Backend Software Engineer

Who We Are

NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionizing access to performance-based capital, we empower the world’s most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm—220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.

Your Role in Our Mission

We are looking for a highly experienced Backend Developer who thrives in solving complex challenges around system scalability, distributed architecture, large dataset processing, and real-time performance. You will be instrumental in building backend systems that are secure, scalable, and fault-tolerant, while handling millions of requests, high concurrency, and real-world financial transactions.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Backend Architecture & Development

• Design and build scalable backend systems to handle high-load, low-latency environments.

• Develop and maintain modular microservices that connect with internal APIs, databases, and third-party platforms.

• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code using PHP (Laravel) with best development practices.

Database & Performance Optimization

• Optimize database performance on large datasets (MySQL/PostgreSQL) using indexing, partitioning, and sharding.

• Implement efficient caching strategies with Redis to reduce response times and system load.

• Design and maintain robust database schemas aligned with business requirements.

Asynchronous Processing & System Reliability

• Introduce and maintain message-based architectures using RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar queuing systems.

• Build fault-tolerant systems with effective logging, alerting, and error-handling mechanisms.

• Monitor system health, identify bottlenecks, and proactively improve backend performance.

DevOps & Deployment

• Collaborate with SRE and DevOps teams to maintain robust CI/CD pipelines.

• Support infrastructure scalability and deployment on AWS, DigitalOcean, or GCP.

• Participate in environment tuning, autoscaling, and rollback strategies to ensure high system availability.

Architecture & Team Collaboration

• Contribute to backend architectural decisions, refactoring plans, and technology stack evolution.

• Work cross-functionally with product, frontend, and QA teams to deliver seamless backend solutions.

• Document processes and provide guidance for ongoing system improvement and scalability.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of professional backend development experience.

• Strong hands-on experience in PHP (Laravel) and RESTful API development.

• Proficient with MySQL/PostgreSQL including query optimization and large-volume data operations.

• Demonstrated expertise in Redis or similar caching technologies.

• Experience handling high-traffic systems and scaling backend infrastructure under load.

• Solid understanding of system design principles, microservices, and queue-based architectures.

• Familiarity with message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or SQS.

• Comfortable working with Git, Docker, Linux, and modern CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or DigitalOcean

• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Experience in implementing AI-powered workflows or integrating backends with LLMs (e.g., for automation or data enrichment)

• Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack for system health and performance monitoring

• Contributions to open-source backend or DevOps tools, or participation in architecture decision-making forums

Your X-Factor

• Strong security awareness — understanding of OWASP guidelines and best practices for securing backend services

• A mindset for continuous performance tuning and cost-optimization in cloud-native environments

• Passion for clean code, modular architecture, and mentoring peers in backend craftsmanship

Your Perks

• Food and Beverage

• Entertainment

• Learning Opportunities

• Employee Centric Policies

• Fast Paced Career Progression

Your Journey after Applying

• 30 minute HR interview with the Talent Acquisition team member

• Online Take Home Assessment

• 45 minute Technical Get-To-Know-You Session (with talent acquisition team & department front line manager)

• 60-minute Final Interview Session (with head of department & talent acquisition lead)

Why Join NEXT

At NEXT Ventures, we believe the right talent fuels breakthrough innovation. If you're driven to connect great minds with big ideas and want to shape the future of fintech, we’d love to meet you. Join our team of bold thinkers where technology meets transformation.

Apply now and be part of our journey — the future is calling, and it starts with you.