Do you want to love what you do at work Do you want to make a difference, an impact, transform peoples lives Do you want to work with a team that believes in disrupting the normal, boring, and average
If yes, then this is the job you're looking for ,webook.com is Saudi's #1 event ticketing and experience booking platforms in terms of technology, features, agility, revenue serving some of the largest mega events in the Kingdom surpassing over 2 billion sales.
Role Overview
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will own complex backend features, improve system architecture, and ensure performance, scalability, and reliability. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute significantly to technical decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure backend systems using Laravel
- Own backend features end-to-end, from design to production
- Design and optimize RESTful APIs and backend workflows
- Architect and optimize database, caching, and performance strategies
- Troubleshoot production issues and improve system reliability
- Collaborate with Product and Operations teams on roadmap execution
- Review code, mentor junior engineers, and improve engineering quality
- Create and maintain technical documentation and architecture diagrams
Technical Skills
- Strong expertise in PHP, Laravel, and backend best practices
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including MongoDB
- Deep understanding of RESTful API design and security
- Experience with caching, performance tuning, and scalability
- Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
- Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Laravel/PHP backend developer
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Proven experience working on production-scale systems
- Experience mentoring junior engineers.
Bonus / Nice-to-Have (Cloud & Platform Knowledge)
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments
- Knowledge of Docker and container-based deployments
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployments
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools
- Understanding of load balancing, autoscaling, and caching layers
- Basic exposure to infrastructure-as-code concepts
