Salla
Senior Backend Engineer
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 10/05/2026
Job overview
Date posted
26/03/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
10/05/2026
Job description
Description": "The Senior Backend Engineer role at Salla involves developing and maintaining backend systems using Laravel, creating robust APIs, implementing server-side logic, ensuring security, optimizing database performance, writing unit tests, performing code reviews, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to scalable architecture. The engineer is expected to follow best practices in object-oriented programming, RESTful service design, and deployment automation, supporting the company's e-commerce platform and ensuring high performance, reliability, and maintainability.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend systems using Laravel
- Design, implement, and maintain APIs and server-side logic
- Optimize database queries and ensure data integrity
- Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality
- Review code contributions and enforce best practices
- Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders
- Implement authentication, authorization, and security best practices
- Monitor and improve application performance and scalability
- Participate in agile development processes and sprint planning
- Deploy and maintain backend services in production environments
Experience & skills
- Proficiency in Laravel and PHP backend development
- Experience with MySQL or relational databases
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design and implementation
- Experience with version control systems, preferably Git
- Knowledge of object-oriented programming and MVC frameworks
- Experience in unit testing and code review processes
- Ability to optimize application performance and database queries
- Understanding of security best practices for backend systems
- Experience in deployment automation and server management
- Ability to work in agile development environments and collaborate with cross-functional teams