Backend Engineer | Mid - Senior | Business Onboarding & Setup Team

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & mentorship

Extra vacation days

Private health insurance

Company trips

Flexible schedule

Job summary

NordPass is building password security that is safe, scalable and effortless for millions of users and thousands of companies. You will contribute to backend features, write secure code, and participate in design decisions that shape our product.

Join a skilled team as a backend engineer working with PHP 8, Symfony, and modern tooling. The role supports flexible work arrangements and offers growth, mentorship, and a focus on outcomes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of PHP experience with Symfony or Slim frameworks.
• Strong OOP, asynchronous programming, and design patterns.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, unit testing, and integration testing.
• Product-minded, focused on outcomes and impact.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing new features and maintaining systems.
• Deliver high-quality, secure, and well-tested code.
• Participate in technical design decisions and process improvements.
• Engage in team ceremonies and improve engineering workflows.

Skills

PHP

Symfony

OOP

Asynchronous programming

CI/CD

Unit testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Golang

MySQL

Redis

RabbitMQ

DynamoDB

Sentry

Grafana

Docker

Git

Jira

Confluence

Job description

AT NORDPASS, WE’RE MAKING PASSWORD SECURITY EFFORTLESS.

We believe logins should be safer and simpler. Join the team behind NordPass— a password manager trusted by 7M+ users and 10,000+ global companies to secure credentials, cards, and sensitive data.

Your impact? Helping millions secure their digital lives by creating smarter, safer ways to log in.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contributing to the development of new features and maintaining the existing systems;
• Delivering high-quality, maintainable, secure, and well-tested code;
• Taking an active part in technical design decisions, refining processes, and contributing to the overall strategic direction of the product;
• Engaging in and facilitating various team ceremonies and improving processes.

CORE REQUIREMENTS

• At least 3 years of experience working with PHP and developing codebases written in its frameworks (Symfony, Slim);
• Solid understanding of OOP, asynchronous programming, and design patterns;
• Understanding of core CI/CD principles, unit testing, and integration testing;
• Product engineering mindset, focused on problems, outcomes, and impact.

BONUS POINTS FOR

• Experience implementing and optimizing secure authentication flows (e.g. OAuth, OIDC, JWT) and Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions;
• Hands-on experience using AI tools to augment engineering (e.g. code generation, test creation, performance tuning, and debugging), with strong ownership of outputs and results;
• Experience with AWS services (e.g. SNS/SQS, DynamoDB, EventBridge, ECS, S3);
• Familiarity with cryptography;
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.

TOOLS YOU WILL USE

• PHP 8;
• Golang;
• MySQL;
• Redis;
• RabbitMQ;
• DynamoDB;
• Sentry;
• Grafana;
• Docker;
• Git;
• Jira;
• Confluence.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Sharpen your edge: training, mentorship, and room to grow — always.
• Take the time you need: extra vacation days, sick days, and time off when life calls.
• Get premium healthcare: private health insurance in Lithuania and Poland — fully covered.
• Protect your peace: enjoy free subscriptions to Calm, Headspace, and Mindletic, and our own resilience and mindfulness trainings.
• Own your fitness: in-house gyms, sport cards, online workouts, and personal guidance — on us.
• Pack your bags for workation: experience our company-wide trip abroad to the fullest.
• Work from anywhere: work from wherever keeps you in the zone.
• Celebrate your milestones: birthdays, weddings, and new family members — all deserve a gift.
• Parent with ease: children’s summer camps and flexibility around the schedule — because parenting never pauses.
• Join the party: team building and company events people talk about for months.
• Unlock Cyber City: coffee bar, open gyms, kids’ room, music room, massage chairs — our Vilnius HQ is yours to enjoy.

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