Flexihire Talent is partnering with a fast-growing B2B SaaS company in the healthcare/fintech space (HQ: Chicago) to hire a Senior Backend Developer. You’ll play a critical role in scaling a large Laravel-based backend into a modern, modular, and reliable architecture that powers mission-critical workflows.

We’re looking for an experienced PHP/Laravel engineer (5+ years) with a strong testing mindset, containerization expertise, and a passion for building scalable, high-performance systems.

Timezone - EST (4 hours overlap)

🔹 What You’ll Work On

• Refactor & scale a large Laravel monolith toward microservices
• Collaborate with senior engineers on performance tuning, data, and integrations
• Optimize and improve database throughput and reliability (MySQL clusters, Redis, queues)
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code (PHPUnit) and review peers’ work
• Profile, monitor, and improve critical system paths and observability
• Integrate third-party services to extend enterprise functionality
• Leverage AI-powered coding & testing tools (we provide them) to accelerate delivery and improve quality

🔹 Tech Stack

• Backend: Laravel, GoLang, PHPUnit
• Frontend: Angular
• Databases & Queues: MySQL (clustered), Redis, RabbitMQ/Kafka (nice to have)
• Infra & Tools: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git

🔹 About the Company

You’ll be joining a global product & engineering team of 19 (CTO, Engineers, PM, QA) working on “Workflows,” their automation platform at a pivotal growth stage.

• Remote-first & flexible
• Fast-moving with low bureaucracy
• Equipped with premium AI developer tools to maximize impact

🔹 What You’ll Get

• 💰 Salary: $70K–80K USD (full-time)
• 🌍 100% Remote work
• 🎂 Birthday PTO – 1 day, immediate
• 🩺 Sick Leave – 3 days/year after 6 months (with doctor’s note)
• 🌴 Vacation PTO – 10 days/year after 1 year (subject to HR approval)

🔹 Recruitment Process

1. Resume submission
2. Recruiter pre-screening
3. Technical Interview (1)
4. Technical Interview (2)
5. Leadership Call