Senior Backend Engineer

ASSA ABLOY•New Haven, CT

2d•Remote

About The Position

At ASSA ABLOY, our mission is to make securely accessing the things in your life noticeably easier, without being noticeable. Our global teams work together to create products and services that add everyday simplicity and convenience to our users’ lives. With the ability to control access to what they love the most, we’re able to provide peace of mind through safety and visibility. We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Back-End Engineer Consultant to join our growing digital engineering team and take ownership of high‑visibility, business‑critical initiatives. As a contributor, you will modernize and unify our internal and external digital experiences—powering search, configurators, design tools, and customer‑facing applications used across Sales, Customer Service, Technical Support, Project Management, and our public web platforms. Your work will include integrating our external website search and document search into a unified, intuitive search experience. This enhancement will enable our user community to easily access installation guidance, technical documentation, and product‑related information, while also supporting the development of advanced configuration tools. In this role, you will collaborate closely with our Design Lab team—working within Laravel, static databases, and custom APIs—to connect part configurations, data strings, and complex backend services across our broader digital ecosystem. This position is a long-term contract engagement and will sit remotely and require travel to on-site meetings on occasion in Berlin, CT.

Requirements

Technical ownership experience in managing projects or large features in complex environments.
5+ years of PHP experience, with a focus on Laravel and Python.
Must have experience in PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL or MongoDB to be considered.
Experience with AWS and/or GCP with a good understanding of version control systems, preferably Git.
Proficiency in building and interacting with RESTful APIs.
Demonstrated experience in working hands-on with ElasticSearch (indexing).
Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams (PMs, Designers, Data, Marketers)
Clear technical communication for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Conflict resolution and constructive feedback
Thrive in highly ambiguous business environments
Analytical thinking & structured problem solving
Adaptable to rapidly changing priorities and technologies
Ability to work during Eastern Standard Time hours (9 am to 5 pm).
Must be open to traveling to Berlin, CT for occasional onsite meetings.

Nice To Haves

Fast API
Auth2, JWT, SSO, API key handling
Role-based access control
Profiling & monitoring
Caching strategies (Redis, Memcached)
Load balancing
Horizontal vs vertical scaling
Unit, integration, end-to-end
OpenAPI / Swagger
API versioning
Domain Driven Design (DDD)
Authentication & rate-limiting
Docker
Terraform
Pytest, PHPUnit, or equivalents

Responsibilities

Develop RESTful and Micro services for our backend management services using the Laravel PHP framework and Python.
Design, code, and debug applications to deliver high-quality software solutions.
Write well-designed, efficient, and testable code while ensuring standards compliance.
Test, maintain, refactor, and optimize existing software for improved functionality.
Recommend and implement improvements to enhance the performance and scalability of existing software.
Integrate the backend system with various external APIs by writing appropriate classes.
Troubleshoot and fix technical issues as they arise.
Assist in data standardization and clean up using both manual and automated methods.
Produce technical designs and documentation at different levels of detail.

Benefits

Continuous professional development opportunities and an environment that fosters internal growth and mobility.
Competitive compensation and benefits package which includes multiple healthcare options, tuition reimbursement, and matching 401k.
Generous holiday schedule and paid time off to refresh and recharge.
Employee pricing on our products and discount programs for travel, entertainment, and more!

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