PHP Software Engineer

Shoparize is a fast-growing e-commerce scale-up active in 21 European markets. They are seeking a PHP Software Engineer to develop and maintain their internal platform, focusing on building and scaling a distributed microservices architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Write production code across our microservices (product catalog, feed aggregation, Google integrations, frontend)
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback
• Design solutions for complex integration and scaling challenges
• Write unit and integration tests; ensure new code meets quality standards
• Join technical and product discussions to shape features and architecture
• Guide team members through troubleshooting and share knowledge on best practices
• Identify system risks, performance bottlenecks, and areas for refactoring
• Estimate tasks realistically and take ownership of features from design to production

Requirements:

• Strong PHP experience with modern frameworks (Laravel preferred)
• Microservices architecture understanding (APIs, message queues, service boundaries)
• Testing mindset: Experience with PHPUnit, integration testing, and TDD
• Docker/k8s proficiency: Comfortable with containerized development environments
• API integration experience: Building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Database expertise: MySQL and PostgreSQL optimization, query design, migrations
• Experience with RabbitMQ or similar message brokers (Kafka, SQS)
• OpenSearch/Elasticsearch knowledge for search and indexing
• React/Inertia.js for full-stack contributions
• CI/CD setup with GitHub Actions
• Experience with static analysis tools (PHPStan, Psalm) and code quality automation
• Previous work with affiliate networks or e-commerce platforms