Senior PHP Architect (Remote) — Backend & SOA Expert

Airalo; Barcelona; A distancia; EUR 79.000 - 114.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Airalo is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead the evolution of our global platform, serving millions of users. You will design high-performance distributed systems, mentor engineers, and advance scalable architectures using PHP, Laravel or Symfony, and cloud-native patterns.

You will work remotely from Spain with a focus on SOA, robust testing, and strong coding standards. Fluency in English is required to collaborate across borders with our international team.

Formación

• 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.
• Mastery of distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and messaging patterns like SQS or Pub/Sub.
• AI Proficiency: Ability to effectively use AI tools during technical tasks; we value engineers who know how to prompt, validate, and iterate with AI to build better software faster.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL including performance tuning and handling transactions at scale.
• Experience architecting on AWS and managing containerized environments with Docker.
• A champion of clean code, automated testing, and CI/CD best practices.
• Fluent English with the ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the design of high-performance distributed systems capable of handling global traffic.
• Develop and refine services to improve scalability and efficiency.
• Drive the transition toward a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to ensure modularity and resilience.
• Set the bar for code quality by enforcing SOLID principles, design patterns, and testing standards.
• Actively coach mid-level engineers through deep code reviews and technical knowledge sharing.
• Identify bottlenecks in services and implement advanced caching and database strategies.
• Partner with Product and DevOps to translate complex requirements into scalable technical roadmaps.

Conocimientos

PHP

Laravel

Symfony

Distributed systems

AWS

Docker

CI/CD

English

Herramientas

Docker

AWS

SQL

NoSQL

Descripción del empleo

Airalo is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead the evolution of our global platform, serving millions of users. You will design high-performance distributed systems, mentor engineers, and advance scalable architectures using PHP, Laravel or Symfony, and cloud-native patterns.

You will work remotely from Spain with a focus on SOA, robust testing, and strong coding standards. Fluency in English is required to collaborate across borders with our international team.