Kinnovis

Senior Backend Developer

Kinnovis

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Brunn am Gebirge • 🇦🇹 Austria

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Salary

💰 €75,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AzureCloudJavaScriptLaravelPHPTerraformVue.js

About the role

  • Backend Development
  • Design, implement and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs in Laravel (PHP)
  • Ship production-ready code, write tests and perform thorough code reviews
  • Think from the user's perspective before writing any code
  • Implement and maintain integrations with payment gateways, access control systems, CRM platforms and other third-party APIs
  • Optimise performance through profiling, query tuning and caching strategies
  • Use AI-assisted coding tools where appropriate to boost efficiency and maintain quality
  • Improve robustness by enhancing error handling, resilience and reliability
  • Contribute to shared libraries within the mono-repo and keep dependencies healthy
  • Collaborate with frontend engineers ( Vue.js ) to refine API contracts and data models
  • Architecture & System Design
  • Contribute to the evolution of our Laravel architecture within a mono-repo setup
  • Help define modular boundaries, integration patterns and shared model ownership
  • Improve API design, versioning, documentation and decoupling practices
  • Provide architectural input via RFCs, ADRs, design reviews and technical guidelines
  • Collaboration & Ways of Working
  • Align with the frontend team on types, interfaces and data structures
  • Encourage the adoption of AI in the development workflow
  • Collaborate with fellow developers through pairing, reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions
  • DevOps & Infrastructure (Azure)
  • Help guide and improve Azure cloud infrastructure and deployment strategy
  • Promote consistent infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform)
  • Support observability improvements across logging, monitoring and alerting

Requirements

  • 7+ years in backend engineering roles, including recent senior-level ownership
  • Strong expertise in Laravel (PHP) and RESTful API design
  • Ability to apply user-centric thinking when planning, implementing, reviewing and testing features
  • Practical experience in a SaaS environment with shared codebases or mono-repos
  • Extensive experience in designing and maintaining scalable code architectures , leveraging established principles such as Event-Driven Architecture, SOA, DDD, Layered Architecture and Ports and Adapters
  • Proficient in applying Clean Code principles, with a strong focus on DRY, SOLID and SRP
  • Proven experience integrating with external APIs and third-party systems (e.g. payments, access control, CRM)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD , automated testing and DevOps tooling, ideally on Azure
  • Strong collaboration skills — experienced in working effectively within cross-functional teams
  • Excellent communication , facilitation, and documentation skills in German and English.
Benefits
  • Flexible working hours and a hybrid work model
  • A modern, international team that values personal responsibility and clear communication
  • A technically challenging platform in a stable, growing SaaS business
  • A role with a strong mix of hands-on building and meaningful architectural contribution
  • Extensive work on integrations and forward-looking AI initiatives
  • Influence the future of a system that supports real-world operations

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
LaravelPHPRESTful API designEvent-Driven ArchitectureService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)Domain-Driven Design (DDD)Layered ArchitecturePorts and AdaptersClean Code principlesCI/CD
Soft skills
user-centric thinkingcollaborationcommunicationfacilitationdocumentation