Arrive

Senior Backend Engineer - PHP

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site · FullTime

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EmployerArrive
LocationBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Work styleOn-site
Employment typeFullTime
Employer posted1 month ago

We’ve signed up to an ambitious journey. Join us!

As Arrive, we guide customers and communities towards brighter futures and more livable cities, it isn’t a challenge just anyone could take on. Luckily, we have something to help us make it happen. Our people and our values. We Arrive Curious, Focused and Together. Just as our entire brand is inspired by the North Star, the shining light leading travelers to their destinations since time began, our values guide us. They help us be at our best. For our customers. For the cities and communities we serve. For ourselves. As a global team, we are transforming urban mobility. Let’s grow better, together.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with deep expertise in PHP 8+ and Laravel. You will be a key architect in our shift toward a robust microservices and event-driven architecture. This isn’t just a "coding" role; we expect our seniors to be platform-aware, helping us move away from a "throw it over the wall" culture to one of true engineering ownership.

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Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Development: Design and implement scalable microservices using PHP 8.4 and Laravel.

Infrastructure Ownership: Leverage AWS and Docker to deploy and manage services. We value engineers who can navigate container orchestration independently.

Data Integrity: Optimize MySQL for transactional reliability and utilize MongoDB or Redis for high-performance data needs.

Event-Driven Design: Build decoupled systems using asynchronous patterns (SQS/Event systems) to ensure marketplace resilience.

Testing & Quality: Implement TDD (Unit and Integration) to protect our core revenue streams.

Required Skills:

5-8 years of Development experience

Essential: Strong proficiency in PHP 8+ / Laravel, MySQL, and Docker.

Experience: Proven track record in Microservices and Event-Driven Design.

Cloud: Solid understanding of AWS core services.

Desirable (The "Platform-Aware" edge): Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform).

Knowledge of GoLang for high-performance services or Lambdas.

Experience with OpenSearch and Redis.

Familiarity with VueJS to assist in full-stack collaboration. ○ Knowledge of Kubernetes.

About Arrive

Arrive, including brands like EasyPark, Flowbird, RingGo, ParkMobile and Parkopedia, is a leading global mobility platform. Present in over 90 countries and 20,000 cities, the company helps people and decision-makers make smarter decisions about urban mobility and ease the experience of travel worldwide. Arrive delivers a unique combination of the core ingredients to make cities more livable: from smart payments and optimized car parks to data-driven traffic reduction and support for reinvestment in public transport and green space. It’s about more than function, it’s about saving time and simplifying the experience of travel for everyone. Travel is more than a journey, it’s how you Arrive.

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