Backend Developer

Medialake Inc; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 55 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Hybrid working

Office snacks and beverages

MacBook Pro onboarding

Résumé du poste

Medialake is seeking a Mid-Level Backend Engineer to join our growing team in London. You will own substantial portions of the backend, primarily using Laravel, and collaborate with frontend engineers to deliver reliable, scalable APIs.

Reporting to the CTO, you’ll contribute to architecture discussions, code reviews, and automated tests with PHPUnit. This role offers hybrid working and opportunities to push production-ready code in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of professional backend experience.
• Solid proficiency with PHP and the Laravel framework.
• Proven track record designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Experience writing automated unit and integration tests (PHPUnit).
• Proficient with Git workflows and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and query optimization.

Responsabilités

• Backend Development: Design, build, and maintain scalable SaaS backend apps using Laravel.
• API Architecture: Build robust RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services.
• Testing & QA: Write automated tests using PHPUnit to ensure quality.
• System Ownership: Participate in code reviews, optimize queries, and provide on-call support.
• Collaboration: Work with senior engineers, mentor juniors, and ensure frontend-backend integration.

Connaissances

Backend development

PHP

Laravel

RESTful APIs

API design

PHPUnit testing

Git workflows

CI/CD

MySQL/PostgreSQL

System architecture

Outils

Laravel

PHP

Git

CI/CD pipelines

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Description du poste

We’re searching for a talented, proactive Mid-Level Backend Engineer to join our rapidly growing engineering team. Reporting directly to the CTO, you will play a pivotal role in scaling and enhancing our innovative media platforms. You will work alongside senior developers and cross-functional teammates to deliver robust, high-performance features that drive our expansion.

About the Role

Medialake is experiencing rapid growth, and we are expanding our engineering team to increase platform scalability, reliability, and capability. As a Mid-Level Backend Engineer, you will own substantial portions of application logic, contributing directly to architecture discussions, code reviews, and API design.

While your core focus will be backend architecture in Laravel, you will collaborate closely with frontend engineers to ensure seamless API integrations and reliable platform performance. This role is ideal for a developer with solid commercial experience who is ready to take on greater autonomy, solve complex scaling problems, and push production-ready code in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Backend Development: Design, build, and maintain scalable, production-grade SaaS backend applications using Laravel.
• API Architecture: Build robust, highly maintainable RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services using established architectural patterns.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Drive code quality by writing comprehensive automated test suites using PHPUnit.
• System Ownership & Reliability: Participate in code reviews, optimize database queries, and contribute to out-of-hours/on-call rotational support as required.
• Collaboration: Work alongside senior engineers to design platform capabilities, mentor junior team members, and ensure seamless frontend-backend integration.

Technology Requirements & Experience

• Commercial Experience: 2–4 years of professional experience building and deploying backend applications.
• Framework Expertise: Solid commercial proficiency with PHP and the Laravel framework.
• API Design: Proven track record designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Testing: Demonstrated experience writing automated unit and integration tests (PHPUnit).
• Version Control & CI/CD: Proficient with Git workflows (branching strategies, PR reviews) and familiarity with CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Database Management: Strong knowledge of relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL), schema design, and query optimization.

Company Benefits

• Vitality Health Insurance
• Onboarding Starter Merch and New MacBook Pro
• Hybrid Working
• Free snacks, drinks and breakfasts in our lovely office located near to Carnaby Street (Soho, London)
• Regular company and team offsites - we encourage a tight-knit workplace