Role Overview The Software Engineer (Backend) is responsible for the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of backend systems supporting company products. This role applies solid object-oriented programming (OOP) principles, algorithmic problem-solving, and system design skills to build scalable, secure, and maintainable software. The engineer collaborates across teams to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions across distributed environments.

Core Competencies

- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): Strong understanding of OOP principles, design patterns, and abstraction to create modular, reusable, and testable systems.
- Algorithms & Data Structures: Ability to apply algorithms and complexity analysis to build performant, optimized systems.
- Distributed Systems & Microservices: Familiarity with distributed, service-based architectures and an understanding of service contracts and observability.
- Authentication & Authorization: Understanding of secure authentication and access control models, including token-based and role-based strategies.
- System & API Design: Ability to contribute to backend architectures, RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and service integrations that balance performance and maintainability.
- Code Quality & Testing: Committed to producing clean, secure, and maintainable code supported by automated testing frameworks and CI/CD processes.
- Problem Solving & Root Cause Analysis: Able to diagnose issues across services and layers, identify root causes, and implement sustainable fixes.
- Collaboration & Communication: Works effectively across Product, Architecture, QA, and Support teams with clear, proactive communication.
- Continuous Improvement: Demonstrates ownership in enhancing processes, tools, performance,



and code quality across the engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend systems, APIs, and integrations supporting company products and distributed services.
- Write clean, modular, and testable code in PHP and complementary technologies such as JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and related frameworks.
- Contribute to distributed systems and microservices that support scalability, reliability, and separation of concerns.
- Apply OOP principles and solid architectural patterns to ensure extensibility and maintainability.
- Implement and maintain secure authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g., OAuth2, JWT, RBAC).
- Utilize data structures, algorithms, and caching strategies to optimize system performance and responsiveness.
- Conduct debugging, profiling, and performance tuning across multiple environments and services.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, QA, and Support Teams to gather requirements, define scope, and ensure successful delivery.
- Participate in testing strategies with QA/QE teams to ensure coverage of both current and existing functionality.
- Adhere to code quality, security, and scalability standards across the development lifecycle.
- Participate in peer code reviews, contributing to knowledge sharing and consistent practices.
- Maintain technical documentation including API specifications and relevant implementation notes.




- Participate in engineering reviews, sprint ceremonies, and cross-team demos to align on progress and priorities.
- Ensure compliance with company policies regarding open-source usage and third-party dependencies.

Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 3+ years of backend software engineering experience, primarily in PHP production environments.
- Solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
- Experience building and maintaining backend systems and service integrations.
- Proficiency in secure API design and familiarity with authentication/authorization concepts.
- Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and backend architecture fundamentals.
- Familiarity with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments.
- Ability to debug, optimize, and deliver reliable solutions.
- Good communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Preferred Skills
- Experience with modern PHP frameworks such as Laravel or Symfony.
- Familiarity with RESTful and GraphQL API design and frontend integration best practices.
- Experience with DevOps, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Knowledge of distributed caching, queuing, and messaging systems (e.g., Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka).
- Exposure to observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, ELK Stack, Datadog, OpenTelemetry).
- ● Understanding of asynchronous processing, event-driven systems, and service-to-service communication patterns.

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