Senior PHP/Laravel Backend Engineer — AI‑Driven Healthtech

Hire.nl; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 61,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Travel allowance

Home-office flexibility

Job summary

Hire.nl is seeking a senior back-end developer to build with Laravel and drive AI-enabled solutions in healthcare. You’ll own significant parts of the product, work in a small, voice-counting team, and shape architecture from day one.

The role emphasizes owning core platform development, API design, and collaboration with frontend, product, and external partners. Experience in healthcare or regulated sectors is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience in PHP/Laravel.
• Strong MySQL skills and API design experience.
• AI-first mindset with interest in leveraging AI tools in daily work.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD and modern deployment practices.
• Fluent English; Dutch is a plus but not required.
• Experience in healthcare or regulated sectors is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve the core platform, focusing on Laravel backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate with frontend developers to deliver end-to-end features.
• Apply AI tools in daily workflows and help the team maximize them.
• Design architecture with scalability and performance in mind from DB design to deployment.
• Review code, share knowledge, and raise the team's technical bar.
• Work with product/design/partners to turn ideas into working software.

Skills

5+ years of experience

AI-first mindset

English fluency

Dutch language (nice to have)

Tools

PHP

Laravel

MySQL

Vue.js

Docker

Kubernetes

RESTful APIs

Job description

Hire.nl is seeking a senior back-end developer to build with Laravel and drive AI-enabled solutions in healthcare. You’ll own significant parts of the product, work in a small, voice-counting team, and shape architecture from day one.

The role emphasizes owning core platform development, API design, and collaboration with frontend, product, and external partners. Experience in healthcare or regulated sectors is a plus.