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PHP Backend Engineer

Yerevan, Armenia

Job Type

Full Time, Remote

About the Company

Cheqit is a London-based B2B SaaS company focussed on online ordering systems to change the way people order and pay at restaurants, cafes and bars. We are empowering hospitality operators to engage with their customers and provide an exceptional dining experience while saving time and money with advanced software solutions. At Cheqit we are driving the future of ordering and payments in the hospitality sector.

We are growing our client base quickly and are looking for passionate and experienced backend engineers to join our team and journey in Armenia, where we will be launching the product soon!

About the Role

What are we looking for?

It is not mandatory, but if you have prior experience working on software related to payments, restaurants, or Point of Sale (POS) systems this will be of great interest to us. If you have notable experience in high performance, high availability, distributed architecture, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for driven individuals who have entrepreneurial qualities, innovative mindsets, and enjoy tackling new challenges. We’re looking for candidates with excellent problem-solving, teamwork, and communications skills. You need to have strict attention to detail, be a quick learner, and demonstrate a keen interest in restaurant-tech and financial technology.

Requirements

What you will do:

  • Build a product that transforms the hospitality sector and the way people dine

  • Work in a fast-paced learning environment where you will be able to grow professionally and as an individual

  • Participation in architecture design - Design and implement scalable and high-performing solutions

  • Integrations with third-party services - including POS systems and payment gateways

  • Solve complex problems, perform analysis and development of technical solutions, and approval of business requirements

  • Writing and performing tests


Key technical skills & requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

  • 3+ years of relevant work experience using modern programming languages, frameworks, and technologies.

  • Experience working in an agile and cross-functional team

  • Strong knowledge of PHP

  • Laravel

  • RabbitMQ / Kafka / nats etc queues

  • PostgreSQL

  • Strong communication and time management skills

  • Team player and open-minded

  • Strong attention to detail

  • Working proficiency in English

  • Fluency in Armenian


It will be a plus:

  • Any relevant work experience / CI / CD implementation

  • Go

  • Bash

  • Working proficiency in Russia


What's in it for you?

  • Highly competitive salary

  • Help with relocation

  • Professional growth & learning opportunities


Career Opportunity

A great opportunity to be part of a fast-growing startup with a vision to revolutionize the hospitality sector! You will be working remotely in a small and open team, where you will get significant responsibilities from day one and have the opportunity to develop strong leadership and technical skills. Teamwork and innovation is at our core and through the work we do together we strive to create a supportive, welcoming, and open environment. We look for entrepreneurial and open minded people that always strive to develop themselves.


If you think you are a good match for this position, we would love to hear from you! Please send a copy of your CV and a short cover letter describing your interest in applying for this role and your relevant experiences.


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