PHP Backend Tech Lead - APIs, Microservices & Flextime

AgileEngine, LLC.; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Professional growth

Competitive USD-based compensation

A selection of exciting projects

Flextime

Descripción de la vacante

AgileEngine is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to build and maintain the PHP-based systems powering our distributed services. You will apply strong OOP and system design skills to keep APIs secure, scalable, and performant.

This hands-on role suits someone who values clean code and sound engineering fundamentals, with collaboration across product, architecture, QA, and support teams to deliver reliable backend solutions.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 2 years backend software engineering experience, primarily in PHP production environments.
• Strong understanding of OOP, design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments.
• Overlap with Western European Time is desirable.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and maintain backend systems, APIs, and integrations supporting company products and distributed services.
• Contribute to distributed systems and microservices for scalability and reliability.
• Apply OOP principles and solid architectural patterns for extensibility.
• Implement and maintain secure authentication and authorization (OAuth2, JWT, RBAC).
• Optimize performance with data structures, caching, and profiling.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, QA, and Support teams to deliver features.
• Participate in testing strategies with QA/QE teams to ensure coverage.
• Maintain technical documentation, API specs, and implementation notes.

Conocimientos

OOP

Design patterns

Algorithms & data structures

Secure API design

Timezone overlap (WET)

Collaboration & communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Herramientas

PHP production environments

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

REST/GraphQL

Redis

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Descripción del empleo

AgileEngine is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to build and maintain the PHP-based systems powering our distributed services. You will apply strong OOP and system design skills to keep APIs secure, scalable, and performant.

This hands-on role suits someone who values clean code and sound engineering fundamentals, with collaboration across product, architecture, QA, and support teams to deliver reliable backend solutions.