Senior Backend Engineer
Skills
Software As A ServiceWeb ApplicationsAmazon Web ServicesBusinessContinuous ImprovementDatabasesEnglish
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 5+ years of PHP web application engineering experience
- Expert knowledge of relational databases indexing and search technologies
- Experience with API-driven design and development
- Strong knowledge of software best practices design patterns and testing
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Strong communication teamwork and collaboration skills
- Business-level English fluency verbal and written
- Experience identifying and improving application performance
Nice to have
- Product sense
- Customer empathy
- Ownership mindset
- Agile mindset
- Continuous improvement
- Remote-first experience
- Travel industry experience
Day to day
- Design and implement backend features and improvements in PHP for a high-traffic booking engine
- Build APIs and integrations that power the booking flow and support direct reservations
- Model and evolve data for availability pricing and reservations while improving performance scalability and reliability
- Contribute to a move toward microservices and event-driven architecture across a modern SaaS platform
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams mentor engineers and help shape long-term technical direction