Backend Engineer - PropTech, APIs & AI Tools, Hybrid

Homesearch; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

MacBook provided

Office gym & yoga

Hybrid with London office

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Job summary

Homesearch is building an AI-powered property data platform. We are hiring a backend engineer to extend Laravel APIs and data services across HAILO, Homesearch Pro and our app integrations. You will optimize queries, ensure security and performance, and work with Redis, AWS, Docker, and CI/CD in Bitbucket/GitHub.

You’ll collaborate with product and data teams and embrace AI coding tools like Codex. You will contribute to a fast-growing PropTech and enjoy hybrid work with a London focus, shaping

Qualifications

• Proven PHP and Laravel experience with strong SQL/MySQL.
• REST/JSON API development; Redis with MySQL.
• AWS experience: API Gateway, ECS, containers; Docker & Docker Compose.
• CI/CD workflows with Bitbucket or GitHub; code review culture.
• Breadth across varied systems (GIS, big data, indexing, payments) and AI coding tools.

Responsibilities

• Work across HAILO, Homesearch Pro and app integrations, addressing key problems.
• Build and extend APIs and backend services in Laravel.
• Optimize data processing and serving as product growth accelerates.
• Maintain security, performance and code quality; participate in CI/CD.

Skills

PHP & Laravel

SQL / MySQL

REST API

Redis

AWS

CI/CD

GitHub/Bitbucket

AI coding tools

Vue.js

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Docker

Docker Compose

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Homesearch is building an AI-powered property data platform. We are hiring a backend engineer to extend Laravel APIs and data services across HAILO, Homesearch Pro and our app integrations. You will optimize queries, ensure security and performance, and work with Redis, AWS, Docker, and CI/CD in Bitbucket/GitHub.

You’ll collaborate with product and data teams and embrace AI coding tools like Codex. You will contribute to a fast-growing PropTech and enjoy hybrid work with a London focus, shaping