Backend Developer

Backend Developer
Vila Nova de Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Portugal

At Curiouz , we’re building the tech backbone of the vintage furniture world – a platform that connects the best dealers on the planet with design lovers and trade buyers, while making circular design easier, smarter, and more transparent.

We’re now looking for a Back End Developer to help us scale our marketplace, integrate with key tools (like Shopify), and power logistics and verification systems that sit behind the scenes of every beautiful piece that goes live on Curiouz.

If you love clean, reliable code and the idea of giving second (and third) lives to design icons, keep reading.

What you’ll work on You will be responsible for building and maintaining the “invisible” side of Curiouz – the APIs, integrations, and services that make the platform feel simple for our users:

Develop and maintain
- end services in PHP (Laravel)

Design and optimise My
SQL data models, complex queries, and performance

Build and consume REST APIs used by our front end, internal tools, and partners

Implement and maintain system integrations (internal tools, logistics, payments, etc. )

Work with Graph
QL and Shopify integrations to support our marketplace and B2B flows

Contribute to and maintain automated tests to keep our platform stable as we grow

Support deployment and hosting workflows ( Cloudways , Vercel ) and help improve our CI/CD practices

Collaborate closely with our product,
- end, and operations teams to turn real marketplace needs into robust technical solutions

What we’re looking for (hard skills) You’ll be a great fit technically if you have:

Solid experience with PHP and the Laravel framework

Strong SQL/My
SQL skills: data modeling, complex queries, and query optimisation

Experience with REST API development and integration

Experience with system integrations (third-party services, internal APIs, etc. )

A strong foundation in logic and algorithms

Experience with Graph
QL and Shopify integrations

Familiarity with Cloudways

Knowledge of automated testing (e. G. PHPUnit, Pest or similar)

Experience with deployment and hosting on Vercel (or similar platforms)

What we’d love (soft stuff) You’re curious by nature – you like understanding the “why” behind a feature, not just the “what”.

You care about code quality and
- term maintainability, not just quick fixes.

You’re comfortable working in a
- moving,
- stage environment with changing priorities.

You communicate clearly and proactively with
- technical teammates.

You’re excited by design, culture, and/or sustainability (or at least a bit intrigued!)

Why join Curiouz? Help build the
- to platform for vintage furniture

Work closely with founders and have a real say in technical and product decisions

Be part of a small, ambitious, and very human team

Join a mission that blends technology, design heritage, and circular economy

How to apply Send us:

Your CV

Links to Git
Hub or any relevant code samples (if available)

Stay curious – and if this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!