Senior Backend Engineer (PHP/Laravel) — Fully Remote

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

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly meal allowance

Private health insurance

ESOP

Remote work options

Learning budgets

Job summary

Insider One is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and scale backend services and RESTful APIs using Laravel within a modular monolith architecture. You will shape multi-tenant SaaS features, ensuring data isolation and tenant awareness across a global product.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, participate in code reviews, and champion code quality with PHPStan, Rector, and Pint while optimizing queries with Redis and caching.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Laravel (must-have); familiarity with Symfony is a plus.
• Solid PHP knowledge with PHP 8.x features and strict types.
• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS architectures and DDD patterns.
• Experience with MySQL and Redis; Elasticsearch or NoSQL is a plus.
• Git and CI/CD workflows.
• Experience with Go (Nice to have).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using Laravel within a modular monolith architecture.
• Build and enhance multi-tenant SaaS features, ensuring proper data isolation and tenant-aware functionality.
• Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code following Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles, including Entities, Repositories, Managers, and DTOs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver new features and continuously improve existing functionality.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and maintaining high code quality standards.
• Work with code quality tools such as PHPStan, Rector, and Pint to ensure codebase consistency and reliability.
• Optimize database queries and implement caching strategies using Redis to improve performance.
• Troubleshoot and debug production issues, implementing robust and scalable solutions.
• Contribute to technical documentation and participate in architectural decisions.
• Leverage AI-powered development tools to enhance productivity and improve code quality.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Laravel

Symfony

MySQL

Redis

Elasticsearch

Git

AWS

Docker

Go

Job description

Insider One is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and scale backend services and RESTful APIs using Laravel within a modular monolith architecture. You will shape multi-tenant SaaS features, ensuring data isolation and tenant awareness across a global product.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, participate in code reviews, and champion code quality with PHPStan, Rector, and Pint while optimizing queries with Redis and caching.