Frontify
Senior Backend Engineer- Developer Experience
Remote Backend Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedJul 10, 2026
Eligible countries1 accepted country
Seniority signalSenior
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
Switzerland
Role overview
Senior Backend Engineer- Developer Experience
Requirements and responsibilities
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Your responsibilities
- You will work with an experienced team to design, develop and implement hyperscaling solutions to third party systems, increasing the extensibility of our systems and supporting external developers through great documentation.
- You will build and refine API interfaces and service communications, ensuring clarity, scalability, and adaptability.
- You’ll collaborate across teams to create efficient contracts and interfaces, leveraging your generalist mindset to approach varied challenges when supporting external developers.
- You will maintain and enhance existing solutions, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
- You will partner closely with product management, design, and engineering toward viable product development changes from discovery to delivery.
- You’ll coach and mentor fellow engineers through pair programming, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
Your story
- You can work remotely from anywhere in Switzerland or on-site in our St. Gallen office – or even mix it up during the week! Choose where to work from that works best for you.
- You have a deep understanding of API design, including RESTful, GraphQL and best practices/principles for structuring efficient, secure, scalable and maintainable APIs as well as networking and web application layer protocols.
- You have strong experience in web-application backend development, in languages such as PHP, Java, Python, Go or equivalent, and eager to use PHP as your daily driver.
- You have knowledge of relational database management systems and SQL, preferably MySQL.
- You are familiar with how to build software end to end with a firm understanding of the frontend with exposure to React.
- You're skilled in writing unit and integration tests, with a solid grasp of error handling, logging, and observability.
- You have experience in contract and interface definition, ensuring consistent and maintainable code.
- You’re familiar with testing frameworks and have a deep understanding of component composition, reusability, accessibility, maintainability and performance best practices.
- You thrive in a collaborative and growing environment, embracing feedback and continuous improvement.
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