Senior PHP Backend Engineer – High‑Availability Payments

Online Payment Platform; Zuid-Holland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary up to €100,000

24 vacation days and 2 Diversity Days

MacBook and home office budget

Attractive bike plan

Catered lunches and team drinks

Job summary

Online Payment Platform in the Netherlands is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to design and maintain a high‑availability platform that processes millions of secure transactions globally. You will join an experienced engineering team to enhance systems for new payment flows.

With deep expertise in PHP, MySQL, and a strong understanding of microservice architectures, you will contribute to the development of clean microservices while collaborating with agile teams. The role offers a flexible workplace with attractive perks and a thriving company culture.

Qualifications

• Deep experience with PHP and MySQL.
• Senior level in Laravel or Symfony.
• Experience on high-traffic platforms or microservice architectures.
• CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, caching, queues part of toolkit.
• Clear communication of complex technical topics.
• Currently based in the Netherlands.

Responsibilities

• Work on core platform strengthening critical services.
• Introduce cleaner architectures for payment flows.
• Help make smart choices about performance and reliability.
• Guide teammates through complex engineering challenges.
• Part of agile Scrum teams focused on core product innovation.

Skills

PHP

MySQL

Laravel

Symfony

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Redis

Tools

Caching

Queues

Performance tuning

Scalability

Job description

Online Payment Platform in the Netherlands is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to design and maintain a high‑availability platform that processes millions of secure transactions globally. You will join an experienced engineering team to enhance systems for new payment flows.

With deep expertise in PHP, MySQL, and a strong understanding of microservice architectures, you will contribute to the development of clean microservices while collaborating with agile teams. The role offers a flexible workplace with attractive perks and a thriving company culture.