Senior Back-End Developer

at  CargoSnap

At Cargosnap we’re looking for a Senior Back-End Developer to join our tech team.
Full-time · Utrecht (HQ)
Are you a seasoned Laravel developer with a passion for building high-performance, scalable, and secure web applications? Cargosnap is looking for an experienced developer to join our team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work on mission-critical systems that drive our business forward. If you’re proactive, collaborative, and have a deep understanding of Laravel, we want to hear from you.

ABOUT YOU

We’re looking for someone with extensive experience in Laravel and a background in building scalable, high-availability applications. You should have a proactive mindset, focusing on optimizing performance and collaborating across teams.

Key qualifications:

• Experience: 5-8 years of experience in web development, with a focus on Laravel and SaaS environments.
• Laravel Mastery: Deep knowledge of Laravel, including new versions and features, and experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).
• Performance-Oriented: Proven track record of optimizing high-traffic applications for performance and availability.
• Problem Solver: Skilled at diagnosing complex infrastructure challenges and proposing innovative solutions.
• Collaborative: Able to work closely with frontend (Vue), and app development teams (React Native).
• Proactive: Always looking for ways to improve system scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Security-Focused: Experience implementing security measures (CSRF, XSS, SQL Injection) and maintaining secure systems.
• Excellent Communicator: Capable of explaining technical decisions and optimizations to both technical and non-technical teams.
• A good eye for Developer quality of life: Knowing when and how to invest time and resources in the process rather than the codebase itself.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE (NICE TO HAVE):

• DevOps Knowledge: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, or Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Monitoring & Alerting: Familiarity with tools like New Relic, Datadog, Sentry or Laravel-specific tools (Telescope).
• High-Scale Projects: Experience working on high-traffic applications in industries like e-commerce or SaaS.

• Laravel Expertise: Utilize deep knowledge of Laravel, including Eloquent ORM, Middleware, Service Providers, and Queues.
• High-Availability Applications: Design and maintain high-traffic, large-scale web applications with a focus on uptime.
• Queues and Workers: Manage background job processing using Laravel’s queue system (Redis, SQS) to optimize performance.
• Experience with Async processes through message brokers: (Rabbit MQ, Kafka)
• Performance Optimization: Optimize databases, implement caching strategies, and use profiling tools to enhance performance.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Use monitoring tools (New Relic, Datadog, Sentry) to identify inefficiencies and propose improvements