Senior Backend Engineer

About the role

Foodics is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join its fast‑growing tech team. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining high‑performance web services that power a leading restaurant management ecosystem.

Key responsibilities

• Define and guide the architecture of multiple backend web applications.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to deliver new features.
• Write clean, well‑tested code following test‑driven development practices.
• Identify and solve complex performance, scalability, and reliability challenges.
• Integrate data from various services and databases, ensuring high availability and low latency.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead technical projects in a fast‑paced environment.

Required profile

• At least 5 years of experience developing large‑scale web applications.
• Strong background in PHP and Laravel frameworks.
• Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests.
• Familiarity with SOLID principles and RESTful API design.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work remotely across time zones.

Required skills

• PHP
• Laravel
• Relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Unit testing
• Integration testing
• SOLID principles
• REST APIs
• Redis (caching and queuing)
• Background job processing
• Monitoring tools

What we offer

• Highly competitive compensation, bonuses and potential equity.
• Annual learning stipend and regular training for personal development.
• Opportunity to work with a multicultural team across 14 countries.
• Autonomy, mentorship and challenging goals in a hyper‑growth environment.
• Fully remote work setup with flexible hours.