Backend Engineer
Our Customer:
Our client is a fast-growing digital advertising technology company operating a network of digital screens across high-traffic retail locations. They develop their own ad tech platform for campaign management, screen operations, monitoring, and advertising delivery.
About the role:
You will join the team responsible for developing and maintaining the company’s internal ad tech platform and business-critical applications. In addition to hands-on development, you will provide technical leadership, drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure the successful delivery of high-quality solutions. The role involves enhancing existing PHP solutions, modernizing legacy systems, and building reliable integrations to support a scalable advertising ecosystem.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of PHP-based business applications.
- Drive the modernization and refactoring of legacy PHP codebases.
- Design and implement scalable REST APIs and system integrations.
- Make architectural decisions and define technical standards and best practices.
- Lead code reviews, ensuring code quality, maintainability, and security.
- Mentor and support developers, fostering professional growth within the team.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, QA, DevOps, and other stakeholders to deliver business value.
- Estimate development efforts, identify technical risks, and propose mitigation strategies.
- Troubleshoot, optimize, and improve application performance and reliability.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the company’s internal ad tech platform.
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and technical roadmap discussions.
- Promote engineering excellence, process improvements, and knowledge sharing within the team.
Required experience and skills:
- 5+ years of commercial PHP development experience.
- 1–2+ years of experience in a Lead or Senior-level technical leadership role.
- Strong experience working with legacy codebases and leading refactoring initiatives.
- Solid understanding of software architecture and design patterns.
- Strong knowledge of MySQL or other relational databases.
- Experience building and consuming REST APIs.
- Experience designing scalable and maintainable backend systems.
- Experience conducting code reviews and mentoring engineers.
- Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows, and CI/CD practices.
- Experience using Jira or similar project management tools.
- Strong communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
Would be a plus:
- Experience with high-load or business-critical applications.
- Knowledge of modern PHP frameworks (Laravel, Symfony, or similar).
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms.
- Experience with message brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.).
- Experience in AdTech, Digital Media, or SaaS products.
- Experience leading distributed or remote engineering teams.
- English level: Upper-Intermediate+
Working conditions:
- Remote work;
- 5-day working week, 8-hour working day, flexible schedule;
- All public holidays are days off;
- Vacation and sick leave are covered by the company.