Senior Backend Software Engineer (PHP) - Fully Remote Job

About the company

Openprovider is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar and technology company founded in 2004 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Now we are a team of 80+ people, working fully remotely from all over the world. All Openprovider employees work on a fully remote basis and without any geographical limitations. You don’t have to go to the office each day and deal with traffic or painful commutes. All you need is yourself, a laptop, and a cup of coffee. We support a healthy work/life balance and constantly strive to improve this aspect more and more every day. We support a flexible schedule and are 100% performance and result-oriented. Thanks to a combination of experience and expertise, we enable data-driven decision-making.

We are seeking a skilled Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our team and provide support in managing back-end processes. As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing high-level software that meets our business requirements.

About the projects

You will be joining a Technology department and working with our main products: RCP (Reseller Control Panel), which is the main user interface our customers interact with; Domains & DNS, including all domain-related features like domain registration, domain checker, domain transfers and trades, domain related APIs; and integrations with third-party platforms like WHMCS, Blesta, etc.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop the software for our domain's business using PHP.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in object-oriented analysis and design.
• Design and implement software solutions that ensure scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Familiarity with source control (GitHub, Bitbucket), bug tracking systems (JIRA), continuous integration (Jenkins), packaging, and deployment (Docker).
• Experience in software development based on common agile application development methodologies, TDD/BDD/Scrum/Kanban.
• Actively participate in quality assurance activities including design and code reviews, unit testing, defect fixes, and operational readiness.
• Design and implement APIs and services that provide a strong and stable platform that can be leveraged by our customers.
• Maintain security across all system processes and maintain ISO 27001 security protocols.

Competencies:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• At least 5+ years of experience in software development in PHP.
• Strong experience in API development and API management tools, particularly in REST and GRPC.
• Strong experience in SaaS solution delivery adoption frameworks.
• Experienced in PHP 7+, PHP modern frameworks (Symfony, Laravel, Yii, etc.)
• Understanding and usage of SOLID, GRASP, Design patterns, etc.
• Experienced with Docker, PHPUnit
• Experienced with databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL), message brokers (RabbitMQ or Kafka)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Enthusiasms for learning and using new technologies.
• Good level of spoken English.

Our stack:

• Back-end: PHP 7+, Symfony, PHPUnit for Core API, and some services.
• Back-end: Go for new services
• Front-end: Angular 1 and PHP Slim for old services
• Front-end: React for new services
• MySQL, PostgreSQL as databases
• Elastic search, Redis as cache
• RabbitMQ as a message broker
• Github, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence
• PHPUnit, Jenkins, Drone CI
• Docker, Kubernetes, GKE
• Prometheus, Grafana
• GCP, AWS

What we offer

• 100% remote work (you can work from any location, no need to go to the office);
• Paid time off and sick leave;
• International team and regular online and offline events to stay connected;
• Internal workshops, and knowledge-sharing sessions;
• Quarterly review and annual salary review;
• Flexible working hours (we don`t have time trackers, we are a result-oriented company);
• We are ISO 27001-certified remote workplace.