Backend Engineer, PHP

🕒 August 20

🌐 United Kingdom, Spain – Remote

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇪🇸 Spain – Remote

💵 £74.8k - £107.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Airalo

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51 - 200 employees

📡 Telecommunications

✈️ Travel

Telecommunications • Technology • Travel

Airalo is the world's first eSIM store that provides digital SIM cards (eSIMs) to travelers in over 200 countries and regions globally. The company offers an innovative solution to avoid high roaming charges by allowing users to purchase and activate eSIMs via its app, ensuring instant connectivity without the need for physical SIM cards. Airalo caters to various travelers by providing local, regional, and global eSIMs with transparent, prepaid pricing plans, supported by 24/7 customer service. The platform also supports partnership through APIs and offers incentives such as referral credits. Airalo represents a modern approach to global mobile connectivity, making it an essential tool for frequent travelers.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain robust backend services handling high-volume global traffic • Implement functional APIs and optimize query performance • Contribute to modular, resilient, service-oriented architecture • Write clean, maintainable code using SOLID principles, OOP best practices, and design patterns • Debug and resolve issues across the technology stack • Integrate asynchronous processes using queues and basic event-driven patterns • Collaborate with Senior Engineers and Product teams to turn requirements into technical solutions • Participate in the on-call rotation to maintain 24/7 service reliability across global operations

🎯 Requirements

• 3–5 years of professional backend development experience with PHP • Proven experience building applications in Laravel, or strong Symfony background with willingness to transition to Laravel • Strong understanding of OOP, interfaces, and code modularity • Solid knowledge of SQL, including database indexing, migrations, and basic query optimization • Ability to effectively use AI tools during technical tasks, including prompting, validating, and iterating • Familiarity with Docker and basic CI/CD pipeline troubleshooting • Experience writing unit and feature tests • Fluent English and ability to communicate technical progress effectively within a remote team • Participation in the on-call rotation • Candidates must already reside in the UK and be fully eligible to work there • Bonus: familiarity with Redis/Memcached, AWS, SaaS or Traveltech solutions, eSIM or GSMA technologies, distributed systems, and horizontal scaling

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid standby fees and overtime pay for on-call rotation • No on-call duties during the first 6 months • Guaranteed rest periods and flexible hours following night incidents • Weekday/weekend rotation split to minimize fatigue • Remote work • Full-time permanent employment • Employer of record arrangement in Spain via Deel • Equal-opportunity employer • Reasonable accommodations upon request for individuals with disabilities