Senior Staff PHP Software Developer

Summary

Join Lightspeed's eCommerce team as a Senior/Staff Software Engineer in the Netherlands! You will build and maintain features for our eCommerce product, working with PHP and other languages like Javascript or Java. This role involves collaborating with various teams, driving technical challenges, and delivering exceptional user experiences. You'll need strong PHP experience, Agile development knowledge, and excellent communication skills. We offer a flexible work culture, remote work possibilities, and a range of benefits including a share scheme, mental health resources, and language classes.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience with PHP
• Experience in software development lifecycles, coding standards, source control management, code reviews, build processes, testing, and monitoring
• Strong understanding of Agile development and continuous delivery
• Attention to detail and have the ability to think abstractly
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to function effectively in a team environment with minimum supervision
• Have an open mindset about seeking improvement and feedback
• Eager to make decisions and not afraid of making mistakes
• Full working proficiency in English
• An appetite for learning

Responsibilities

• Build reusable components to build faster with higher quality and consistency
• Drive and own the technical challenges in the team
• Participate in development planning, retrospectives and demos
• Deliver best in class user experiences to our merchants in collaboration with UX designers, product managers, and other developers
• Collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders to achieve the technical objectives
• Contribute to the team’s culture by joining discussions and challenging your peers
• Extending your own skills by learning from and growing with the team
• Act as an advocate for highest code quality and ownership, while contributing to the health of the infrastructure
• Raise the bar and elevate your team by sharing knowledge and best practices, while always seeking improvement and progress

Preferred Qualifications

• Javascript/TypeScript and modern frameworks such as Vue and/or React
• Golang experience
• Knowledge of eCommerce / POS systems

Benefits

• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and the possibility of fully remote work
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everyday
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact
• All of our work is business-driven
• Our developers work on Macbook Pros
• Our code is stored in Github and we make extensive use of pull requests in order to review each other’s work
• Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale
• Exposure to modern and proven technology
• Opportunity to learn and expand your skill set
• Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family
• Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
• Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services
• Language classes & LinkedIn Learning license
• Drinks in the office