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Senior Back End Developer

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  • Level
    Senior
  • Job Field
    Web, IT, DevOps, Back End
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment
  • Salary
    from 68.000 € Gross/Year
  • Location
    Brunn am Gebirge
  • Working Model
    Hybrid
  • Job Summary

    In this role, you will develop backend services and RESTful APIs using Laravel, optimize the architecture, collaborate with frontend teams, and integrate AI features into our SaaS platform.

    Job Technologies

    Your role in the team

    We’re looking for aSenior Backend Developerwith astrong architectural mindsetto help us evolve our Laravel-based SaaS platform. The position works in ahybrid work model(one office day per month). This is a hands-on role with a clear balance of responsibilities:

    • building, reviewing and optimising backend features inLaravel
    • creating, extending and maintaining ourarchitecture and system designensuring the platform remains scalable, decoupled, and easy to change

    You’ll work closely with fellow developers, product and the CTO to deliver high-quality code, shape key technical decisions, keep the team aligned on standards and best practices, and drive complexintegrations with third-party systemswhile leading AI-related initiatives — fromembedding AI features into our product to using AI-assisted developmenttools to accelerate delivery.

    Backend Development

    • Design, implement and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs inLaravel (PHP)
    • Ship production-ready code, write tests and perform thorough code reviews
    • Optimize performance through profiling, query tuning, and caching strategies.
    • Implement and maintain integrations with payment gateways, access control systems, CRM platforms, and other third-party APIs.
    • 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 backend and frontend teams on conventions, shared libraries, and contribution rules.
    • Participate in architectural syncs, raise technical risks early, and propose pragmatic solutions.
    • Encourage the adoption of AI in the development workflow
    • Mentor peers 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 (ARM/Bicep/Terraform)
    • Support observability improvements across logging, monitoring, and alerting

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    Responsibility Distribution

    • New Features

    • Maintenance, Bugfixing

    • Documentation

    • Organisation

    • Meetings

    Our expectations of you

    Qualifications

    • (MUST) Strong expertise inLaravel (PHP)and RESTful API design
    • (MUSS) Versiert im AnwendenClean Codeprinciples, with a strong focus on DRY, SOLID and SRP
    • (MUSS) Vertrautheit mitCI/CD, automated testing and DevOps tooling, ideally onAzure
    • (MUST)Strong collaboration skills— experienced in working effectively within cross-functional teams
    • (MUST)Excellent communication, facilitation, and documentation skills in German and English
    • (Nice-to-have) Exposure to Domain-Driven Design or modular monolith patterns
    • (Nice-to-have) Working knowledge of Vue.js and frontend system structure

    Experience

    • (MUST)5+ years in backend engineering rolesincluding recentsenior-level ownership
    • (MUST) Practical experience in aSaaSenvironment withshared codebases or mono-repos
    • (MUST) Extensive experience indesigning and maintaining scalable code architecturesleveraging established principles such as Event-Driven Architecture, SOA, DDD, Layered Architecture, and Ports and Adapters
    • (MUST) Proven experience integrating with external APIs and third-party systems (e.g., payments, access control, CRM)
    • (Nice-to-have) Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Bicep, ARM, Terraform)

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    • Location Brunn am Gebirge

      Location Brunn am Gebirge

      Heinrich-Bablik-Strasse 17

      2345 Brunn am Gebirge

      Austria

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    Kinnovis

    Kinnovis

    Brunn Am Gebirge

    We’re Kinnovis, a fast-growing and family-run B2B SaaS company on a mission to modernize the self-storage industry with smart, automated software solutions. Our headquarters is in Vienna, Austria, and our international team is based in Austria, the UK, Slovenia, Spain and France. As one of Europe’s leading software providers in our niche, we help self-storage operators manage their facilities efficiently through smart, automated software. Currently, we serve clients in 18+ countries, and we are in a phase of fast growth and keep expanding. What sets us apart? Kinnovis is a family business. We are not dependent on investors; therefore the decision-making process is very lean. Every decision is taken inside the team.

    Description

  • Company Size
    1-49 Employees
  • Founding year
    2018
  • Language
    German, English
  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Working Model
    Hybrid
  • Industry
    Internet, IT, Telecommunication, Other Sectors
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    Senior Back End Developer

    Salary
    from 68.000 € Gross/Year
    Location
    Brunn am Gebirge
    Working Model
    Hybrid
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