Senior Backend Engineer

About Airalo

Alo! Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store that helps people connect in over 200+ countries and regions across the globe. We are building the next digital service that revolutionizes the telecom industry. We are a travel-tech company and an equal-opportunity environment that values and executes diversity, inclusion, and equity. Our team is spread across 50+ countries and six continents. What glues us together is our commitment to changing the way you connect.

About you

We hope that you care deeply about the quality of your work, the intrinsic worth of tasks, and the success of your team. You are self-disciplined and do not require micromanagement in terms of your skillset and work ethic. You do your best to flourish as an individual every day while working hard to foster a collaborative team environment. You believe in the importance of being — and staying — authentic, honest, positive, and kind. You are a good interlocutor with clear and concise communication. You are able to manage multiple projects, have an analytical mind, pay keen attention to detail, and love to get your hands dirty. You are cognizant, tolerant, and welcoming of vulnerabilities and cultural differences.

About the Role

Position: Full-time / Employee

Location: Remote-first

Benefits: Health Insurance, work-from-anywhere stipend, annual wellness & learning credits, annual all-expenses-paid company retreat in a gorgeous destination & other benefits

We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Developer with a focus on PHP and Laravel to join our expert team in building and optimizing large-scale distributed systems. You will play a key role in developing new features, enhancing existing ones, and driving technical excellence within our core product. We’re looking for passionate and results-driven professionals who thrive in a fast-paced, remote environment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed systems that are performant and scalable.
• Develop new services and refactor existing ones for improved efficiency and scalability.
• Write enterprise-quality, horizontally scalable, maintainable code using industry best practices and in line with project specifications.
• Enhance and implement new features into our core product.
• Design and develop RESTful services and APIs for front-end clients and other consumers.
• Collaborate closely with front-end developers and backend engineers in migrating our monolithic application to a service-oriented architecture (SOA).
• Write automated tests, ensuring the quality and reliability of your code.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues as they arise.
• Actively participate in the full software development lifecycle, collaborating with team members on a daily basis.

Must-haves:

• 5+ years of full-time development experience in PHP, focusing on backend development.
• 2+ years of experience with Laravel, building and extending enterprise-level applications.
• Proven expertise in building large-scale distributed systems and scalable backend services.
• Strong experience in developing RESTful APIs and service-oriented architecture.
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture and messaging systems (e.g., Queue, Pub/Sub).
• In-depth knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases and caching strategies.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, SQS, Aurora, and DynamoDB.
• Proficiency in OOP, SOLID principles, and design patterns.
• Experience in unit testing, feature testing, and mocking to ensure code quality.
• Hands-on experience with Docker for containerization and deployment.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.

Good to haves:

• Knowledge of PaaS/SaaS, SOA, and microservices architecture.
• Prior experience in telecommunications or network infrastructure.
• Familiarity with eSIM and GSMA technologies.
• Experience in Traveltech

If you are interested in this position, please apply via the link.

Please note that our Engineering team works in the CET timezone, so candidates will need to reside in countries with the same time zone or similar to it and will need to already have permit to work in the country where they are based.

We sincerely thank all applicants in advance for submitting their interest in this opportunity. Airalo is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity, equity & inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations upon request for individuals with disabilities throughout our job interview process.