What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Backend Engineer - PHP/Laravel position at Prestige Staffing?
Senior Backend Engineer - PHP/Laravel
Pay: $50 - $75 per hour
Location: Hybrid (Remote/In-office)
Summary
Join a dynamic and rapidly growing brand as a Senior Backend Engineer, contributing to the development of the groundbreaking 1st Phorm mobile web fitness app. This full-featured platform empowers users to track nutrition, log workouts, monitor progress, and receive personalized coaching—supporting their fitness journey with detailed macro calculations, extensive food databases, custom workout plans, and daily accountability check-ins. Be part of a team committed to building reliable, fast, and scalable backend solutions that serve an engaged user base every day.
Requirements
Pay: $50 - $75 per hour
Location: Hybrid (Remote/In-office)
Summary
Join a dynamic and rapidly growing brand as a Senior Backend Engineer, contributing to the development of the groundbreaking 1st Phorm mobile web fitness app. This full-featured platform empowers users to track nutrition, log workouts, monitor progress, and receive personalized coaching—supporting their fitness journey with detailed macro calculations, extensive food databases, custom workout plans, and daily accountability check-ins. Be part of a team committed to building reliable, fast, and scalable backend solutions that serve an engaged user base every day.
Requirements
- 5 years of backend engineering experience
- Proven leadership experience as a tech lead or senior lead
- Strong proficiency in PHP and Laravel framework
- Extensive AWS production environment experience
- Proficiency with MySQL and JSON APIs
- Ability to plan carefully, communicate effectively, and deliver on deadlines
- Design, develop, and maintain the backend architecture of the fitness platform
- Lead backend development projects and coordinate with cross-functional teams
- Ensure the backend services are reliable, scalable, and performant
- Collaborate on API development to support mobile and web functionalities
- Optimize database queries and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS
- Write clean, maintainable code adhering to best practices
- Participate in code reviews and mentorship of junior team members
- Be part of a cool, growing brand at the forefront of fitness technology
- Work on an innovative product with meaningful impact on users’ health and fitness journeys
- Flexible hybrid work environment
- Competitive hourly compensation
- Opportunity for long-term employment after contract completion
Salary : $50 - $75