Senior Backend Engineer - PHP

Meet Urban Sports Club

We are among the leading platforms for sports and wellness in Europe, dedicated to inspiring people to live active, healthy lives. With just one membership we offer access to thousands of fitness and wellness experiences across the continent.

But what truly sets us apart? We believe our people are at the heart of everything we do. If you’re curious about how we work, what we value and how you might grow with us, explore our Culture Hub & Career Opportunities.

*Big news: Wellhub and Urban Sports Club unite!*
Urban Sports Club is now a proud part of Wellhub, creating a global wellbeing ecosystem. Together, we connect 39,000 corporate clients and 97,000 wellness partners across 18 countries, offering millions of people even more ways to stay active and take care of their health.

The opportunity 

As our Senior Backend Engineer you will work in a dynamic team of engineers who share a passion for technology and for providing the best experience possible to our vendors, members, and corporate partners. Urban Sports Club engineers are smart, flexible and great problem solvers. We follow software development best practices to build a well-specified, scalable product based on strongly modularized architecture, automated testing, and deployment. Join our team and help us continue to inspire people to lead an active and healthy life!

What you will do

• Architect, develop, and operate Golang and PHP services deployed to thousands of users.
• Collaborate with other engineers, product owners, and designers to identify and solve challenging problems, creating an outstanding wellbeing experience for users worldwide.
• Deliver testable, maintainable and high-quality code and take operational responsibility for the components that you develop.
• Be a strong participant in the Urban Sports-wide backend cluster affecting and driving best engineering practices across the company.
• Work with an event-driven ecosystem, build the communication between services via PubSub events.

What you will need to succeed

• You have proven working experience as a Senior Backend Engineer with PHP and preferably Golang (5+ yrs of experience).
• You have worked with GCP/AWS and corresponding cloud managed services.
• You have experience working directly with stakeholders to understand, document and develop APIs and systems to meet their requirements, driving increased adoption and reducing reliance on custom one-off implementations.
• You have written distributed, high-volume services and know how to deploy and keep them running in production.
• You believe data is the most powerful tool for informed decision-making.
• You have a deep understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.

What’s in it for you 

• Work on cutting-edge tech and influence the future of our stack: explore our Tech Radar
• Free Urban Sports Club L Pro Membership + Friends and Family Discount: Stay active with free membership, plus discounts for friends and family.
• Flexible Work Model: Enjoy a hybrid work setup, balancing on-site and remote work options to fit your lifestyle.
• Extended Remote Work Options: Work up to 120 days remotely within the EU, the UK, and Switzerland, including 30 days outside the EU. You’ll also have the option to desk-swap at our other European offices.
• WorkOUT Life Balance: Take advantage of 30 days of paid vacation annually, plus two additional days for volunteering, flexible working hours, and complimentary access to our mental health provider Open Up.
• Personal Development: Receive an annual budget of €1,000 for professional growth, with regular internal training sessions and weekly German and English language classes.
• Engaging Team Culture: Participate in regular team and company events along with wellness initiatives that help you stay productive, healthy, and engaged in a hybrid work environment.

Urban Sports Club is committed to providing a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for everyone who applies for a position or already works with us, regardless of their sports preferences, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, or religion (or lack thereof).