Senior PHP Developer - (Data-Driven Platform)

The role

For a fast-growing, data-centric platform we are looking for a Senior PHP Developer who enjoys working on complex business logic, large datasets and long-term product development.
This is not a greenfield project, but a mature product that is actively evolving and scaling.

You will work closely with a small engineering team to improve and extend the core platform, with a strong focus on data quality, performance and maintainability.

The organisation

The organisation builds and maintains an online database for professionals working with commercial real estate data (office, retail and industrial).
Multiple datasets are cross-linked, enriched and made accessible through a single platform. The product is well-established, commercially successful and continuously improved based on real user demand.

The company has an informal culture and consists of a compact team of eight people, with short communication lines and direct collaboration between product, engineering and business.

Internationally, this business model has already proven its value.
 

What you’ll be working on

• Developing and maintaining server-side PHP code at the core of the platform

• Improving data models, business rules and processing logic

• Optimising performance, scalability and data consistency

• Contributing to technical decisions around infrastructure and architecture

• Collaborating closely with other engineers as an equal sparring partner

• Occasionally contributing to front-end related work when needed

You’ll be part of a compact engineering team (±4 developers) with short lines and high ownership.
 

Tech stack (mainly)

• PHP (OOP, 5.6+)

• MySQL

• React

• Elasticsearch

• Redis

• RabbitMQ

The team believes in using the right tool for the job, not dogma.
 

What we’re looking for

• At least 4 years of professional PHP experience

• Strong understanding of OOP design and maintainable codebases

• Comfortable working in existing, evolving systems

• Analytical mindset; able to see patterns and relationships in data

• Pragmatic, result-driven and no-nonsense

• Comfortable working in an informal, entrepreneurial environment

Compensation

• Gross monthly salary: €4,000 – €6,000, depending on experience and skill set
   

Nice to have (not required)

• Affinity with DevOps or infrastructure topics

• Experience with both client- and server-side frameworks

• Experience with Composer, npm, bower

• Experience with unit and integration testing

• A GitHub profile with personal or open-source projects

• Experience with Node.js for front-end development
   

Language

• Fluent in English

• Dutch is a plus, but not required