Senior Backend Engineer (PHP) Lisboa

Senior Backend Engineer (PHP)
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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About Block Labs:

Block Labs is a leading force in the Web3 space, incubating, investing in, and accelerating
- tier fintech, crypto, and i
Gaming projects. Our mission is to shape the future of decentralized technology by partnering with visionary startups to raise funding, refine
- market fit, and grow their audiences. Our diverse team drives innovation using deep industry expertise and an extensive network to empower the next wave of
- driven companies. We are passionate about turning bold ideas into breakthrough success.

Title: Senior Backend Developer (PHP)

Department: Engineering

Location: UK or Europe, Remote

About The Role:

We are building a
-
-
- art, modular,
- tenant i
Gaming platform. This role is central to the engineering team, responsible for developing scalable services, intuitive frontend interfaces, and seamless
- party integrations, including games.

As a Senior Backend Developer, you will work closely with the Tech Lead and
- functional squads to deliver microservices and backend components. A polyglot mindset—comfortable with adapting to different technologies—is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Laravel.
• Collaborate with
  - functional squads to deliver
  - quality features and integrations.
• Build
  - tenant features with clear data separation and high configurability.
• Integrate
  - party APIs and services, including payment processors, game providers, wallets, and analytics tools.
• Ensure system performance, security, and observability.
• Write clean, maintainable code and conduct peer reviews.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment processes.
• Contribute to internal tools and libraries to improve engineering efficiency.

About You:

• 5+ years of experience in backend development with Laravel or other modern PHP frameworks like Symfony or Phalcon.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, REST APIs, and microservices.
• Familiarity with
  - tenant systems, RBAC, and secure backend development.
• Experience with observability practices, structured logging, and distributed systems.
• Comfort working in
  - native environments and using modern Dev
  Ops practices.
• Experience with Java or modern Java
  Script frameworks is a plus.
• Strong communication skills and proactive mindset in remote teams.
• Bonus: experience in the i
  Gaming industry.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting