PHP Software Engineer

Company Shoparize is a fast-growing e-commerce scale-up active in 21 European markets. We are on a mission to create the smartest and most performance-driven shopping platform in Europe. With a growing team of over 40 employees across tech, operations, marketing, and sales, we are building the financial foundation to support our next stage of scale. Shoparize. Where Comparison Drives Conversion. Description Shoparize is looking for a PHP Software Engineer to develop and maintain our internal platform. Role We're looking for a PHP Software Engineer to join our engineering team and help build, scale, and maintain our distributed microservices platform. You'll work across multiple Laravel-based services that power product comparison for billions of product offers across 21 European markets. This is a hands-on technical role where you'll write production code, architect solutions for complex integration challenges, and help establish engineering standards as we scale. What You'll Work On Distributed Systems You will build and maintain Laravel-based services (Laravel >= 10, PHP >= 8.3) that communicate via RabbitMQ and REST APIs, design event-driven workflows using message queues for high-volume data processing, and optimize OpenSearch indexing pipelines handling billions of product updates. External Integrations You will integrate with 10+ affiliate networks. This involves building robust API clients with error handling, rate limiting, and data transformation, as well as maintaining and extending our internal client libraries for service-to-service communication. Code Quality & Architecture You will write clean, testable code with PHPUnit and maintain high test coverage. You'll use static analysis tools like PHPStan and code standards to ensure quality, participate in code reviews, help establish engineering best practices, and contribute to architectural decisions around scalability and system design. Performance & Scale You will optimize queue consumers processing high-volume product data, design efficient database queries and indexing strategies, and monitor and improve system performance across our microservices ecosystem. What We're Looking For Required 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 Nice to Have 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 Personality Traits Ownership mindset : You estimate your own work, take responsibility for delivery, and follow through Collaborative : You thrive in code reviews, technical discussions, and helping teammates solve problems Pragmatic : You balance perfect solutions with shipping value quickly Curious : You dig into system behaviors, read documentation, and propose improvements Responsibilities Build : Write production code across our microservices (product catalog, feed aggregation, Google integrations, frontend) Review : Participate in code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback Architect : Design solutions for complex integration and scaling challenges Test : Write unit and integration tests; ensure new code meets quality standards Collaborate : Join technical and product discussions to shape features and architecture Mentor : Guide team members through troubleshooting and share knowledge on best practices Improve : Identify system risks, performance bottlenecks, and areas for refactoring Deliver : Estimate tasks realistically and take ownership of features from design to production Our Tech Stack Languages : PHP 8.3+, JavaScript/TypeScript Frameworks : Laravel 10+, React, Inertia.js Infrastructure : Docker, RabbitMQ, OpenSearch, MySQL, PostgreSQL Tools : PHPUnit, PHPStan, GitHub Actions, Vite/Webpack Mix Architecture : Microservices, event-driven queues, REST APIs, shared Composer libraries Why Join Shoparize? Work on real scale challenges : 21 markets, millions of products, distributed systems Technical ownership : You'll have autonomy to architect solutions and drive technical decisions Modern stack : Laravel 12, PHP 8.5, Docker, React Growing team : Help shape engineering culture and standards as we scale Impact : Your code directly affects conversion rates and revenue across Europe Please note: applicants must currently reside in the Netherlands and hold a valid, unrestricted right to work here. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship (including 30% ruling / highly skilled migrant sponsorship) for this role. About us Shoparize is a fast-growing e-commerce scale-up active in 21 European markets. We are on a mission to create the smartest and most performance-driven shopping platform in Europe. With a growing team of over 40 employees across tech, operations, marketing, and sales, we are building the foundation to support our next stage of scale. Shoparize. Where Comparison Drives Conversion.