
Backend Engineer, PHP, Laravel
Oowlish
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Brazil
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About the role
- Collaborate with leading clients in the United States and Europe
- Contribute to pioneering digital solutions
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable server‑side applications
- Ensure system performance, stability, and long‑term maintainability across a growing digital health ecosystem
- Take ownership of backend services and APIs
- Troubleshoot complex production issues
- Optimize database performance
- Contribute to architectural decisions
- Work closely with frontend developers, product managers, QA engineers, and DevOps teams to deliver high‑quality software efficiently
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience with PHP and Laravel
- Strong knowledge of SQL databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
- Experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs
- Ability to write automated API tests
- Experience with Git and collaborative workflows (GitHub)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Docker
- Familiarity with AWS or other cloud environments
- Knowledge of monitoring tools (e.g., Rollbar, CloudWatch)
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Experience in healthcare or telehealth environments
- Experience optimizing legacy systems
- Exposure to scalable distributed architectures
- Familiarity with performance monitoring and observability best practices
Benefits
- Remote work (home office)
- Competitive compensation based on experience
- Career development plans supporting significant growth within the company
- International projects
- Oowlish English Program (technical and conversational)
- Oowlish Fitness with Total Pass
- Games and competitions
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Hard Skills & Tools
PHPLaravelSQLPostgreSQLRESTful APIsautomated API testsGitDockerAWSAgile
Soft Skills
troubleshootingdebuggingcollaborationownershipcommunication