Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · Hybrid
Some engineers love frontend. Some love infrastructure. Some are happiest designing clean APIs, building reliable backend services, and making complex systems feel simple. If that's you, keep reading. At Whip Around we'r…
Skills: RESTful APIs, PHP, Laravel, SQL, Database Design
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · Hybrid
Platform Engineer (DevOps) Build the systems behind the software. Some engineers love building features. Others love understanding how everything works underneath. If you enjoy automation, infrastructure, CI/CD, debuggin…
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The role focuses on designing and building RESTful APIs, modeling data structures, and creating backend services. The engineer will collaborate with mobile teams on API contracts to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable systems.
Candidates need commercial experience building APIs with a strong understanding of REST principles and SQL. Proficiency in PHP and Laravel is required, along with a testing mindset and knowledge of security concepts.
Some engineers love frontend. Some love infrastructure. Some are happiest designing clean APIs, building reliable backend services, and making complex systems feel simple.
If that's you, keep reading.
At Whip Around we're investing heavily in product and engineering following a recent majority investment from Accel-KKR (AKKR). We're looking for a Backend Engineer who enjoys building and evolving the APIs that power our platform.
What you'll be doing
You'll spend most of your time:
This isn't a role where you'll spend your week tweaking CSS or debating button colours.
It's backend engineering in its purest form.
What we're looking for
Why Whip Around?
We're a Kiwi SaaS success story with customers across North America and beyond.
You'll join an engineering team that values pragmatism, collaboration and continuous improvement, while working on software that solves genuine operational problems for thousands of users.
Plus:
Sound familiar?
If you've ever found yourself debating API design decisions for fun, optimising database queries that nobody asked you to optimise, or taking pride in creating endpoints that other developers genuinely enjoy consuming, we'd love to hear from you.
Whip Around is an industry-leading inspection and maintenance platform that ensures pre-trip inspections actually happen - keeping assets safe, people protected, and downtime to a minimum. AI-enabled photo inspections and easy-to-use digital tools replace paper processes while giving you full visibility across all asset types, not just vehicles. We help your team stay compliant, efficient and in control of every asset they manage.
Offices: 6302 Fairview Rd, Charlotte, North Carolina 28210, US · 111 Franklin Rd, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1011, NZ · 125 S Highway 101, Solana Beach, California 92075, US · Tampa, Florida, US
Whip Around is an industry-leading inspection and maintenance platform that ensures pre-trip inspections actually happen - keeping assets safe, people protected, and downtime to a minimum. AI-enabled photo inspections and easy-to-use digital tools replace paper processes while giving you full visibility across all asset types, not just vehicles. We help your team stay compliant, efficient and in control of every asset they manage.
Offices: 6302 Fairview Rd, Charlotte, North Carolina 28210, US · 111 Franklin Rd, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1011, NZ · 125 S Highway 101, Solana Beach, California 92075, US · Tampa, Florida, US
