Remote Backend Jobs

The Opportunity

You'll be working alongside a Senior Software Engineer who'll help you grow your skills while contributing to products that make a real impact.

You'll work directly with a Senior Software Engineer on our Laravel-based management platform while also collaborating regularly with a wider engineering team on a closely linked project. Plenty of opportunities to learn from others, share your expertise, and work across different technologies and systems.

What you'll be doing

Build great features

• Develop new functionality for our management platform
• Maintain and improve existing features
• Write clean, well-tested code following team standards
• Implement API endpoints and database migrations
• Build frontend functionality using React and Inertia.js
• Fix bugs and tackle technical challenges

Learn and grow

• Learn modern Laravel architecture and best practices
• Gain experience with Redis, queues and Horizon
• Develop expertise in scalable multi-tenant applications
• Receive mentorship from the Senior Software Engineer
• Develop expertise in specialised areas of the platform

Keep things running

• Participate in our low-drama on-call rotation (honestly, downtime is rare)
• Handle production issues during your on-call shifts
• Monitor system health and flag any anomalies
• Help optimise performance where needed

Collaborate with the team

• Work with the Senior Engineer on feature planning and estimation
• Coordinate with frontend and external engineering teams
• Participate in code reviews and learn from feedback
• Communicate progress and challenges clearly
• Share knowledge with team members

What we're looking for

You'll need:

• 2-5 years building software professionally
• 2+ years working with Laravel and PHP
• MySQL or similar relational database experience
• RESTful API development skills
• Git version control
• Understanding of MVC architecture
• Experience writing automated tests
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• To be UK-based (for infrequent office visits to Chesterfield)
• Good at talking to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

We'd love if you also have:

• React or TypeScript experience
• Experience with Inertia.js
• Redis and queue processing experience
• Familiarity with static analysis and automated code quality tools
• Experience working with external APIs and integrations
• Understanding of authentication and security best practices
• Java experience would be a bonus. Part of the role involves maintaining a legacy internal Java application. This is primarily maintenance work rather than greenfield development, and training/support will be provided for anyone willing to learn.

Our Stack

Backend

• Laravel 12 with PHP 8.5
• MySQL
• Redis
• Laravel Horizon
• Laravel Reverb
• MinIO / S3-compatible storage
• Saloon HTTP client
• Sentry monitoring and tracing

Frontend

• React 19 with TypeScript
• Inertia.js
• Tailwind CSS 4
• React Hook Form + Zod
• i18next
• Vite

Development Tooling

• PHPStan (Level 8)
• Pest testing
• Rector
• Laravel Pint
• ESLint + Prettier
• Scramble API docs
• Laravel Telescope + Debugbar

Addooco is an equal opportunities employer.

We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Company Benefits

The good stuff

• Latest MacBook Pro - we want you coding on great hardware
• Fully remote working (we trust you to get the job done)
• Flexible hours between 7AM-10PM (just overlap with the core team 9:30AM-4PM)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Workplace pension scheme

Work-life balance

• Genuinely flexible - need to do the school run? No problem
• Infrequent office visits to Liverpool / Chesterfield (think client demos or team socials)
• On-call rotation that's honestly pretty quiet (we built reliable systems)

Growth and learning

• Learning budget available on request - we back it if it benefits you and the company
• Work alongside engineers with a variety of disciplines
• Shape the technical direction and make meaningful architectural decisions