Back-End Developer
Fully remote back-end developer building and optimizing high-load backend services and APIs for gaming platforms — payments, KYC/risk, and user management. Core stack: PHP 8/Laravel plus Go, PostgreSQL/Redis/MongoDB, and Kafka/RabbitMQ microservices; prior iGaming or betting experience is a plus.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Europe
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 3–5+ years of professional back-end development experience (5+ for Senior)
- Strong knowledge of PHP8 and Laravel
- At least 3 years of experience with Go
- Experience with RESTful APIs
- Solid understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB)
- Knowledge of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Solid experience with ELK and unit tests coverage
- Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence
- Understanding of security, authentication, and data protection principles
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
Nice to have
- Experience using ClickHouse
- Experience with Lumen, Laravel Octane, Swagger, Gitlab, New Relic, or Laravel Telescope
- Experience working in high-load or real-time systems (iGaming, fintech, betting, etc.)
Full description
About the Role
We are looking for a skilled Back-End Developer to join our development team. You will design, build, and optimize high-performance backend services powering gaming platforms, and user management modules. The ideal candidate is passionate about clean, scalable architecture and enjoys solving complex technical challenges in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs for gaming, payment, and user systems
Ensure system scalability, reliability, and performance under high load
Integrate third-party services (payments, KYC, risk, game providers)
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices
Participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers
Collaborate with front-end, DevOps, QA, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
Contribute to architectural decisions and technology selection
Optimize database queries and improve data flow efficiency
Monitor and troubleshoot production systems and application performance.
Requirements
Must-have:
3–5+ years of professional experience in back-end development (for Middle/Senior); 5+ years for Senior
Strong knowledge of PHP8 and Laravel
At least 3 years of experience with GO
Experience with RESTful APIs
Solid understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB)
Knowledge of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Solid experience with ELK and Unit Tests coverage
Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence
Understanding of security, authentication, and data protection principles
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
Nice-to-have:
Experience of using Clickhouse
Experience with any of the following: Lumen, Laravel Octane, Swagger, Gitlab, New Relic, Laravel Telescope
Experience working in high-load or real-time systems (iGaming, fintech, betting, etc.) is a big plus.
We offer
Fully remote work opportunity
Enhanced leave benefits:
20 days of paid vacation
5 paid days off
14 paid sick leaves
Company clubs & communities
Celebration gifts for personal milestones
Corporate online events, raffles & challenges
Corporate English program
Corporate yoga classes