Back-end Developer (Laravel)

Are you an experienced Back-end Developer with solid PHP and Laravel experience, based in Valencia and looking for your next challenge? At this Dutch digital agency you’ll work on complex, business-critical web applications for a Dutch digital agency where quality, freedom and trust come first.

Here you’ll build custom Laravel applications for clients with high standards for their software. No slow processes or endless layers of approval, but short lines of communication, real responsibility and room to make your own technical choices. #kangewoon (Dutch for “sure, we can do that”).

What will you do as a Senior Back-end Developer?

As an experienced Back-end Developer you’ll work in project teams on custom applications. That means thinking along, building, improving and taking ownership. You translate functional requirements into technical solutions, and you develop, maintain and optimise complex PHP/Laravel applications.

You also contribute to architecture and technical strategy. Through code reviews and pair programming you safeguard code quality and performance, and you coach medior and junior developers in their growth.

You’ll work with Laravel 12 and PHP 8.4+, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Elasticsearch, hosted on AWS and DigitalOcean with Laravel Forge and Terraform. The team uses GitHub (Actions) and Jira.

What we offer

• A competitive salary
• Spanish contract
• Remote work from Valencia, with regular visits to the team in Rotterdam
• MacBook, iPhone and everything else you need
• Certifications (Laravel, AWS) and conferences, plus plenty of room for your own ideas and initiatives
• Team outings, parties and trips abroad (including Las Vegas and a ski trip to Italy)

What you bring

• Several years of experience with Laravel or another PHP framework
• You enjoy writing readable, maintainable code
• Experience with (or a genuine interest in) automated testing
• A critical but always pragmatic mindset
• You work independently, but also actively seek collaboration
• Fluent English, since it’s the language you’ll use with the team [Dutch is a plus]
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of thinking; experience with AWS, Terraform or DevOps is a nice bonus

Don’t tick every box but recognise yourself in most of this Back-end Developer role? We’ll still love to hear from you.

About the company

This job is for a Dutch digital agency, based in Rotterdam, that always says yes! With their #yeswecan mindset, they design, build and manage digital applications that help businesses and their customers move forward. They believe that with intelligent optimism every problem is an opportunity, and every project a chance to prove that it can be done.

You’ll be part of a dedicated project team with other developers, designers, UX specialists and a project manager, and of their wider back-end team. The culture is all about short lines, lots of freedom, craftsmanship and a strong team spirit. Projects are diverse, for both large and smaller ambitious brands.

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• Several years of experience with Laravel or another PHP framework
• You enjoy writing readable, maintainable code
• Experience with (or a genuine interest in) automated testing
• A critical but always pragmatic mindset
• You work independently, but also actively seek collaboration
• Fluent English, since it’s the language you’ll use with the team [Dutch is a plus]
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of thinking; experience with AWS, Terraform or DevOps is a nice bonus

• A competitive salary
• Spanish contract
• Remote work from Valencia, with regular visits to the team in Rotterdam
• MacBook, iPhone and everything else you need
• Certifications (Laravel, AWS) and conferences, plus plenty of room for your own ideas and initiatives
• Team outings, parties and trips abroad (including Las Vegas and a ski trip to Italy)

This job is for a Dutch digital agency, based in Rotterdam, that always says yes! With their #yeswecan mindset, they design, build and manage digital applications that help businesses and their customers move forward. They believe that with intelligent optimism every problem is an opportunity, and every project a chance to prove that it can be done.

You’ll be part of a dedicated project team with other developers, designers, UX specialists and a project manager, and of their wider back-end team. The culture is all about short lines, lots of freedom, craftsmanship and a strong team spirit. Projects are diverse, for both large and smaller ambitious brands.