Backend Engineer - Supply Tech (all genders)
About You SE & Co. KG3 months ago
Hamburg, GermanyMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build high-traffic web applications using PHP and Laravel.
- Design and implement internal and external RESTful APIs and background jobs handling peak volumes of more than one million jobs per hour.
- Contribute to application architecture decisions and investigate new technologies with the Lead Engineer.
- Lead the technical design of features supporting redesigned business processes.
- Own developed features from the first code commit through reliable production operation.
- Ensure application stability, performance, and long-term maintainability.
- Deploy code several times per day through the GitLab CI/CD pipeline to AWS Elastic Container Service.
- Monitor applications using dashboards and alerting with Datadog and Sentry.
- Share knowledge and present ideas in regular tech talks.
Requirements
- Excellent programming skills in PHP 8 and Laravel.
- Experience designing and implementing end-to-end, integration, and unit tests.
- Expertise in designing, securing, and scaling RESTful APIs.
- Experience with AWS, Git, and Valkey or a similar technology.
- Practical experience with relational database design and performance optimization, such as MySQL 8.
- Commitment to writing structured, efficient, and maintainable code while actively maintaining codebase quality.
- Willingness to work in an English-speaking environment.
- Experience with SQS and ECS Fargate is a plus.
- Experience with Yii 1.1 is a plus.
Benefits
- Inclusive workplace focused on acceptance, inclusion, and fair treatment.
- Pragmatic environment with flat hierarchies, direct communication, and short decision-making paths.
- Regular team lunches, after-work drinks, company events, and informal social opportunities.
- Work in a highly qualified, agile team that values quality code and practical delivery.