Senior Backend Engineer (PHP / Laravel)CA Remote anywhere Canada (must live in Canada already) | Engineering
High-growth sports gaming startup
A fast-growing gaming platform is looking for a
Senior Backend Engineer to help scale their core betting platform. This is a high-impact role focused on
PHP / Laravel, powering the systems that support millions of users across multiple products.
What you'll do - Build and scale a Laravel-based platform powering core business logic
- Write clean, reliable backend systems used by real customers
- Contribute to internal tools in Python
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver new features
- Improve deployments, infrastructure, and engineering processes
- Work in a remote team with other experienced backend engineers
Tech PHP • Laravel • Python • SQL
Bonus: AWS • Docker • Kubernetes • CI/CD
Who you are - Strong PHP skills with deep Laravel experience
- Solid understanding of databases and system design
- Comfortable working remotely in a collaborative team
- Takes ownership and delivers high-quality, maintainable code
Nice to have: DevOps experience, async systems, JVM languages.
Why this role is exciting - Real ownership of core backend systems
- Build for a platform used by millions of users
- Fast-growing company with new products and markets
- Remote-friendly setup with an experienced engineering team
If you're a strong Laravel engineer ready to take ownership and scale real systems, let's connect.
