data strings and complex backend services across our broader digital ecosystem.

This position is a long-term contract engagement and will sit remotely and require travel to on-site meetings on occasion in Berlin CT.

What you will be doing

• Develop RESTful and Micro services for our backend management services using the Laravel PHP framework and Python.
• Design code and debug applications to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Write well-designed efficient and testable code while ensuring standards compliance.
• Test maintain refactor and optimize existing software for improved functionality.
• Recommend and implement improvements to enhance the performance and scalability of existing software.
• Integrate the backend system with various external APIs by writing appropriate classes.
• Troubleshoot and fix technical issues as they arise.
• Assist in data standardization and clean up using both manual and automated methods.
• Produce technical designs and documentation at different levels of detail.

What we are looking for

• Technical ownership experience in managing projects or large features in complex environments.
• 5 years of PHP experience with a focus on Laravel and Python.
• Must have experience in PostgreSQL MySQL NoSQL or MongoDB to be considered.
• Experience with AWS and/or GCP with a good understanding of version control systems preferably Git.
• Proficiency in building and interacting with RESTful APIs.
• Demonstrated experience in working hands-on with ElasticSearch (indexing).
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams (PMs Designers Data Marketers)
• Clear technical communication for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Conflict resolution and constructive feedback
• Thrive in highly ambiguous business environments
• Analytical thinking & structured problem solving
• Adaptable to rapidly changing priorities and technologies
• Ability to work during Eastern Standard Time hours (9 am to 5 pm).
• Must be open to traveling to Berlin CT for occasional onsite meetings.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Fast API
• Auth2 JWT SSO API key handling
• Role-based access control
• Profiling & monitoring
• Caching strategies (Redis Memcached)
• Load balancing
• Horizontal vs vertical scaling
• Unit integration end-to-end
• OpenAPI / Swagger
• API versioning
• Domain Driven Design (DDD)
• Authentication & rate-limiting
• Docker
• Terraform
• Pytest PHPUnit or equivalents

What we offer

Were passionate about providing amazing opportunities and benefits so that you can enjoy a lifelong career with us.

• Continuous professional development opportunities and an environment that fosters internal growth and mobility.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package which includes multiple healthcare options tuition reimbursementand matching 401k.
• Generous holiday schedule and paid time offto refresh and recharge.
• Employee pricing on our products and discount programs for travel entertainment and more!

We review applications regularly so dont hesitate apply today!

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We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access return we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces physical and virtual safer more secure and easier to access.

As an employer we value results not titles or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions supporting them with regular feedback training and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact and we encourage them to grow their role locally regionally or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board its important to us to have diverse inclusive teams and we value different perspectives and experiences.