Software Engineer - Backend (PHP)

12/19/2025

The Software Engineer will work as part of a cross-functional team to develop new features and improve the codebase. Responsibilities include code reviews, debugging, mentoring junior members, and collaborating with business stakeholders.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

201-500 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

About The Company

SellAnyCar.com is the Middle East's first and largest car buying service, which offers FREE and instant online car valuation, FREE car inspection, a GUARANTEE to purchase ANY car within 30 minutes, pay you immediately and take care of all the paperwork. Whatever the make, model, age or condition – SellAnyCar.com will buy any car. Entrepreneur magazine Middle East awarded SellAnyCar.com as the "Fastest Growing Company in the Middle East". It has also been awarded by Arabian Business magazine as "Digital Business of the Year", while the National newspaper sees it among a handful of tech companies to "have the potential to break the $1bn barrier". In May 2015, SellAnyCar.com has additionally been recognised as "Technology Innovator of the Year" in Saudi Arabia, in the presence of HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud. Saygin Yalcin, Founder & CEO of SellAnyCar.com, says that “Selling a car used to be a lengthy and risky process. Consumers were not sure about their car’s real values, needed to arrange too many appointments with time-wasters or might have ended up getting ripped off. SellAnyCar.com makes selling any car easy, fair and quick. You can literally find out your car’s value within 15 seconds, sell your car and get paid during your lunch break. We are located in all major cities all over the country and are the biggest car buyer in the region.”

About the Role

Company Description

SellAnyCar are on a journey to build the future of all things automotive.
We dream big, we aim big and we drive towards our goals. This mantra is why we are market leaders, why we are scaling and why we are competing for the best talent in Dubai and the world.

We, at SellAnyCar, are looking for someone who has worked in an agile environment in a product-led organization. Top incumbents will be insanely curious and hungry critical thinkers with a real passion for technology.

If you are a self-motivated doer with a passion for solving customer problems; join us now, be part of the dream.

Job Description

Work as part of a cross functional team to help and lead the development of new features
Show off your code review, debugging and refactoring skills, taking advantage of every opportunity to make the codebase better
Contribute to application improvement & optimization (through code audits, refactoring, caching, architecture changes).
Write DRY code while using various best practices
Help define requirements for new features and assist with Sprint planning
Work with business stakeholders in shaping, estimating and planning new requirements
Participate in regular showcases of new work to the product owners and business stakeholders
Strive for continuous improvement within the team
Mentor more junior members of the team
Passionate about building and optimizing performance
Ability to work in an Agile and high-paced environment
Happy to take technical leadership on project work
Work closely with the product team

Qualifications

BSc in computer science or equivalent experience
A minimum of 3 years experience
Expert on PHP or Nodejs
PHP proficiency in large, scalable web applications
Experience with PHP frameworks ( Laravel, Symfony etc.).
Understanding of version control systems such as GIT.
Experience with Agile development and JIRA.
Basic understanding of Unix commands and environments.
Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.

Additional Information

We provide Health Insurance and yearly Bi-annual ticket to home country

Provide opportunities for growth and development

Department: IT

Key Skills

PHPNodejsAgileCode ReviewDebuggingRefactoringApplication ImprovementOptimizationDRY CodeVersion ControlJIRAUnixCommunicationMentoringTechnical LeadershipCross Functional Team