We are seeking a Backend Engineer to join a high-scale engineering environment powering a global digital gaming marketplace and a portfolio of new products. Based in the Netherlands with remote work options, you will join a cross-functional team of backend, frontend, mobile, design, and data specialists. In this role you will contribute to a modern microservices ecosystem with over 100 services and influence technical decisions, architectural direction, and engineering practices. Your work will have a direct impact on products used by millions of customers.

Accountabilities: - Design, build, scale, and maintain reliable backend services using PHP and Symfony within a large microservices architecture. - Develop and deliver product features with a focus on scalability, performance, reliability, and user experience. - Contribute to architectural discussions and shape solutions for distributed-system challenges. - Work with technologies including GraphQL, Golang, Temporal, Saga orchestration, and established service design patterns. - Collaborate with frontend, mobile, design, data, and platform engineering teams to deliver high-quality products. - Improve engineering practices, code quality, observability, and system resilience across the technology ecosystem. - Take ownership of technical problems from investigation through implementation and continuously improve team workflows.

Requirements

8+ years of professional backend engineering experience with distributed systems.
Strong expertise in PHP and Symfony, with experience using m

About the role

Backend Engineer, PHP

We are seeking a Backend Engineer to join a high-scale engineering environment powering a global digital gaming marketplace and a portfolio of new products. Based in the Netherlands with remote work options, you will join a cross-functional team of backend, frontend, mobile, design, and data specialists. In this role you will contribute to a modern microservices ecosystem with over 100 services and influence technical decisions, architectural direction, and engineering practices. Your work will have a direct impact on products used by millions of customers.

Accountabilities: - Design, build, scale, and maintain reliable backend services using PHP and Symfony within a large microservices architecture. - Develop and deliver product features with a focus on scalability, performance, reliability, and user experience. - Contribute to architectural discussions and shape solutions for distributed-system challenges. - Work with technologies including GraphQL, Golang, Temporal, Saga orchestration, and established service design patterns. - Collaborate with frontend, mobile, design, data, and platform engineering teams to deliver high-quality products. - Improve engineering practices, code quality, observability, and system resilience across the technology ecosystem. - Take ownership of technical problems from investigation through implementation and continuously improve team workflows.