Staff Back-End Engineer (w/m(d)

roadsurfer; España; Remote; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex Work & Workation

Personal Development

Camper Budget

Discounts

Job summary

A leading travel technology company in Spain is seeking a Staff Back-End Engineer to architect backend systems for a new mobile app. The role involves leading technical strategy, mentoring engineers, and optimizing development workflows. Ideal candidates should have deep experience in PHP and Symfony, with proficiency in REST APIs and MySQL. Flexible working arrangements are available along with unique perks like a camper budget and opportunities for personal development.

Qualifications

• Deep experience with PHP, Symfony, and backend system design.
• Proficiency in designing REST APIs and working with relational databases like MySQL.
• Strong foundation in clean code principles and commitment to reliable software.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement critical backend systems for the mobile app.
• Lead the technical strategy for customer-facing products.
• Co-own architecture reviews and define technical priorities.

Skills

PHP

Symfony

REST APIs

MySQL

Clean code principles

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Fluency in English

Job description

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Surfing the road – experiencing freedom

Be our next roadsurfer!

We’re on a mission to create a seamless, magical experience for our customers—from the moment they dream of hitting the road to every adventure that follows. The roadsurfer app is our next big leap: a mobile companion that unifies everything we offer into one smooth, user-first journey.

To bring this vision to life, we’re expanding our engineering team and investing in the foundations that will support a truly mobile-first experience. As our Staff Backend Engineer in the Seamless Experience product area, you’ll play a pivotal role in enabling this transformation. You’ll lead architectural initiatives - from unifying user authentication to reimagining our service boundaries - and empower engineers across the team to design sustainable, scalable systems.

We're looking for someone who brings both technical depth and a passion for uplifting teams—a thoughtful engineer who’s as excited about clear architecture and observability as they are about mentoring others and writing great technical docs.

Why roadsurfer

• ?TEAM SPIRIT & TEAM EVENTS: Look forward to a collegial atmosphere with flat hierarchies, lots of fun and great team spirit.
• Flex Work & Workation: You are flexible in terms of working hours. Our Flex Work Policy enables you to work fully remote or switch between office days and home office days and work from abroad in Europe for one month per year.
• Personal Development: We support your personal and professional development through an individual Growth Plan and our Inhouse Academy.
• Camper Budget: You get an annual camper budget to experience the #happyroadsurfing lifestyle for yourself.
• Discounts: Use our Corporate Benefits Platform and Family & Friends Discount.

The role - Your passion

• Architect and implement critical backend systems to power our new mobile app—including unified authentication and mobile-friendly API.
• Lead the technical strategy for customer facing products, potentially restructured service boundaries.
• Co-own our architecture reviews, helping to identify risks, shape service design, and define technical priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement in our development workflows—from tooling and CI/CD pipelines to engineering practices—optimizing for both delivery speed and product quality.
• Mentor engineers and support decentralized technical decision-making across the Seamless Experience stream.
• Collaborate with product, QA, design, DevOps, and data teams to deliver customer impact while safeguarding backend health and performance.
• Contribute to a culture of blameless postmortems, thoughtful trade-offs, and sustainable progress.

What you need to surf the wave with

• Deep experience with PHP, Symfony, and backend system design.
• Proficiency in designing REST APIs and working with relational databases like MySQL.
• A strong foundation in clean code principles (SOLID, KISS) and a commitment to building well-tested, reliable software.
• Proven experience building authentication systems, API gateways, or scalable mobile-first backend systems.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS is a plus.
• A strategic mindset and leadership experience—able to align technical decisions with long-term product goals.
• Proven experience writing clear, impactful technical documents that drive decisions and alignment.
• Knowledge of best practices in security.
• Bonus: you've worked in an environment that values architecture reviews, incident response, or observability as part of engineering maturity.
• Fluency in English and a collaborative mindset that thrives in agile, cross-functional teams.

Ready to surf?

We are looking forward to your application! If you have any questions, please contact our recruiting team via [e-mail] and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Additional info

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