Senior Backend Engineer: Pricing & Revenue Platform

Arrive; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrive is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in the Greater London area to design and build scalable backend services, APIs and infrastructure. You'll work with Product, Pricing, Data and Engineering to translate commercial ideas into robust technical solutions and shape the architecture of our revenue platform.

This hands-on role requires ownership from design through delivery, focusing on scalable, observable systems and revenue-critical performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in production backend systems.
• Strong PHP and Laravel experience.
• Experience building scalable backend services and REST APIs.
• Strong SQL skills and relational databases.
• Familiarity with AWS or similar cloud environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability and system design.
• Excellent communication skills with non-technical stakeholders.
• A proactive mindset with the ability to work independently and take ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable backend services using PHP and Laravel.
• Build APIs and backend infrastructure that support pricing, revenue and marketplace functionality.
• Develop and maintain operational data models and data pipelines.
• Work closely with the Head of Pricing to implement commercial initiatives and new pricing capabilities.
• Build observable, reliable systems using CI/CD, automated testing and monitoring.
• Contribute to technical design, architecture discussions and peer reviews.
• Continuously improve performance, scalability and resilience of revenue‑critical systems.

Skills

5+ years experience

Backend engineer

PHP

Laravel

REST APIs

SQL

AWS

CI/CD

Automated testing

Architecture design

Communication

Independent

Tools

Backend frameworks

Job description

Arrive is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in the Greater London area to design and build scalable backend services, APIs and infrastructure. You'll work with Product, Pricing, Data and Engineering to translate commercial ideas into robust technical solutions and shape the architecture of our revenue platform.

This hands-on role requires ownership from design through delivery, focusing on scalable, observable systems and revenue-critical performance.