Join a small, well-funded, high-potential tech company that offers excellent pay, unparalleled flexibility, early-employee benefits, and the opportunity to have a significant impact on the future of a fast-growing company. If you want to build user-facing products and help scale a best-in-class software startup to massive growth, this is your chance. AddEvent is a rapidly growing and globally distributed marketing technology SaaS company with team members in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Spain, and Malaysia. Our mission is to get events onto people’s calendars, so that no important moment is ever missed. Our products are used by some of the largest companies in the world, and also by thousands of small businesses and organizations.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Back End with deep experience in PHP and modern back end frameworks who thrives in a collaborative, fast-moving environment where ownership, communication, and trust are essential. You’ll tackle complex problems, balance speed with quality, and take pride in delivering clean, reliable solutions that make the product stronger with every release.

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This is a full-time, fully remote position for someone located within PT to ET time zones. We offer a competitive compensation package that includes salary, equity, and top-tier health, dental, and vision coverage.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

Own projects from start to finish — from scoping requirements to release and post-deployment monitoring in production.
Collaborate closely with product and leadership to understand business goals and translate them into robust technical solutions.
Lead by example by writing clean, well-tested, maintainable code that meets established standards.
Work to detailed specifications, ensuring all required functionality is captured, tested, and resilient across both sunny-day and rainy-day scenarios.
Monitor production releases, proactively identifying anomalies, regressions, or unexpected behavior before they escalate into issues.
Communicate clearly and consistently about progress, blockers, and trade-offs, keeping both technical and non-technical stakeholders aligned.
Mentor and support peers through thoughtful code reviews, guidance, and constructive feedback.
Contribute to architecture and design decisions, balancing performance, maintainability, and delivery speed to ensure long-term platform health.

RequirementsMindset & Soft Skills

Ownership mentality — you take responsibility for outcomes, not just output.
Strong communicator — able to explain complex topics clearly across audiences.
Collaborative problem solver — you seek the best solution, not just your preferred one.
Adaptable — comfortable pivoting when business needs change.
Big-picture thinker — you understand how your work fits into the broader product and business goals.
Trustworthy and dependable — you follow through, deliver on commitments, and inspire confidence.

Technical Must-Haves

7+ years of professional experience in back end software development, with a strong focus on PHP.
Expertise in at least one modern PHP framework (Symfony preferred).
Solid understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and software architecture principles.
Experience with RESTful API design, authentication mechanisms (OAuth, JWT), and API versioning.
Experience designing, building, and maintaining applications on AWS (ECS, ECR, EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS).
Experience with Python and multi-language service architectures.
Deep understanding of MySQL or other relational databases.
Extensive experience with Docker and containerized environments.
Familiarity with DevOps workflows, including builds, releases, and deployments across multiple environments.
Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.

Nice-to-Haves

Experience with JavaScript.
Exposure to high-scale systems (e.g., 60k+ requests/minute or more).
Exposure to microservice and event-driven architectures.
Experience with message queues (e.g., SQS, RabbitMQ etc.).

About you

Meeting the requirements above is imperative, but you will set yourself apart by going above and beyond in the following areas:

You possess and demonstrate integrity. You are honest, direct, and respectful
You embrace, respect, and learn from others' differences
You strive for excellence. Quality and excellence count in everything we do, and it shows
You are passionate about creating incredible customer experiences
You put customers first and recognize that we only succeed when they succeed
You are self-motivated, proactive and positive, with a dedicated work ethic
You have an inquisitive mind and a desire to solve problems, no matter how big or small

To apply, send your application to:

jobs@addevent.com

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