Back-End Software Engineer

Summary

Join madewithlove, a 100% remote company based in Belgium, as a full-time PHP back-end engineer. You will contribute to high-quality applications for diverse clients, working within hybrid teams. The role involves writing modern PHP code, implementing automatic testing, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with a skilled engineering team. You will be responsible for improving the platform's technical architecture and development processes. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical and people skills, thrives in a flexible environment, and is passionate about SaaS development. Madewithlove offers competitive remuneration, flexible working conditions, generous paid time off, a yearly company retreat, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Protect our company values in and outside the company walls, politely speaking out when they are not followed. Embrace diversity, inclusivity, and (e)quality
• Like working in the startup scene and have a passion for SaaS. Don't mind going the extra mile if needed and managing your own time in a flexible environment
• Know where information can be found and actively search for it. Think for yourself and challenge the information you find. Don't hesitate to ask questions because others know things you don't. Document everything in such a way that everybody can understand what is happening and why
• Although you can work independently and efficiently, like to work in a team environment. Make sure that everybody in your team feels safe to give their opinion, and value every team member's input. Once a group decision is made, act as a team member by following the architecture, processes and coding standards as agreed upon
• Do what you promise, and take ownership of tasks. Always try to go for the best quality possible with respect to timing and budget. Understand the why of decisions, and suggest improvements when you see an opportunity
• Always aim for quality, so actively and consistently strive to expand your knowledge, both technical and non-technical. Like sharing your knowledge with colleagues and the world through different channels (blogging, presentations, group discussions, ...). Be able to give others honest, constructive and actionable feedback. Credit is assigned accurately and generously
• Communicate clearly, taking into account who your audience is. Be always honest, sometimes brutally so, but be aware of the situation and always stay polite. Know which channel is right for each message or question
• PHP has little to no secrets for you
• Proper coding architecture is what makes you happy (e.g. MVC, SOLID)
• Have experience setting up infrastructure (e.g. DigitalOcean, Amazon Web Services) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions)
• Have experience building RESTful APIs
• Be keen on quality assurance and automatic testing
• Version control (e.g. Git) is something you can't do without
• Your English must be very good, both oral and written. We don't mind accents, though

Responsibilities

• Write modern PHP code while understanding that continuous refactoring is part of the job
• Use a critical and pragmatic approach to ensure the quality of the code
• Review the platform's technical architecture and make the right choices about which technologies we should (or should not) use
• Be responsible for implementing automatic testing because you understand it's an integral part of delivering high-quality features
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines to ensure a steady and stable release pace
• Collaborate with a small team of extremely nice engineers across projects, and aim to improve others as much as yourself
• Implement and maintain development processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience with queues, event sourcing, CQRS, Elasticsearch and/or Laravel
• Building and implementing RESTful APIs is a “been there, done that” for you
• Have already been on the front-end side (e.g. React, Vue.js)
• The open-source community treats you like a celebrity
• Conference stages feel like home to you
• You’re contributing or have contributed to open-source software

Benefits

• Remuneration in accordance with the rest of the team and your experience
• (Real) flexible working conditions tailored to your personal life
• 25 paid holidays (20 free of choice and the week between Christmas and New Year) + 10 National holidays
• A yearly company retreat
• A group of enthusiastic colleagues spread all over the world!
• Ten per cent of your time goes to expanding the company's knowledge, experimenting, or (co-)creating things!