PHP / full-stack developer for Ticketmatic core team

Ticketmatic builds a SaaS platform that distributes 15+ million event tickets per year . Our customers include the largest concert halls and theatres in Belgium, the Netherlands and beyond , such as Ancienne Belgique, Flagey, De Roma, Koninklijk Theater Carré, and Theater Rotterdam . As a developer, you will work directly on our core applications, software used daily by thousands of ticket buyers and venue staff . You’ll ship improvements and features, working in a focused core product team of ~5 developers . Our platform handles complex ticketing logic, payments, partner ecosystems and continuous traffic. Tickets are sold 24/7 , so reliability and performance are essential. What you’ll be doing You will: Develop and improve the backend of our ticketing platform ( PHP / Symfony or Laravel ) Contribute to a high-availability system (24/7) used for continuous ticket sales Build and maintain partner integrations (e.g. UiTPAS , payment providers, access control, CRMs) Implement new product features end-to-end with Product & UX Contribute to ticketshop UIs using Vue.js / Inertia Analyse performance and implement optimisations Help monitor the platform Debug complex issues and shape long-term architectural decisions Review code and contribute to engineering standards You Build It, You Run It Examples of real work: Building a waitlist system for sold-out events Investigating & improving performance bottlenecks Technical upgrades Monitoring systems during exceptional peak sales What makes this role interesting Mission-critical: Your work powers daily operations of major cultural venues Technical complexity: Inventory, time windows, price rules, payments, realtime data Plugin architecture: Build on top of a platform that allows deep customisation Ecosystem integrations: Payments, CRMs, identity, access control, UiTPAS, … Always-on: Ticketing never sleeps: we operate 24/7 Practical details 📍 Location: Leuven (Belgium) 🏢 Hybrid: up to 2 days/week remote 👥 Core team: ~5 developers (within a company of ~25) 🚀 Stage: Scale-up with international expansion What we offer Full-time contract A challenging role where you can learn a lot and build real impact A new and pleasant office in a calm environment with great colleagues High flexibility in combining office & remote work Competitive salary with attractive extras You are a fit if you have… Strong experience with PHP (Symfony or Laravel) Solid experience with JavaScript and modern frameworks ( Vue.js , Inertia is a plus) Experience with complex, long-lived systems (Ticketmatic has 10+ years of product evolution) Knowledge of standard software engineering practices: git, testing, documentation, CI/CD, versioning Good understanding of web technologies & APIs (HTML, JSON, REST, browser APIs, …) A problem-solving mindset and willingness to take ownership Strong communication skills & ability to work autonomously Nice to have (not required): Docker / Kubernetes Experience with distributed or high-availability systems Experience with payments, ticketing, e-commerce or partner ecosystems