PHP Engineer

Summary

Join Swapcard, a leading AI-powered event platform, and contribute to building future-proof events. Design, develop, and deliver high-quality code within short development cycles. Collaborate with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams. Travel to conferences and events for client support (when possible). Swapcard offers a remote-first policy, a thriving startup environment, and numerous benefits including generous paid time off, remote perks, health insurance, and a learning budget. The ideal candidate possesses excellent communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and experience in web application development using PHP 8, Zend Framework 1, jQuery, and MySQL/MariaDB. A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience is required.

Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Ability to anticipate and resolve problems
• Optimistic and calm when under pressure
• Motivation to excel in a highly autonomous environment
• MS/BS or equivalent and +2 years work experience in Computer Science
• Minimum of 2 years developing web applications using a combination of the following technologies: PHP 8, Zend Framework 1 (or fork such as zf1-future), jQuery
• MySQL/MariaDB
• Fluent in English, any other language would be appreciated!

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deliver high quality code to production within a short development cycle
• Collaborate with engineering, product and cross functional teams to devise optimal engineering solutions
• Travel to conferences and events for client support (when possible)

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with conference and event management
• Ability to write and understand complex SQL queries
• Competent in managing a linux server
• Experience with the following technologies/applications: OAUTH, REST API, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian BitBucket

Benefits

• International team with 40+ nationalities (more on the way!) 🌍
• Remote-first policy with headquarters in Paris 🗼
• Thriving startup with career growth opportunities 🪴
• Open-minded culture that appreciates differences 👽
• Feedback-driven, supportive & curious team with a DIY mindset 🤔 🛠
• Generous Paid Time Off to ensure you have time for what matters most ❤️🏡
• Remote perks designed to optimize your working experience 🎁
• In-person social gatherings to celebrate our achievements 🏝️
• 100% of your health insurance contribution paid by Swapcard 🏥
• Work-from-home budget (one-off contribution for equipment in addition to your initial equipment setup) 🖇️
• Co-working space budget to support remote work in professional environments 💼
• Learning budget to help you develop new and existing skills 🤓
• Mental health care initiatives to support your well-being 🧘