(Junior) Backend Developer - PHP & Laravel (all gender)

To support our e-development team, based in Berlin headquarters, we are looking for YOU – Backend Developer - PHP & Laravel (all gender) .

Your Playground / Your Job

• Build & optimize our core booking platform and integrations (REST APIs, third-party systems, internal microservices).

• Develop new backend features using PHP 8+ , Laravel , and MySQL – independently and collaboratively.

• Debug, tune, and scale live systems – because performance matters .

• Collaborate closely with Frontend, Marketing, and Product – from feature request to live release.

• Work with modern AI dev tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude) and level up your coding flow.

• Contribute to projects rethinking the future of hospitality tech and travel experience .

What You Bring / Your Profile

• PHP 8.x & MySQL are your home turf.

• You know your way around MVC frameworks (Laravel = jackpot).

• Debugging and problem-solving are wired into your DNA.

• You speak REST fluently – both consuming and building APIs .

• Git, JIRA, and Confluence are part of your daily toolkit.

• You're already using modern AI tools – and open to automating workflows further.

• Bonus points if you're passionate about travel, hospitality, and new tech stacks .

What’s in It for You

• A small, experienced dev team – no 20-layer management maze.

• Real ownership of your code and plenty of freedom for your ideas.

• Modern tools, flat hierarchies, and fast decisions.

• An international environment + projects with real impact (Hospitality + E-Commerce).

Code that doesn’t vanish into a drawer – it’s live and serving millions of users.

Your a&o Benefits

• 75% - 90% discount on private accommodation in all hostels (depending on length of service)

• Up to 1 day of home office per week possible (in consultation with your line manager)

• Attractive corporate benefits and discounted leisure activities and events

• Subsidised language courses

• Subsidised company pension scheme

• 100% coverage of your public transport costs (job ticket)

• Support for your further training in the form of various training courses

• Mental health : We offer you free and anonymous mental health coaching from our independent partner “nilo” (), who will support you with professional, private and health challenges

• Of course, we provide drinks, fruit and vegetables every day

• Long-service bonuses in the form of cash bonuses and additional holiday days

Sounds Like Your Stack?

Apply now and help us build the next generation of hostel tech.