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Mowt Features Integrations Pricing Mobile About Start free trial ← All openings Engineering Backend engineer Remote (UK/Europe) or London • Full-time • £110k - £145k + 0.10% - 0.30% equity Apply: [email protected] About the Role We're looking for a backend engineer who lives and breathes Laravel. You'll build APIs that process millions of Stripe transactions, optimize MySQL queries that make databases purr, and design data pipelines that never miss a beat. You'll work on real problems: handling webhook storms from Stripe, making complex analytics queries run in milliseconds, and architecting systems that scale gracefully. We work hard, ship often, and celebrate every successful deploy. And when things break? We fix them together, learn from them, and then grab a beer. What You'll Do Build and maintain Laravel APIs powering our web and mobile apps Design MySQL schemas and write migrations that keep data integrity rock-solid Process millions of Stripe webhooks using AWS Lambda and SQS queues Optimize MySQL and ClickHouse queries for dashboards rendering 100k+ rows Build data transformation pipelines feeding our analytics warehouse Own production systems: deploy, monitor, debug, improve, repeat Collaborate on API design, database architecture, and system scalability What We're Looking For 4+ years building production backends that handle real traffic Expert-level Laravel and PHP knowledge (Eloquent, migrations, queues, events) Deep MySQL skills—you know your indexes from your joins, and your N+1s scare you Experience designing RESTful APIs that frontends actually enjoy using Comfort with asynchronous processing, job queues, and event-driven architectures Solid understanding of web security, data privacy, and best practices Strong communication—you can explain complex systems in simple terms Bonus Points Stripe API integration experience—you've handled webhooks, idempotency, retries AWS Lambda, SQS, or serverless architecture experience ClickHouse, Redshift, or analytics database experience Built or maintained ETL/data pipeline systems Some frontend familiarity (TypeScript, React)—you get the full picture Early-stage startup experience—you've built things from scratch before Our Tech Stack Backend Laravel / PHP 8.3 MySQL 8.0 ClickHouse Redis APIs & Data Stripe API RESTful APIs Webhooks Job Queues Infrastructure AWS (Lambda, SQS, RDS) Docker GitHub Actions CloudWatch Compensation & Benefits → Salary: £110,000 - £145,000 based on experience → Equity: 0.10% - 0.30% (early employee grant) → Health: Private medical insurance (Vitality or Bupa) → Time Off: 25 days + UK bank holidays + unlimited sick leave → Pension: 5% employer contribution → Learning: £2,000/year professional development budget → Equipment: Latest MacBook Pro + accessories How to Apply Send your resume and a brief note about why you're interested to careers [at] mowt.com with "Backend Engineer" in the subject line. Include links to your GitHub, interesting projects you've built, or code you're proud of. Bonus points for showing us a gnarly database optimization you pulled off. We respond to everyone within 3 business days. Apply: [email protected] 7-day free trial Get started with Mowt No credit card required. Connect Stripe in 1 click. Business Name * Your Name * Email * Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) * Select your MRR range $0 - $10k USD $10k - $50k USD $50k - $100k USD $100k - $250k USD $250k - $500k USD $500k+ USD Start 7-day trial No credit card required Coming soon Mobile apps in development We're building iOS and Android apps that'll bring your metrics everywhere. Our mobile apps are currently in active development. Follow us on social media for updates and be the first to know when they launch. What to expect • Full dashboard parity with web app • Real-time sync with Stripe • Biometric authentication • Push notifications for key metrics Follow for updates Launching Q2 2026 Your report card A one-page PDF of your numbers — fully on brand. Download PDF Mowt SaaS report card Metric Report card Your inputs Result — — Formula Stop calculating. Start tracking. Mowt syncs MRR, churn, LTV & growth from Stripe — updated daily, no spreadsheets.
What this role is, and what else it is called
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About hiring at Mowt
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