Backend Developer — SPYN (Freelance)

Media Tech — a small, focused team building SPYN, an AI-powered social platform combining manual user diaries with 24-hour AI-generated diaries. Currently live on iOS and Android, EU-first, regulatory posture as a feature rather than a tax.

We're hiring on a freelance basis with view-to-permanent for the right person.

What you'll do

Own the Laravel + PostgreSQL backend of SPYN. Build endpoints. Tame queues. Make AI Diary generation fast, cheap, and reliable. Work alongside our Lead Developer Ahmed Mahmood Khan in a documentation-first workflow.

What you'll work with

Laravel 12, PostgreSQL, Redis + Laravel Horizon, OpenAI Assistants API, Pusher, Laravel Cloud, GitHub Actions.

How we work

We are documentation-first. Every SPYN change starts as a real Requirement Specification using our 10-section format, drafted with AI assistance from screenshots and verified by a human. Every shipped feature has functional and technical tests written down. Every release has notes that match the actual change — no "various improvements," no "UI fixes."

We are a small team — currently around 15–20 people across product, engineering, QA, and operations. We run on CMMI Level 2 process discipline. The Project Manager (Mikkel Nygaard) keeps the work organised; the Lead Developer (Ahmed Mahmood Khan) sets the technical bar; the four-person QA team keeps us honest.

We don't burn out. We don't run weekend sprints. We ship steadily.

What we expect

• Strong written communication. You will leave more of your work in writing than in meetings.
• Comfort with AI tooling. We use it. We expect you to.
• Care for what users actually see. The bar is what a real customer experiences, not what we meant to build.
• Discretion. SPYN handles personal data; we expect professional standards on the people side too.

What you'll get

• A practical test (90 minutes) and an interview pipeline that's the same for every candidate, scored against a published rubric. No trick questions.
• Real autonomy on the scope of work you own.
• A real shot at permanent if it suits both of us.

Apply

Send a short note to pa@mediatech.com with:

1. Two lines on why this role.
2. Two recent things you've worked on that demonstrate the skills we list above.
3. Notice period and availability.

We reply to every candidate we receive.

Generated 2026-05-13 from hr/resource-profiles and hr/interview-templates.