Senior PHP Backend Architect - Remote (Spain)

Airalo; United States; Remote; USD 77,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

Airalo is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our globally distributed, fully remote team. You will evolve a high-traffic PHP backend serving millions of travelers, balancing architectural rigor with rapid innovation.

You will mentor teammates, tackle scalability and reliability challenges, and participate in on-call rotations after a ramp-up period. All collaboration occurs in English across time zones.

Qualifications

• Senior backend engineer with deep PHP expertise.
• Architectural foundation, with hands-on Laravel or Symfony experience and willingness to adopt Laravel.
• Proven track record building and operating scalable, production systems.
• Excellent written and spoken English for meetings and async collaboration.
• Must reside in and be eligible to work in Spain.
• Comfort with on-call responsibilities in a globally distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Lead evolution of a large-scale PHP backend for a global user base.
• Solve architecture, performance, and reliability challenges.
• Mentor teammates and promote ownership and technical mastery.
• Participate in on-call rotations after ramping to support 24/7 service.
• Collaborate with a fully remote, globally distributed team in English.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Symfony

Distributed systems thinking

English communication

Job description

Airalo is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our globally distributed, fully remote team. You will evolve a high-traffic PHP backend serving millions of travelers, balancing architectural rigor with rapid innovation.

You will mentor teammates, tackle scalability and reliability challenges, and participate in on-call rotations after a ramp-up period. All collaboration occurs in English across time zones.