Staff Backend Engineer (m / f / d) - Remote Spain

Roadsurfer GmbH; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Híbrido; EUR 40.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading company in the campervan rental industry is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to enhance their mobile app experience. This role involves architecting backend systems, mentoring engineers, and driving continuous improvement in development workflows. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with PHP, Symfony, and REST APIs, and a passion for team collaboration.

Servicios

Flex Work Policy

Personal Development Growth Plan

Annual Camper Budget

Corporate Benefits Platform

Formación

• 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 (SOLID, KISS).

Responsabilidades

• Architect and implement critical backend systems for the mobile app.
• Lead technical strategy for customer-facing products.
• Mentor engineers and support decentralized technical decision-making.

Conocimientos

PHP

Symfony

REST APIs

relational databases

clean code principles

authentication systems

API gateways

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Descripción del empleo

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 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 Discounts

The role - Your passion

Architect and implement critical backend systems to power our new mobile app—including unified authentication and mobile-friendly APIs.

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 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 us

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 backends.

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 drop a message to our recruiting team via and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

ABOUT #ROADSURFER

We are more than Europe's largest campervan rental company. In 2021 we launched our platform roadsurfer spots in addition to our other products rent, abo and sales – a platform where you can discover and book unique camping spots. But that’s only the beginning. We are growing fast, so hop on board and join us on our journey. The roadsurfer philosophy is simple : rent an RV, start your adventure, be happy. Come ride the wave with us!

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