Job Description

Title: Senior Back end developer

Company: Powercozmo

Industry: B2B eCommerce Platform

Experience: 3+ Years

Employment Type: Full-time


THE JOB LOCATION INITIALLY WILL BE IN AMMAN, JORDAN. THE JOB REQUIRES VALID PASSPORT HOLDERS WHO CAN TRAVEL IMMEDIATELY (within 2-3 days) AND WORK ON-SITE.


Role Overview

We are hiring a Senior Backend Developer (PHP/Laravel)  with 5–10 years of experience  to build and scale backend services for modern web applications. You will work on high-performance APIs, database design, search optimization (Meilisearch), and scalable architecture , collaborating closely with frontend teams using React / Next.js .


Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain Laravel backend systems
  • Build and optimize REST APIs  for web and mobile applications
  • Manage complex MySQL schema design , indexing, and query optimization
  • Implement authentication & authorization  (JWT, OAuth, roles/permissions)
  • Integrate and optimize Meilisearch  for fast search and filtering
  • Work with NoSQL systems  for specific use cases (high-speed reads, logs, analytics, etc.)
  • Improve performance using caching strategies  (Redis preferred)
  • Ensure production readiness using: 
  • logging, monitoring, error tracking
  • clean deployments and rollback strategies
  • Write clean, maintainable code with unit + feature tests
  • Participate in code reviews, architecture planning, and mentoring developers


Required Skills & Experience

  • 5–10 years  backend development experience
  • Strong experience in: 
  • PHP (7/8+)
  • Laravel (8/9/10/11+)
  • Strong knowledge of: 
  • Laravel Eloquent, queues, events, jobs, middleware
  • API development, versioning, rate limiting
  • database normalization and performance tuning
  • Strong experience with MySQL
  • Hands-on experience with search engines : 
  • Meilisearch  (filters, ranking rules, indexing strategies)
  • Working knowledge of NoSQL databases
  • MongoDB / DynamoDB / Firestore (any is fine)
  • Familiar with frontend integration: 
  • React / Next.js (API consumption patterns)
  • Git + best practices for branching, PR reviews



Good to Have (Preferred)

  • Redis caching + queues (Horizon)
  • AWS experience (EC2, S3, IAM roles, Secrets Manager)

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