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About the Opportunity
They are building an AI-first engineering team focused on creating scalable financial technology products in the Swiss real estate investment market. Their platform enables thousands of investors to co-invest in income-generating real estate and financing opportunities.
The engineering culture is built around Extreme Programming (XP), Test-Driven Development (TDD), short iteration cycles, and AI-assisted software development. They are looking for an experienced backend engineer who doesn't just write code - but knows how to leverage modern AI development tools to deliver exceptional results.
This is a role for someone who enjoys ownership, high engineering standards, and moving fast without compromising quality.
What You'll Do
- Design and build scalable backend services using Laravel and PHP.
- Develop clean, maintainable, high-performance code capable of handling high concurrency.
- Practice Test-Driven Development (TDD) using Pest and PHPUnit.
- Own backend architecture from implementation to deployment.
- Deploy and maintain applications on Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Cloud Build).
- Optimize databases, queries, indexing, and API performance.
- Monitor production systems, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve the codebase.
- Collaborate closely with frontend developers, QA, Product Manager, UX Designer, and CTO in a small, highly collaborative engineering team.
AI-First Development
AI is a core part of their engineering workflow - not an optional productivity tool.
They are looking for developers who can effectively use modern AI coding assistants such as: OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and similar AI-powered development tools.
The ideal candidate understands:
- prompt engineering for software development
- building rich context for AI assistants
- multi-agent workflows
- system prompts
- AI-assisted debugging
- AI-assisted architecture and code reviews
They value engineers who understand how and why AI generates code, not those who simply ask an AI to generate a feature and copy-paste the output.
Must-Have Skills
- 5+ years of professional PHP development
- Extensive commercial experience with Laravel
- Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming
- Solid experience with REST APIs
- PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Docker, Cloud Build)
- Strong understanding of software architecture and clean code principles
- Experience with TDD (Pest/PHPUnit)
- Excellent English communication skills (B2+ or higher)
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
Nice to Have
- Laravel Horizon
- Laravel Pulse
- GitHub Actions
- Experience contributing to open-source projects
- Experience with Google Antigravity (currently a plus rather than a requirement)
What They're Looking For
Beyond technical skills, they value developers who:
- Deliver significantly more than the average engineer by effectively combining deep technical expertise with AI-powered workflows.
- Think critically about AI-generated code rather than accepting it blindly.
- Build structured prompts, reusable context, and efficient development workflows.
- Take ownership and enjoy solving complex engineering problems.
- Communicate well and collaborate effectively within a fast-moving team.
Years of experience alone won't impress them - they're much more interested in how you work, how you think, and how effectively you leverage modern engineering tools.
Tech Stack: PHP, Laravel, Angular, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), PostgreSQL, Docker, REST APIs, Pest, PHPUnit, GitHub, AI coding tools (Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot)
Engineering Culture
The team consists of 9 people: CTO, 3 Backend Developers, 2 Frontend Developers, QA Engineer, Product Manager, UX Designer
They follow Extreme Programming (XP) practices rather than traditional Scrum. Expect:
- TDD-first development
- One-week development iterations
- High engineering standards
- Rapid feedback loops
- Linear instead of Jira
- Continuous improvement over process overhead
Why Join?
- Work on a modern AI-first engineering team.
- Influence architecture and technical decisions from day one.
- Access to the latest AI development tools and subscriptions.
- Google Cloud infrastructure and modern engineering practices.
- Small team with direct access to decision-makers.
Opportunity to build products used by a growing community of more than 27,000 investors.
Ready to Build the Future of AI-Assisted Software Development?
If you're an experienced Laravel engineer who combines strong backend expertise with a thoughtful, AI-powered development workflow, we'd love to hear from you.- Apply today and show us not just what you've built - but how you build it.
