Backend Lead

Vacancy: Backend Team Lead

About Us

Prime Insights is a Sweden-based technology company reaching millions of diverse users through our proprietary Market Research Panel. Our innovative technology supports our international community and gives our members a world-class survey taking experience.

Our mission is to match our authentic members to our client's market research surveys which allows our clients to achieve meaningful insights from the sample we deliver via online quantitative research. Members are rewarded with meaningful incentives, ensuring their sincere participation.

Your Role:

As a Backend Team Lead, you will drive the architectural direction, development, and optimization of our backend systems. You’ll lead a team of skilled developers while staying hands-on with complex backend challenges. Your role will focus on ensuring the scalability, reliability, and high performance of systems that handle millions of requests per day.

You will:

• Lead, mentor, and guide backend developers to deliver high-quality solutions
• Oversee system architecture decisions and ensure best engineering practices
• Design, develop, and optimize APIs with high traffic and strict performance requirements
• Integrate external services and APIs, ensuring seamless and secure communication
• Analyze existing systems for bottlenecks and lead critical optimization initiatives

Your Skills

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in PHP/Laravel and RESTful API development
• Proven experience leading or mentoring engineering teams
• Strong proficiency in SQL and handling high-volume, high-performance databases
• Solid understanding of Docker, Git, and modern development workflows
• Deep knowledge of data structures and system optimization techniques
• Ability to architect and scale backend systems used by millions of users
• Strong problem-solving abilities with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset
• Curiosity and eagerness to explore new tools and technologies
• Excellent communication skills in English (written and verbal)

Nice to Have

• In-depth knowledge of the Laravel ecosystem
• Experience with event buses and queues for asynchronous communication
• Familiarity with additional programming languages

❗Important: We are not considering freelancers or engineers working on multiple projects simultaneously. This is a full-time position for a dedicated professional who’s ready to fully commit to a single product ecosystem and contribute meaningfully to its long-term success.