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# Senior Backend PHP Developer

- **Company:** Paragin Group Holding B.V.
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €4,500.0 - €5,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software as a Service, DevOps, Laravel, Scrum Methodology, Software Tools, Software Engineering, Symfony, Yii PHP Framework, PHP Frameworks, Backend, Gitlab-ci, Front End Software Development, Terraform
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://nl.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5ef884b94ab381d2

## About the Role

* Experience with our backend and infrastructure stack with a willingness to work with legacy code
 * Experience using AI tools as a regular part of your development workflow, with an AI-first mindset for improving how software is designed, built, reviewed, and shipped
 * Proactive attitude toward innovation and teamwork
 * Good command of English (we have an international team)

Not sure you meet every requirement? We still encourage you to apply.

 * Nice-to-Haves

 * Familiarity with PHP frameworks like Symfony, Laravel, or Yii
 * A track record of integrating multiple SaaS products into a unified platform
 * Hands-on experience with GitLab CI, AWS/ECS or other cloud providers and Terraform

## Description

We are looking for an experienced backend developer who can contribute to our backend architecture and DevOps infrastructure, and help make AI a practical part of how we build software.

You'll work on a complete learning, assessment, and exam platform as part of a professional team in a flat, fast-growing organization. We invest in your growth and offer room for your own initiatives and technical decisions.

️What You'll Do

 * Develop and maintain the backend of our products
 * Improve architecture with modern design patterns
 * Maintain a stable infrastructure together with the DevOps guild, sharing experiences across the whole company
 * Migrate and integrate our products into a single platform
 * Contribute to our shift toward AI-driven development by integrating AI tools and practices into how we design, build, review, and ship code, You will join a product development team of 16 people. Engineers work across backend, frontend, QA, and DevOps; product owners, a Scrum Master, and a technical team lead handle product direction and delivery.

We work with Scrum and have a clear roadmap that gives direction while leaving room for technical improvements and team input. Developers also collaborate through guilds for backend, frontend, development practices, DevOps, and knowledge sharing.


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