PHP Backend Engineer (Laravel) — Marketplace Platforms

Servoo General Trading LLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading trading company in Abu Dhabi is looking for a skilled backend developer to design and maintain RESTful APIs using Laravel. The ideal candidate will have 3–5+ years in PHP, strong MySQL skills, and experience with payment integrations. This full-time position requires a focus on performance and security in development.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years professional backend development in PHP; 2+ years with Laravel in production.
• Strong MySQL expertise: complex joins, slow-query tuning, and transactions.
• Hands-on with Laravel components and experience with APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain RESTful APIs in Laravel.
• Own database schema design and performance on MySQL.
• Integrate payments and implement vendor settlement engine.

Skills

Backend development in PHP

MySQL expertise

Laravel components

Authentication/authorization systems

Payment integration experience

Git/GitHub

Caching and performance management

API design principles

Linux server basics

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain RESTful APIs in Laravel 9/10 on PHP 8.x following SOLID/PSR standards.
• Own database schema design and performance on MySQL 8 (indexes, normalization, partitioning, query optimization).
• Implement marketplace modules: supplier onboarding, product/catalogue, pricing & margins, inventory, cart/checkout, orders, returns/refunds.
• Build BNPL/credit workflow: buyer KYC, credit limits, statement generation, dunning, repayment tracking, settlement calendar.
• Integrate payments and payouts with UAE-ready gateways (e.g., Checkout.com, Network, PayTabs, Stripe UAE), COD, Apple Pay.
• Implement vendor settlement engine aligned to Servoo’s model (e.g., 30–45 day cycles, statements, reconciliation).
• Build delivery & logistics backend: slots, routing hooks, shipment statuses, rider/van assignment, webhooks with last-mile partners.
• Implement search and filtering using MySQL full-text or external search (Elasticsearch/Meilisearch) as needed.
• Build notifications (email, SMS, WhatsApp Business API) and event/queue processing with Laravel Queues/Horizon.
• Develop admin dashboards, reports, and audit logs for finance, operations, and supplier performance.
• Ensure security and compliance: OAuth2/Sanctum, RBAC, rate-limiting, OWASP, data protection (UAE PDPL), logging and monitoring.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines, test coverage (PHP Unit/Pest), code reviews, and documentation.
• Collaborate with frontend/mobile, operations, and finance to ship features on schedule.
• Maintain staging/production environments, perform migrations, and handle incident response with clear SLAs.
• Required Skills & Experience:

Required Skills & Experience

• 3–5+ years professional backend development in PHP; 2+ years with Laravel in production.
• Strong MySQL expertise: complex joins, EXPLAIN plans, slow-query tuning, transactions, isolation levels, deadlock resolution.
• Hands-on with Laravel components: Eloquent, Queues/Horizon, Events/Listeners, Jobs, Policies/Gates, Cache, Notifications, Mail, API Resources.
• Authentication/authorization: Laravel Sanctum/Passport, JWT/OAuth2, multi-role RBAC, passwordless/OTP flows.
• Payment’s integration experience and secure handling of payment webhooks and idempotency.
• Building multi-tenant or multi-brand systems and modular service layers.
• Git/GitHub, branching strategies, code reviews, and automated testing.
• Caching and performance: Redis, query caching, pagination strategies, N+1 avoidance.
• API design principles, versioning, and backward compatibility.
• Linux server basics, Nginx/Apache, environment configuration, and secrets management (.env, Vault).

Job Type: Full-time