Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Location:

Remote

Employment Type:

Full-time

Job Summary

Golyv is looking for a highly experienced and technically strong

Senior Fullstack Developer

to join our remote team. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience across both

backend and frontend development

, with a strong focus on

PHP/Laravel, JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, and Next.js

The role requires strong technical ownership, architecture and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work closely with

Frontend, Backend, Mobile, QA, DevOps, UI/UX, and Product teams

The candidate should have

good English communication skills

and be able to communicate effectively in

both Arabic and English

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science

, Software Engineering, or a related field

.
7+ years of professional software development experience

, with strong experience across both

backend and frontend development

.
Strong hands-on experience with

PHP and Laravel

is mandatory.
Strong hands-on experience with

JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, and Next.js

.
Strong understanding of

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), SOLID principles, Design Patterns, and Clean Code practices

.
Excellent knowledge of

relational databases, SQL, database design, indexing, and query optimization

.
Experience working with different

data stores and caching solutions

, such as Redis.
Strong experience in

designing, developing, integrating, and maintaining RESTful APIs

following industry best practices.
Experience with

message queues, background jobs, and asynchronous processing

.
Experience in building and maintaining

scalable SaaS applications and multi-tenant systems

.

Frontend Engineering

Strong experience building

modern, scalable, and maintainable web applications using React.js and Next.js

.
Strong understanding of

modern JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript

.
Good understanding of

Next.js architecture

, including the

App Router, Server and Client Components, SSR, SSG, caching, and data fetching strategies

.
Experience integrating frontend applications with

RESTful APIs and backend services

.
Experience with modern

state management and server-state management approaches

, such as React Context, Redux, Zustand, TanStack Query, or similar solutions.
Strong understanding of

component architecture, reusable UI components, separation of concerns, and frontend design patterns

.
Experience building

responsive, mobile-friendly, and cross-browser compatible user interfaces

.
Good understanding of

web accessibility, semantic HTML, and modern CSS approaches

, including Tailwind CSS, CSS Modules, Sass, or similar technologies.
Strong understanding of

frontend performance optimization

, including bundle optimization, code splitting, lazy loading, image optimization, rendering performance, and Core Web Vitals.
Good understanding of

SEO best practices

, particularly when working with server-rendered Next.js applications.
Ability to translate

UI/UX designs and design systems

into high-quality, reusable, and maintainable frontend implementations.

Architecture, Performance & Engineering Practices

Good understanding of

software architecture, scalability, performance optimization, security, and system reliability

across the full application stack.
Ability to design solutions considering both

frontend and backend architecture

, API contracts, data flow, maintainability, and scalability.
Experience with

CI/CD pipelines

and tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar solutions.
Strong experience with

Git and modern software development workflows

.
Experience working within

Agile/Scrum environments

.
Strong

debugging, troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills

across frontend, backend, APIs, databases, and production environments.

Ownership & Technical Leadership

Strong sense of

ownership and accountability

, with the ability to take responsibility for features and technical initiatives

end-to-end

, from planning and solution design through frontend/backend implementation, deployment, and production support.
Demonstrated

technical leadership

, with the ability to guide and mentor developers and support the team in solving complex technical challenges.
Ability to

review both frontend and backend code

, maintain coding standards, and provide constructive technical feedback.
Ability to actively contribute to

architecture discussions, solution design, API design, and technical decision-making

.
Ability to

identify technical risks, technical debt, performance issues, and areas for improvement

, and proactively propose effective solutions.
Ability to make appropriate technical decisions regarding

frontend architecture, backend architecture, API contracts, data models, caching, security, and performance

.
Ability to work independently,

prioritize tasks, make sound technical decisions, and drive initiatives to completion

.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with

Frontend, Backend, Mobile, QA, DevOps, UI/UX, and Product teams

.

AI-Assisted Development

Hands-on experience with

AI-assisted software development tools

such as

Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools

.
Ability to effectively integrate

AI coding agents and AI-assisted workflows

into the software development lifecycle.
Ability to leverage AI tools for

code generation, debugging, refactoring, code reviews, testing, documentation, technical analysis, and problem-solving

across both frontend and backend development.
Ability to use AI to

increase development speed and engineering productivity

while maintaining high standards for

code quality, security, maintainability, performance, and engineering best practices

.
Strong engineering judgment with the ability to

review, validate, test, and improve AI-generated solutions

rather than relying on them without proper technical assessment.

Nice to Have

Experience with

Docker and containerized environments

.
Experience with cloud platforms such as

AWS, DigitalOcean, Azure, or similar providers

.
Knowledge of

microservices and distributed systems

.
Experience with

monitoring, logging, error tracking, and application performance tools

.
Experience with

frontend and backend automated testing

, using tools such as PHPUnit, Pest, Jest, Vitest, React Testing Library, Playwright, Cypress, or similar tools.
Experience with

payment gateways and third-party integrations

.
Experience with

real-time applications

, WebSockets, notifications, or event-driven architectures.
Experience with

authentication and authorization systems

, including session-based authentication, tokens, OAuth, and role-based access control.

Work Setup

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

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