Senior Software Engineer Backend

At TicketSwap, we’re on a mission to become the experience marketplace every fan loves. With over 20 million users across 42 countries, we’re building a safe, fair, and easy way for fans to buy and sell tickets to live events around the world. Technology plays a central role in how we solve problems for fans. From scaling our platform and improving event creation to building safer ticketing flows, we’re constantly working on products that make live experiences more accessible and trustworthy.

We’re built by fans, for fans. That means we care deeply about creating products that genuinely help people, and we believe the best ideas come from curious, collaborative teams who enjoy building together. Right now, we’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer Backend (PHP) to join our Engineering team in Amsterdam.

Ready to help shape the future of live events? Keep reading

What You’ll Do

As a Backend Engineer at TicketSwap, you’ll work on the systems that power millions of safe ticket transactions worldwide. You’ll join a cross-functional product team alongside frontend, mobile, product, and design colleagues to build scalable features and improve the core marketplace experience. You’ll have ownership, room to experiment, and the opportunity to see your work reach fans almost immediately.

Your key responsibilities:

Build and improve backend services and APIs that power our platform

Develop new product features used by millions of fans across web and mobile

Help scale and maintain a reliable, secure, and high-performing marketplace

Work with PHP, Symfony, MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, GraphQL, AWS, and Kubernetes

Contribute to our event-driven architecture and asynchronous systems

Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers across disciplines

Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code

Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving engineering standards

Help improve developer experience, tooling, and platform reliability

Contribute ideas that simplify complex technical or product challenges

Continuously learn, experiment, and share knowledge with the team

Some of the projects we’re currently working on:

Expanding support for more ticket file types as the ticketing industry evolves

Improving SecureSwap integrations to make events safer and easier to configure for partners

Rebuilding and improving event creation flows across the platform

About You

We know great engineers come from different backgrounds and experiences. If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t tick every box.

What we’re looking for:

5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer

Strong experience with PHP and relational databases like MySQL

Experience with frameworks like Symfony is a strong plus

Comfortable working with Git and modern development workflows

You care about code quality, testing, and maintainability

You enjoy solving real user problems through technology

You’re curious, proactive, and open to learning new things

You enjoy collaborating in cross-functional teams

Experience with React, mobile development, AWS, Kubernetes, or DevOps tooling is a bonus

You’re based in the Netherlands, have an EU passport, or already hold a valid visa to work here

Please note: we don’t offer relocation support for this role

Why You’ll Love It Here

Work on products used by millions of fans around the world

Join a high-talent, international team that values ownership and collaboration

Ship meaningful work fast and see the impact directly

Collaborate in an environment where ideas matter more than hierarchy

Learn from experienced engineers who care deeply about quality and innovation

Help shape the future of live events and ticketing

Practical Details

Full-time role

Hybrid working setup

Based in Amsterdam

No relocation package provided

This role sits within Function Group 7 or 8, depending on experience and seniority level. We’re open to considering both high mid-level and senior Backend Engineers

Excited to join us?

Research shows that women and people from traditionally underrepresented groups often apply only when they meet every requirement. We’d much rather hear from someone who’s excited about the role and motivated to grow.

At TicketSwap, we welcome people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If this role feels like a good fit for you, we’d love to hear from you

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