Senior Back End Engineer

About the team

Kiloverse is the operational force that helps ventures grow — building the systems, teams, and infrastructure that turn ideas into scalable businesses. Behind every fast-growing product, there’s a group of people who think like owners, act fast, and execute with precision.

Here, you’ll find people who want to break big in their careers — working side by side with entrepreneurs and founders to build ventures that redefine the health, wellness, beauty, or travel industries.

Get ready to

• Work with modern backend tech and help shape a scalable, secure, and reliable e-commerce platform
• Build high-quality backend systems using PHP (Laravel or Symfony) – but we’re open to strong engineers with other backgrounds
• Dive deep into complex domain logic, integrations, and performance challenges
• Take ownership, make architectural decisions, and influence how our backend evolves
• Design clean APIs and work closely with the frontend team (React/Next.js)
• Optimize performance, security, and infrastructure reliability
• Collaborate with product, operations, and frontend engineers
• Mentor others, delegate tasks, and help grow our backend team
• Improve development processes and engineering standards across the platform

• Bring strong backend engineering fundamentals – clean architecture, design patterns, testing
• Have solid experience with PHP, ideally Laravel or Symfony (or be confident you can pick them up fast)
• Be comfortable working beyond your “exact role” and taking initiative across the stack
• Be able to navigate and design complex business/domain logic
• Write reliable tests and follow best engineering practices
• Work autonomously – from system design to deployment and optimization
• Have a curious, open-minded approach and willingness to explore better solutions, not just follow existing ones

• Own your wellness Plus 7 extra days off, 3 for weddings, hybrid work, and the freedom to work 2 months from anywhere in the world
• Shape your growth path Builders never stop learning. Coaching, mentorship, training, conferences, online courses, subscriptions, books – you’ve got a €1100 yearly budget to fuel personal or team growth. You pick the path – we’ll back you all the way
• Drive global impact This is where ambition scales. Build impact across 30+ brands worldwide. Launch bold projects. Even step in as a co-founder – we reward those who push further. And if you bring in more great people, you get €1500 for every successful referral