Senior Software Engineer Backend Contractor - Remote within Europe
Senior Software Engineer Backend Contractor - Remote within Europe
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Job Description
We are looking for skilled Backend Engineers with a strong problemsolving mindset excellent programming skills (especially with PHP) and a solid grasp of system design principles. As a Backend Engineer youll work closely with our engineering teams to tackle technical challenges and drive innovative enhancements to our products.
In this role you will:
- Design and implement highquality software architecture with a focus on scalable solutions for highload and highconcurrency environments.
- Write clean welldocumented and maintainable code following industry best practices ensuring code quality performance and scalability.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including frontend developers designers and product managers to deliver robust and scalable solutions.
- Propose evaluate and integrate new technologies frameworks and methodologies to improve development efficiency and product quality.
- Troubleshoot debug and resolve complex technical issues optimizing systems for high load and concurrency.
- Participate in code reviews providing constructive feedback to peers and continuously promote coding standards and best practices.
- Contribute to team efficiency through the development of documentation and processes that foster continuous improvement.
Qualifications :
Technical Skills:
- Backend Development & Expertise: Proven experience as a Backend Developer with 35 years in professional web application development specializing in building systems designed to handle highload and highconcurrency traffic. With strong proficiency in PHP (at least 23 years) and handson experience in frameworks like Symfony as a plus.
- Database Management: Solid experience with both relational (e.g. MySQL PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases with expertise in writing optimized SQL queries.
- API Development: Experience in designing and building RESTful APIs; familiarity with GraphQL is a plus.
- Concurrency and Load Handling: Expertise in creating systems optimized for concurrency including caching load balancing and horizontal scaling techniques.
- Testing and Code Quality: Practical knowledge of TestDriven Development (TDD) and BehaviorDriven Development (BDD) with experience writing unit and integration tests.
- Version Control: Proficiency in Git and modern version control systems.
DevOps and Infrastructure:
- CI/CD Pipelines: Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline setups and automation using tools like Jenkins or Atlassian Bamboo.
- Containerization: Experience with Docker/Podman and maintaining reproducible development environments.
- Security: Knowledge of backend security best practices including secure authentication authorization and data protection.
Soft Skills:
- ProblemSolving: Strong analytical skills for debugging and resolving complex technical issues.
- Collaboration: Excellent communication skills with experience working effectively in teamoriented and agile environments.
- Agile Development: Familiarity with agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum Kanban) and the ability to adapt to a fastpaced iterative work environment.
Nice to Have
- Additional Database Technologies: Knowledge of Elasticsearch and OpenAPI (preferably version 3.*).
- Message Queues and EventDriven Architecture: Experience with Message Queues Apache Kafka and event sourcing techniques.
- Cloud and Container Orchestration: Familiarity with Kubernetes (K8s) and cloud environments.
- HighAvailability Systems: Practical experience with designing highavailability and highperformance systems.
- Payment Systems: Background in payment system integrations or payment gateway development.
Additional Information :
What we offer
- The skills and experience you bring add to our collective strength
- A fun friendly and collaborative work culture where we guarantee there is never a dull day.
Byborg Enterprises is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment based on their skills abilities and experience. We thrive to attract and hire a strong talented and diverse workforce prohibiting discrimination based on race color religious or political beliefs age nationality physical mental or developmental disability gender sexual orientation.
DISCLAIMER: This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or allinclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at managements discretion.
NOTE: Byborg Enterprises SA does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. We consider any resume (CV) or biography received from an agency without prior approval from our Legal and Recruiting Department to be unsolicited and such submissions will not be recognized for purposes of ownership of the candidate.
We are in it for the long haul so your future is safe with us.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
