(Senior) Backend Engineer (m/f/d) - Remote (Spain)

Permanent employee, Full-time * Remote (Spain)

Be our next roadsurfer!

We're on a mission to make vanlife simple, flexible, and inspiring. With Spots, we help our customers discover and book the perfect places to stay with their camper vans - whether it's a remote farm, a scenic vineyard, or a quiet corner by the lake.

Now, we’re taking the next big step: we aim to onboard larger campsites alongside our existing host network - dramatically expanding the variety of stays we can offer. At the same time, we’re refactoring and decoupling our systems to support this scale and flexibility long-term.

To support this evolution, we’re expanding our engineering team. As a (Senior) Backend Engineer in the Spots product area, you’ll be working on the foundation that powers our booking platform. You’ll help us integrate third-party systems, evolve our Symfony-based Pimcore architecture, and contribute to a clean, modular backend setup. You’ll collaborate with product managers and developers across the stack to deliver high-impact features.

The role - Your passion

• Design and implement robust backend features in PHP, with a focus on clean, maintainable architecture

• Develop integrations with external systems to onboard large campsites and design developer-friendly APIs that power our mobile app

• Refactor and decouple tightly coupled system parts to improve scalability and future flexibility

• Extend and maintain our Symfony-based setup, built on Pimcore and CoreShop

• Improve code quality through testing, documentation, and thoughtful refactoring

• Collaborate with cross-functional peers (including mobile developers and product managers) to ship end-to-end features

• Participate in code reviews and take part in architectural discussions

What You Need to Surf the Wave with Us

• 5+ years of experience in PHP backend development, ideally with Symfony

• Strong grasp of modular architecture, clean code, and testing

• Proficient in SQL and familiar with relational databases (e.g. MySQL)

• Comfortable refactoring legacy code and reducing complexity

• Independent, ownership-driven working style

• Thoughtful and pragmatic - you dig deep to understand problems but keep solutions simple

• Fluent in English and a collaborative team player

Bonus Points

• Experience with Pimcore and/or CoreShop

Ready to surf?

We are looking forward to your application! If you have any questions, please drop a message to our recruiting team via [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Join us as we expand the Spots platform to support everything from family-run farms to full-scale campsites - giving campers even more freedom and flexibility. If you enjoy building robust systems, solving integration challenges, and improving developer experience, we’d love to hear from you.

ABOUT #ROADSURFER

We are more than Europe's largest campervan rental company. In 2021 we launched our platform roadsurfer spots in addition to our other products rent, abo and sales – a platform where you can discover and book unique camping spots. But that’s only the beginning. We are growing fast, so hop on board and join us on our journey. The roadsurfer philosophy is simple: rent an RV, start your adventure, be happy. Come ride the wave with us!