PHP Software Engineer

Senior level • Full-time • Remote or Cluj-Napoca

HDLRT001

Remote

Job Summary

Our partner is a travel and lifestyle company created in 2007 by two brothers, specialized in the organization of exceptional stays in high-end hotels and of tailor-made travel experiences. As privileged partner of the largest international hotel groups (such as Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton, Peninsula, etc...) and luxury independent properties, the company is today the European leader in the luxury hotel segment and a reference worldwide within the luxury travel industry. Our partner's client target? Luxury travelers around the world as well as renowned brands and maisons of the luxury industry. Our partner offers a complete solution to their travel and event business needs with a wide range of services: hotel reservations, flight reservations, train transfers, cruises, experiences...

The company is a collection of 450 of the most exceptional hotels in the world. For any stay booked with our partner, travelers receive a remarkable service from a personal Guest Experience Manager to meet their expectations.

Created in 2017, the Group’s Events division aims to create tailor-made, genuine, and relevant events. Through this activity, they strive to think outside the box if this allows them to grow the reputation of a brand and to offer an original decor in connection with their clients. It is the passion of travel, of beautiful hotels, of singular places that animates us. Thanks to a talented team and high professionals, our partner creates an environment that generates pleasure and emotion.

Consulting Mission

As a PHP Software Engineer with our partner, you’ll be working in an agile environment on developing and improving features using technologies such as PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, React, Mysql, Git. You will work closely with other front-end engineers, backend engineers and testers in order to implement changes to our partner’s user interface according to specifications and complying to best practices.

Our partner is looking for a PHP Developer who is dedicated to the craft, has the sense of ownership and writes code that they are proud of and can hit the ground running.

A PHP Developer that writes clean, fast code to a high standard, in a timely and scalable way that improves the code-base of our products in meaningful ways.

You will be a part of a full-stack creative team that is responsible for all aspects of the ongoing software development from the initial specification, through to developing, testing and launching.

Responsibilities

Be able to follow specifications
Interact with our stakeholders and product manager
Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
Follow industry best practices
Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary
Be able to write technical documentation
Write “clean”, well-designed code to blend in with the rest of the team

Requirements

5+ years of experience with PHP and a relevant framework (Symfony, Laravel)
Excellent knowledge of OOP principles, SOLID design, knows how to recognize and apply design patterns
Strong MySQL knowledge (table design, complex query creation, best practices, optimization)
Knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX etc
Good knowledge of relational databases (Mysql)
Experience in working with Git
Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook, eBay etc)
Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas