Backend Developer

Full-time Remote Remote $80,000 – $110,000

Engineering
• Posted March 22, 2026

Our backend team owns the APIs, queues, and data pipelines that underpin Tek Valley's platform. You will design and ship reliable PHP/Laravel services, collaborate with frontend engineers on API contracts, and help the team maintain high availability across production environments.

• Design and build RESTful and Graph
  
  QL APIs in PHP/Laravel
• Write database migrations and optimise MySQL query performance
• Implement background job queues (Laravel Horizon / Redis)
• Build and maintain third-party API integrations (Meta, Google, Hub Spot)
• Write thorough unit and integration tests
• Participate in architecture reviews and on-call rotations
• Document services and maintain internal runbooks

• 4+ years PHP backend development
• Deep Laravel or Symfony experience
• Strong MySQL / query optimisation skills
• Experience with Redis and queue systems
• Comfort with Docker and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with REST API design best practices
• Bonus:
  Graph
  
  QL, AWS Lambda, or microservices experience

$2,000 Learning Budget

Mac Book Pro + home-office budget

Flexible PTO

On-call compensation

Annual company retreat

To ensure this role is the right fit, we'll ask about:

• Describe the most complex API or service you have built. What were the key design decisions?
• How do you approach database query optimisation when performance degrades?

Plus your basic information, resume, and work authorization status.