Backend Engineer (PHP)

*This is a fully remote role with no required in-office hours; however, candidates must be based in Latvia and authorised to work in Latvia. *Please note that we are handling this recruitment process in-house and are not working with recruitment agencies. Thank you for your understanding! Who We Are We are an InsurTech business working with some of the biggest and most innovative insurers in Europe, and have been growing our customer base steadily. We have an amazing technology platform, a broad range of clients that are keeping us busy, lots of experience, an amazing network of InsurTech and Insurance experts, and a clear vision of where the insurance industry is going and how we can help it get there. Our solutions combine deep insurance expertise with cutting-edge tech and AI capabilities - helping our clients move faster, make smarter decisions, and build better products. And behind all of it is a team that makes it happen. Our team is a diverse group of professionals with backgrounds in insurance, tech, humanities, and beyond - and we believe that variety is our strength. We're collaborative, ambitious, always curious, and increasingly excited about what AI makes possible. Now, we are looking for a new team member to join our journey! What You’ll Do Work as part of our Platform team to iterate on new internal tooling and platform feature design, implementation, delivery, and maintenanceDevelop effective, maintainable code and contribute to overall code quality through thoughtful code reviews and collaboration with team membersHelp identify areas of improvement in the codebase and contribute to improving developer experience and code quality by establishing new development techniques and coding standardsSolve technical problems of high scope and complexityUse AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software delivery while maintaining high standards for code quality, security, and maintainability Technologies you will get to use and learn PHP 8.5, Laravel, Symfony, Doctrine, and a multitude of other open-source projectsDomain Driven Design and event-driven microservice architecture to build our RESTful APIsGitHub, CircleCI, PHPUnit, PHPStan, and a range of other quality assurance toolsMySQL, AWS S3, Redis, Elasticsearch for data storageAWS, Docker, Terraform for our infrastructurePrometheus, Grafana, and Kibana for our observability stack We Offer A monthly salary of € 3400 - 4000, before taxStock options so you own part of KASKOUnlimited holiday, health insurance, and paid sick leave for your well-beingFlexible working hours and the ability to work remotely from anywhere in Latvia Career development through mentorship and knowledge sharing Apply via LinkedIn or send your CV to careers@kasko.io KASKO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, colour, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our aim is to ensure that all employees and job applicants are given equal opportunity and that our organisation is representative of all sections of society. We use AI tools at certain stages of our recruitment process to help us work efficiently, but always with a human in the loop. Every hiring decision is made by a person, not an algorithm. By submitting your CV, you agree that your personal data is processed by KASKO for recruitment purposes only. You reserve the right to withdraw your application at any time by contacting us at careers@kasko.io. You can read the full Candidate Privacy Notice here: https://www.kasko.io/candidate-privacy-notice