Senior Backend Engineer - Laravel & Go Microservices - Remote - Latin America

FullStack; Trujillo; Remote; PEN 309,000 - 447,000; Full time

Job summary

FullStack is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our talent network and work on client projects for US-based companies. You will integrate directly into a client team, collaborating with designers and engineers to deliver scalable Laravel PHP backends and Go microservices.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend experience, strong English, and a four-year degree, with familiarity in CI/CD and Agile/Scrum environments. Remote, international opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering.
• Advanced English required.
• Four-year college degree required.
• Experience with Laravel and PHP backends.
• Moved monoliths to Go microservices.
• Scaled backend for high traffic and concurrency.
• On-call engineering with tight SLAs (e.g., 15 minutes).
• Nice to have payments, redemptions or fraud prevention knowledge.
• Nice to have exposure to frontend stacks like Next.js or React Native.
• Ability to work during Pacific Time business hours.
• Strong ownership, CI/CD, and agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Integrate into the client's team and collaborate with designers and engineers daily.

Skills

Backend engineering

Laravel PHP

Go microservices

English fluency

CI/CD

Agile Scrum

High concurrency

On-call rotations

Distributed systems

Payments knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Next.js

React Native

Job description

About FullStack

FullStack is your AI-native engineering partner, built to turn AI capability into certainty. Most companies can demo AI; few can get it to production and prove what it produced. We close that gap with three capabilities, AI built into your products from the start, elite vetted talent who apply it, and transparent execution that shows value every step of the way. With now over 600 customers in North America, FullStack is one integrated partner for all your AI engineering needs. With FullStack, you move forward with confidence.

We’re Most Proud Of

• Offering life-changing career opportunities to talented software professionals across the Americas.
• Building highly-skilled software development teams for hundreds of the world’s greatest companies.
• Having delivered hundreds of successful custom software solutions, which have positively impacted the lives and careers of millions of users.
• Our 4.1-star rating on GlassDoor.
• Our client Net Promoter Score of 68, twice the industry average.

The Opportunity

Join our talent network and connect with U.S. clients for flexible, project-based development work as a Senior Backend Engineer - Laravel & Go Microservices.

• You will integrate directly into our client's team and work alongside their existing designers and engineers on a daily basis.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of professional experience in backend software engineering.
• Advanced English is required.
• Successful completion of a four-year college degree is required.
• Has developed, deployed, and maintained core monolithic backends using Laravel and PHP.
• Has extracted monolithic application logic and rewritten it into Go Microservices.
• Has scaled backend infrastructure to handle high-traffic product launches and high-concurrency user loads.
• Has executed on-call engineering rotation duties with strict acknowledgment SLAs (e.g., 15 minutes).
• Familiarity with building or supporting payments, redemptions, or fraud prevention pipelines is a nice to have.
• Previous exposure to frontend or mobile stacks such as Next.js or React Native is a nice to have.
• Experience using AI coding assistants like Claude Code or Cursor in your daily workflow is a nice to have.
• Availability to work standard business hours aligned with the Pacific Time (PT) zone.
• Ability to work through new and difficult issues and contribute to libraries as needed.
• Ability to create and maintain continuous integration and delivery of applications.
• Forensic attention to detail.
• A positive mindset and a can-do attitude.
• Experience working on Agile/Scrum teams.
• Meaningful experience working on large, complex systems.
• Ability to take extreme ownership over your work. Every day is a challenge to ensure you are performing to the expectations you and your team have agreed upon.
• Ability to identify with the goals of FullStack's clients, and dedicate yourself to delivering on the commitments you and your team make to them.

Nice To Have

We’re Seeking Engineers Who Are AI-enthusiastic In Their Workflow. Professional Experience Or Personal Project Work With The Following Is a Significant Plus

• Cursor, Windsurf, or Google Antigravity.
• Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, or Copilot CLI.

Work Authorization Requirements

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the country of this job posting on a full-time basis.
• FullStack will not sponsor applicants for work visas now or in the future.

What We Offer

• Competitive pay.
• 100% remote work.
• The ability to work with leading startups and Fortune 500 companies.
• Continuing education opportunities.
• Opportunity to grow and expand your career.

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