Senior Backend Engineer (Laravel / PHP)

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com is Saudi's #1 event ticketing and experience booking platforms in terms of technology, features, agility, revenue serving some of the largest mega events in the Kingdom surpassing over 2 billion sales.
  Role Overview As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will own complex backend features, improve system architecture, and ensure performance, scalability, and reliability.
You will mentor junior engineers and contribute significantly to technical decision-making.
Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure backend systems using Laravel.
Own backend features end-to-end, from design to production.
Design and optimize RESTful APIs and backend workflows.
Architect and optimize database, caching, and performance strategies.
Troubleshoot production issues and improve system reliability.
Collaborate with Product and Operations teams on roadmap execution.
Review code, mentor junior engineers, and improve engineering quality.
Create and maintain technical documentation and architecture diagrams.
Technical Skills Strong expertise in PHP, Laravel, and backend best practices.
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including MongoDB.
Deep understanding of RESTful API design and security.
Experience with caching, performance tuning, and scalability.
Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows.
Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
5+ years of experience as a Laravel/PHP backend developer.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
Proven experience working on production-scale systems.
Experience mentoring junior engineers.
Bonus / Nice-to-Have (Cloud & Platform Knowledge) Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Experience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments.
Knowledge of Docker and container-based deployments.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployments.
Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.
Understanding of load balancing, autoscaling, and caching layers.
Basic exposure to infrastructure-as-code concepts.