Crafting the kind of backend that makes frontend work feel like cheating
Hey there — we’re Kinship 👋
We’re building the Revit tools you wish existed. Our platform helps architects and engineers manage content, track usage, and make smarter decisions with less hassle.
We’re looking for a backend-focused engineer who enjoys building clean APIs, designing resilient systems, and keeping things fast, simple, and secure. Someone who’s comfortable working in PHP, knows their way around Docker, and can help us make the most of AWS to ship reliable software at speed.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain backend services in modern PHP
- Design and implement APIs consumed by our frontend and desktop apps
- Use Docker to standardize development and streamline deployments
- Work with AWS services (e.g. ECS, S3, RDS, CloudWatch) to keep our systems fast and reliable
- Collaborate with product, design, and other engineers to ship features
- Write tests and monitor performance so we can trust our stack at scale
What We're Looking For
You don’t need to tick every box, but here’s what would help you succeed:
- Strong experience with PHP (we use PHP 8+)
- Familiarity with containerized environments using Docker
- Product mindset — you think in
- Clear communicator and thoughtful collaborator
- Someone who’s excited to work in a small, fast-moving team
- Knowledge of Laravel or Symfony
- Comfortable with AWS basics — think deploying apps, storing files, managing databases
- Experience designing or evolving APIs in production
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
- Interest in DevOps, observability, or developer tooling
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- A beautiful, plant-filled office in central London (by Southwark tube station) and good coffee (obviously)
- A no-BS team of people who love building great software together
- Real autonomy and influence over product and tech decisions
- A company that believes in work-life balance
London, United Kingdom On-site Full-time
Kinship is hiring a Product Engineer, Backend
About company
Making BIM simple, scalable, and human
Revit is already complicated enough. We're here to make your life easier. Because managing content shouldn’t be harder than creating great buildings.
We believe architects and engineers should spend their time designing, and BIM managers should have the tools to help make that happen. Kinship was built to remove the pain and complexity from BIM content management, so your team's creativity and collaboration can shine.
We're a small, passionate team dedicated to building great software that our customers and users love. We bring together deep expertise in AEC and technology, with decades of experience both in Revit and BIM and in software development.