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Blue Code . Tech & Feel

Senior Backend Engineer - PHP / Laravel

Blue Code . Tech & Feel
Spain · Full-time · Mid-Senior
Blue Code is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer (PHP / Laravel) with strong DevOps skills to join a growing engineering team for our client in Valencia. You'll work closely with a Tech Lead, Product Manager and Designer to build and scale the backend of a modern content operations platform with AI-powered features.

This is a hands-on role combining backend excellence with real DevOps ownership. You'll be part of the engineering team in Spain of this company, originally from the Netherlands.


Responsibilities:


  • Design, build and maintain Laravel/PHP services powering the content operations platform
  • Own and improve AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3), Docker-based deployments and CI/CD pipelines
  • Model and optimize MySQL schemas, queries and indexes for performance at scale
  • Following SOLID principles, modern PHP best practices and cover your work with unit tests (PHPUnit / Pest)
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Design and AI teams to ship features pragmatically



Requirements

  • Minimum 7 years of backend development
  • Strong hands-on expertise with Laravel and modern PHP (8.x)
  • Solid hands-on DevOps experience: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3), Docker and CI/CD pipelines
  • Solid MySQL skills: schema design, query optimization and indexing
  • Experience writing unit tests with PHPUnit or Pest
  • Comfortable with Git workflows (branching, code reviews, rebasing)
  • Effective use of AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) in daily work
  • Product-minded engineer who used to colaborete with designers, PMs and frontend engineers
  • Fluent English (minimum B2) is a must

Nice to Have (but not required)


  • Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform) or Kubernetes
  • Experience with GitLab CI specifically
  • Knowledge / Experience with React or other modern frontend frameworks
  • Experience in startup or scale-up environments
  • Interest in AI-powered products or workflow automation


Benefits

  • Be part of the first engineering team in Valencia of this company
  • Work on a modern, AI-enabled B2B product
  • High trust, low bureaucracy, real ownership
  • Permanent contract from day one
  • Hybrid work model in Valencia
  • Free parking at the office
  • Quarterly trips to Amsterdam for team alignment

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Spain

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Posted
May 13, 2026
Type
Full-time
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
Ribarroja
Company
Blue Code . Tech & Feel

Industries

IT Services IT Consulting

Categories

Information Technology

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