Senior Backend Engineer (Laravel / PHP)

webook.com

Amman, Amman Governorate, Jordan permanent

Posted: January 18, 2026

Job Description

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.

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