Senior Backend Developer

Edge Case Solutions — Slovenia · Posted ~2 hours ago

Senior Full-time

Skills

Backend development PHP Event-driven architecture Microservices Kafka RabbitMQ AWS SQS/SNS or Google Pub/Sub SQL NoSQL Docker Kubernetes Observability Mentoring Go AWS SQS AWS SNS Google Pub/Sub

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

An experienced backend engineer is sought to design and operate high-throughput, event-driven platforms for international clients. You will shape scalable microservice architectures, build asynchronous communication flows, implement robust retries and dead-letter handling, improve observability, and mentor other engineers. Strong PHP expertise is required, while Go experience is advantageous.

Highlights

Senior backend role focused on scalable, high-throughput, event-driven systems. The position offers architectural ownership, work on core platforms for international clients, opportunities to mentor engineers, and hands-on experience with modern messaging, streaming, containerization, and observability technologies.

Description

We're looking for an experienced Senior Backend Developer who enjoys designing and operating high-throughput, event-driven systems. You'll shape backend architectures, contribute to core platforms for international clients, and mentor engineers within our team. What You'll Do Design and maintain scalable, event-driven microservice architecturesWrite clean, high-performance backend code, primarily in PHPBuild asynchronous communication using messaging & streaming platformsImplement robust error handling, retry mechanisms, and DLQ patternsEnsure observability through logging, metrics, and tracingMentor developers and promote engineering best practicesWhat We're Looking For 5+ years of backend development experienceStrong experience with event-driven architectures & microservicesExperience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS/SNS, or Google Pub/SubProficiency in PHP; Go experience is a strong advantageSolid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databasesExperience with Docker and Kubernetes