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As Arrive, we guide customers and communities towards brighter futures and more livable cities, it isn’t a challenge just anyone could take on. Luckily, we have something to help us make it happen. Our people and our values. We Arrive Curious, Focused and Together. Just as our entire brand is inspired by the North Star, the shining light leading travelers to their destinations since time began, our values guide us. They help us be at our best. For our customers. For the cities and communities we serve. For ourselves. As a global team, we are transforming urban mobility. Let’s grow better, together.

The Role

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll design and build scalable backend services, APIs and infrastructure that enable pricing capabilities and revenue growth. Working closely with Product, Pricing, Data and Engineering teams, you'll translate commercial ideas into robust technical solutions while helping shape the future architecture of our revenue platform. This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll take ownership of solutions from design through to delivery, working on systems that directly impact business performance.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, develop and maintain scalable backend services using PHP and Laravel.

• Build APIs and backend infrastructure that support pricing, revenue and marketplace functionality.

• Develop and maintain operational data models and data pipelines.

• Work closely with the Head of Pricing to implement commercial initiatives and new pricing capabilities.

• Build reliable, scalable and observable systems using modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing and monitoring.

• Contribute to technical design, architecture discussions and peer reviews.

• Continuously improve the performance, scalability and resilience of revenue-critical systems.

About You

You'll be an experienced backend engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems and working collaboratively across teams.

You'll ideally have:

• 5+ years' experience building production backend systems

• Strong commercial experience with PHP and Laravel

• Experience building scalable backend services and REST APIs

• Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases

• Familiarity with AWS or similar cloud environments

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing

• Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability and system design

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• A proactive mindset with the ability to work independently and take ownership..

Nice to Have

Experience with any of the following would be beneficial, but isn't essential:

• Pricing or revenue optimisation platforms

• Marketplace or e-commerce environments

• Data pipelines or operational data models

• Modern data tooling or orchestration platforms

• Experimentation or A/B testing platforms

• Exposure to machine learning workflows or analytics platforms

Why Join Arrive?

This is an opportunity to build technology that has a direct impact on revenue, customer experience and the future of urban mobility.

You'll work alongside talented Product, Pricing and Engineering teams, influence technical decisions, and help deliver scalable solutions that support one of the UK's leading mobility platforms.

If you're an experienced backend engineer looking for a role where your work will have measurable business impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Hybrid working role based in our London offices (SE1): 3 Days in the office, 2 days from home per week