Senior Backend Engineer - PHP, Laravel & SOA (Remote)

AnaVation LLC; Remote; GBP 60,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel-tech company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to revolutionize its global platform. The role focuses on designing high-performance systems, mentoring engineers, and implementing service-oriented architectures. Key requirements include 7+ years in backend development with PHP mastery and 4+ years in Laravel or Symfony. This remote-first position offers competitive benefits, including health insurance and work-from-anywhere stipend.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Work-from-anywhere stipend

Annual wellness & learning credits

Company retreat

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional backend development experience with a deep mastery of PHP.
• 4+ years of building enterprise-grade applications in Laravel or an equivalent senior background in Symfony.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL including performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of high-performance distributed systems capable of handling global traffic.
• Drive the transition toward a service-oriented architecture (SOA).
• Actively coach mid-level engineers through deep code reviews.

Skills

Backend development

PHP mastery

Distributed systems

Laravel

Clean code practices

CI/CD best practices

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Docker

MySQL

NoSQL

Job description

A leading travel-tech company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to revolutionize its global platform. The role focuses on designing high-performance systems, mentoring engineers, and implementing service-oriented architectures. Key requirements include 7+ years in backend development with PHP mastery and 4+ years in Laravel or Symfony. This remote-first position offers competitive benefits, including health insurance and work-from-anywhere stipend.