About the Role

We are looking for a

Senior Software Engineer with 3+ years of experience

to join our engineering team and build, maintain, and evolve reliable, scalable software products.

This is a

backend-heavy full-stack role

. You will primarily work on backend systems and services while also contributing to frontend components, APIs, integrations, and infrastructure when required. The ideal candidate is hands-on, strong at debugging complex production issues, and comfortable working across different layers of a technology stack.

You should have strong experience with

PHP and backend development

, along with practical exposure to

Node.js, SQL, Redis, event-driven systems, and cloud technologies

. We are particularly interested in engineers who actively keep up with modern engineering practices and use

AI-assisted development tools

to improve productivity, code quality, and problem-solving.

The role will involve working on real-world engineering problems where ownership, sound technical judgment, and the ability to understand and troubleshoot existing systems are as important as writing new code.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain

scalable, reliable, and maintainable backend services and APIs

• , primarily using PHP.
• Build and enhance services and integrations using

Node.js

• where appropriate.
• Work with

relational databases and SQL

• , including schema design, query optimization, indexing, and troubleshooting database performance issues.
• Design and implement effective

caching strategies using Redis

• for performance, scalability, and distributed application requirements.
• Work with

event-driven and asynchronous architectures

• , including queues, background jobs, event processing, and related failure-handling patterns.
• Contribute to frontend development when required, working across the stack to deliver complete product functionality.
• Investigate and resolve

complex production issues

• , including application, database, infrastructure, performance, and integration-related problems.
• Analyze logs, traces, metrics, and application behavior to identify

root causes

• , rather than relying only on surface-level fixes.
• Design solutions that consider

performance, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability

• .
• Work with AWS services and cloud infrastructure to deploy, operate, and troubleshoot applications.
• Write clean, testable, well-structured code and contribute to improving engineering standards and development practices.
• Participate in

code reviews, technical discussions, design reviews, and architectural decisions

• .
• Automate repetitive engineering and operational tasks wherever possible.
• Work closely with Product, QA, Support, and other engineering teams to understand requirements and solve customer-impacting problems.
• Take ownership of features and technical problems

end-to-end

• , from understanding the problem to implementation, deployment, monitoring, and resolution.
• Stay current with modern technologies, development practices, and

AI-powered engineering tools

, and identify opportunities to use them effectively.

Must-Have Requirements

3+ years of professional software engineering experience

• with strong hands-on production experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with

PHP and backend development

• .
• Good practical experience with

Node.js

• and building backend services/APIs.
• Strong understanding of

SQL and relational databases

• , including query optimization, indexing, and database design fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with

Redis

• , including caching and/or other key-value use cases.
• Understanding of

event-driven and asynchronous architectures

• , such as queues, workers, background processing, and event-based communication.
• Basic working knowledge of

AWS and cloud fundamentals

• , including concepts such as compute, storage, networking, and managed services.
• Strong

debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis

• skills.
• Good understanding of

REST APIs, HTTP, authentication, and common backend architecture patterns

• .
• Ability to work effectively with an existing codebase, understand unfamiliar systems quickly, and make safe changes in production environments.
• Strong ownership and problem-solv