Revio Senior Backend Engineer - Marell Ventures

Martell Media; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Martell Media as a Senior Backend Engineer where you will enhance Revio's AI-driven chat engine to empower creators. This remote role focuses on scaling applications with a team that values growth, creativity, and impactful results. Collaborate directly with the CTO while optimizing high-traffic systems and contributing to a vibrant company culture that prioritizes personal growth and flexibility.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Unlimited PTO

Flexible hours

Paid test project

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in PHP with Laravel in SaaS applications.
• Strong experience in design & build of REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with MongoDB and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop Laravel APIs and maintain high performance under workload.
• Integrate third-party services for enhanced functionality.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with CTO on schema reviews.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

MongoDB

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Python

Git

CI/CD

AI/Machine Learning

Event-driven architecture

Job description

Revio Senior Backend Engineer- Marell Ventures

Virtual

Are you ready to make an impact and join a team dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and sharing their stories with the world?

If so, keep reading because this opportunity might be perfect for you!

If you are hungry for growth, opportunity, and impact - and want to join our high-performer team, this role may be for you…what we value:

We value:

Be the example…growth mindset.

Simple scales…we scale with simplicity, not complexity.

Build the people…we build people, the people build the business.

Are you ready to make an impact and join a bold and high-impact venture studio focused on building and investing in AI-driven B2B companies that serve SMBs? Revio is a portfolio partner of Martell Ventures.

If so, keep reading because this opportunity at Revio might be perfect for you!

If you are hungry for growth, opportunity, and impact - and want to join our high-performer team, this role may be for you…

About Revio

Revio , the Sell-by-Chat CRM helps the world’s top coaches turn social influence into revenue. Our AI-powered engine already parses 300k+ creator DMs per month; your job is to 10× that volume across three additional platforms without breaking sub-100 ms latency. We ship fast, own outcomes, and have fun doing it…all while staying 100% remote and globally distributed.

Revio’s MissionCreators change the world. Our proven sales process converts that influence into revenue so they can fund even bigger impact. We build the sales software that removes the busywork, so creators stay focused on their creativity.

Why this role exists

Revio needs a backend specialist who can scale Revio software to other platforms like LinkedIn, Whatsapp and scale our real time chat engine without sacrificing performance, security, or developer happiness. You’ll be the second backend hire, working directly with the Revio CTO—your design decisions set the standards the next five engineers will follow.

The Job: Senior Backend Engineer – Laravel + MongoDB

• Ship code that turns 1B monthly chat messages into revenue for the world’s leading creators.
• Team: Engineering → Platform / API
  Reports to: Revio CTO
• Design & build Laravel APIs. Craft clean, versioned REST/GraphQL endpoints, leverage Eloquent + MongoDB, and write maintainable service layers.
• Own MongoDB data models. Optimize queries, design indexes, and champion data-integrity + backup strategies for a write-heavy workload (1K msgs / min peak).
• Integrate 3rd-party services. Facebook/IG Graph API/Whatsapp API, LinkedIn Reverse Engineer REST API, whatever moves the needle.
• Automate quality & deployment. Write PHPUnit tests, set up GitHub Actions, and improve CI/CD with deployments.
• Mentor & collaborate. Lead product backlog, review PRs, and share lightning talks in our weekly tech huddle.
• Pair with the CTO on schema reviews, spin up proof-of-concept queues, jump into prod to diagnose latency spikes.
• 3+ years of professional PHP (Laravel 10+) on production SaaS or high-traffic apps
• Expert in RESTful design, knows when GraphQL shines
• Habitual test writer, SOLID, DDD, clean-architecture mindset
• Git + modern CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Docker, LaravelForge)
• Clear written & spoken English; thrives in async-first teams
• Knowing how to code in Python is a must
• Hands-on with AI / Machine Learning pipelines or vector DBs (Qdrant)
• Redis optimization & caching strategies
• Event-driven or micro-service experience (SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• Familiarity with Cursor (AI-powered code editor) and use it daily
• Open-source contributions or technical blogging/talks
• Owning the product development lifecycle with Linear
  
  

The Fine Print (No Fluff):

• Location: Remote-only (work from anywhere, North-American time zones preferred)
• Up to $100,000 depending on experience
• Remote-only culture, flexible hours, and a team that values results over face time
• Paid test project (≤ 4 h), so you’re compensated for your time during hiring

Submit the following to [e-mail]

• Resume;
• Links to your GitHub/GitLab
• A 3-minute video on who you are, what your proudest development projects are, and what your favourite non-fiction book is.

Hiring process (≤ 2 weeks), if submission is accepted

• 15-minute Screening
• Paid test project (≤ 4 h) in a repo, build something small the “Revio way”
• Final culture-fit chat → decision & offer

We welcome applicants of all backgrounds; research shows some groups only apply when they meet 100 % of the criteria—if you’re close, please apply.

About Martell Media:

We’re on a mission to inspire people to be their best versions of themselves and share their transformations with the world.

Our CEO, Dan Martell is an award-winning entrepreneur and investor who has founded multiple companies.

He was named Canada’s top angel investor, and he's completed over 40+ investments with notable companies like Udemy, Intercom, and Unbounce.

We offer health, dental, and vision benefits | Unlimited PTO | In person at Martell Media Studio, Kelowna BC | Personal growth with a high-performance team

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