Backend engineer

About Us
We are a product company building a modular SaaS platform for logistics digitalisation. Our system already processes thousands of monthly loads for major enterprise clients. We are now scaling aggressively and looking for a talented Backend Engineer to join our Ukrainian team.

Tech Stack

• PHP 7 (mix of Eloquent ORM + Symfony components)
• MariaDB (native usage, performance tuning)
• Redis
• Composer, Git
• REST API, tested via Postman

• CI/CD already set up (lean and stable)

   

Your Role
You will be working closely with our CTO and front-end developers to:

• Build, extend, and maintain our REST APIs (main focus)
• Ensure clean, testable, maintainable code
• Optimize database queries and overall performance
• Contribute to technical design and architecture discussions

• Collaborate in an agile Scrumban environment

   

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of professional PHP backend experience
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API design
• Hands-on experience with Eloquent ORM and/or Symfony components
• Confident working with MariaDB, including query optimization
• Experience with Redis
• Comfortable with Git workflows and Composer
• Familiar with Postman or similar API testing tools
• Self-driven, reliable, and able to work remotely

• Ukrainian language fluency (team communicates in Ukrainian)

   

Nice to Have

• Experience with high-load systems
• Understanding of CI/CD principles (we have it, you just use it)

• Previous work in SaaS product companies

   

What We Offer

• Fully remote work (Ukraine-based)
• Competitive compensation
• Lean processes, minimum bureaucracy
• Direct communication with decision-makers
• Product company with a stable roadmap and growing market