Senior Backend Engineer - Checkout (all genders) at ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG
Hamburg, Germany, Germany
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on-site · full-time · Visa sponsorship
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Responsibilities:
- Translate business requirements into robust, scalable backend designs and deliverables for the checkout API.
- Lead development of PHP-based services (Symfony or Laravel) with a focus on clean architecture, performance and reliability.
- Apply TDD, pair programming and best engineering practices; participate in code reviews and mentor junior engineers.
- Drive system design discussions, identify bottlenecks and implement improvements for scalability and resilience.
- Collaborate with product, QA and operations to ensure smooth delivery, observability and incident response.
Requirements:
- 5+ years hands-on experience in PHP with strong expertise in Symfony or Laravel and modern PHP practices.
- Proven background with relational databases (MySQL) and in-memory stores (Redis); experience with performance tuning.
- Solid software architecture knowledge and experience with TDD and collaborative development workflows.
- Golang experience is a plus; fluent English communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams.
- Proactive problem solver with ownership mentality and experience shipping production services in eCommerce contexts.