Senior Backend Engineer

About The Role At InterNations, you build for our members, for the hosts who bring them together at events, and for your own colleagues internally. We want you close to whoever you are building for: asking why a feature matters, challenging requirements, and shaping the solution. Our engineering team architects, develops, and tests our products. As a Full-Stack Engineer, your mission is to build features end to end, from the browser to the database, on a platform that serves millions of views every month. As a member of an international, cross-functional Product Experience Team (PXT), you work closely with your Product Manager to architect, implement, and ship concepts and upcoming changes. You will write automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests. You will take part in cross-team initiatives: architectural changes, refactoring, and best practices. What we are looking for: Relevant experience across the stack: a backend language like PHP, Python, or Ruby and modern JavaScript or TypeScript, as we are working with PHP and TypeScriptExperience with a modern web framework like Symfony, Laravel, Next.js, or ReactHands-on experience using AI tools in your everyday engineering workExperience with automated testing on the unit, functional, and/or acceptance levelAn interest in big datasets in relational databases, search indexes, or key-value storesExcellent English, written and spoken, as it is our company languageStrong communication skills and a self-motivator, used to working with multiple teams across disciplines in a fully remote setting What we value: Bettering our skills, teaching each other and learning ways to build better softwareUser testing, experimentation, automated testing, and continuous integration to gain meaningful feedbackFostering collaboration and cooperativeness Technologies we use: PHP, Symfony, MariaDB, Solr, RabbitMQ, Redis, Memcached, Behat, PHPUnit, TypeScript, Next.js, React, TanStack Query, MUI Where we work: We work fully remote and are looking for people based in Spain who already have the right to work there. Twice a year the whole team meets in person, travel and accommodation covered. Sound interesting? Then send us your CV today! About Us With over 6.1 million members in 420 cities worldwide, InterNations is the largest global community for people who live and work abroad. InterNations offers global and local networking and socializing, both online and face-to-face. At around 4,000 events and activities per month, expatriates can meet other global minds and pursue their interests. Members can also find and exchange tips and information on life abroad through discussion forums and read helpful articles based on personal expat experiences. Membership is by approval only to ensure quality and trust in our community. You can find more information about InterNations on our about pages. Benefits of working at InterNations: a growing, dynamic company with an international teamwork in a fully remote settinga company that is a Financial Climate Contributor with Climate Partnera friendly atmosphere and the space to pursue your ideas30 paid vacation days + special paid leavethe option to take a sabbatical after 3 years with InterNationspart-time work contracts possibleAlbatross Membership for team members and their partnersXING Premium membershipregular team bonding events to connect teamies wherever they areregular workshops, training sessions, cross-departmental projects & exchanges At InterNations, you’ll be working in a friendly atmosphere geared toward bringing out your creativity and independence. With our flat organizational structure, you’ll have lots of room to pursue your own ideas. If you’re a working parent, you’ll find the flexibility you need to support your work–life balance. And as we value building strong connections between our team members, especially in a remote setting, you can look forward to language tandems, department exchanges, and regular team-bonding activities.