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# Backend Engineer, PHP

- **Company:** Jobgether
- **Location:** Netherlands (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €4,583.0 - €6,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Databases, Command-Query Responsibility Segregation (Software Development), Data Stores, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Prometheus, Service Design, Symfony, Backend, Kubernetes, Influxdb, Graphql, Front End Software Development, Terraform, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.nl/details/5917392700

## About the Role

* 8+ years of professional backend engineering experience, including hands-on work building and scaling distributed systems.
 * Strong expertise in PHP and Symfony, with experience working with modern versions of the framework.
 * Solid understanding of microservices architecture and common distributed-system patterns such as CQRS, circuit breaking, and service orchestration.
 * Experience working with databases and data stores such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Prometheus, InfluxDB, or Elasticsearch.
 * Familiarity with cloud and infrastructure technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, and Terraform.
 * Ability to contribute effectively to architectural discussions and make thoughtful technical decisions.
 * Strong problem-solving skills, a high level of ownership, and a product-minded approach focused on end-user impact.
 * Openness to feedback and a collaborative mindset, with genuine interest in learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
 * Ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, cross-functional engineering environment.

## Description

Join a high-scale engineering environment where you'll build and evolve backend systems powering a global digital gaming marketplace and a growing portfolio of new products. You'll work within a cross-functional team alongside backend, frontend, mobile, design, and data specialists. The role offers the opportunity to solve complex challenges across distributed systems, performance, reliability, trust, and safety. You'll contribute to a modern microservices ecosystem spanning more than 100 services. Beyond delivering features, you'll influence technical decisions, architectural direction, and engineering practices. With strong infrastructure and significant ownership, your work will have a direct impact on products used by millions of customers.
Accountabilities:

 * Design, build, scale, and maintain reliable backend services using PHP and Symfony within a large microservices architecture.
 * Develop and deliver product features while considering scalability, performance, reliability, and the overall user experience.
 * Contribute to architectural discussions and help shape technical solutions for complex distributed-system challenges.
 * Work with technologies including GraphQL, Golang, Temporal, Saga orchestration, and established service design patterns.
 * Collaborate closely with frontend, mobile, design, data, and platform engineering teams to deliver high-quality products.
 * Help improve engineering practices, code quality, observability, and system resilience across the technology ecosystem.
 * Take ownership of technical problems from investigation through implementation and continuously look for opportunities to improve how the team works., How Jobgether works: We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! Why Apply Through Jobgether? Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. #LI-CL1We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing
applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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