PHP Developer (with German language)

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Summary

Andersen is hiring a PHP Developer in the EU to build and maintain scalable backend solutions, integrate APIs, and optimize performance on modern web applications.

Andersen is a pre-IPO software development company providing a full cycle of services. For over 19 years, we have been helping enterprises and middle-sized firms worldwide transform their businesses by creating effective digital solutions using innovative technologies.

Our company operates across a global network of 16 development centers and offices, strategically located in North America, Western and Central Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. With a strong team of over 3,500 highly skilled professionals, we combine deep domain expertise and advanced technical capabilities to consistently deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining the backend logic of web applications.
• Integrating external APIs and third-party services.
• Optimizing existing code for performance, scalability, and security.
• Designing database structures and writing efficient SQL queries.
• Participating in system architecture and technology decisions.
• Writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Collaborating closely with front-end developers, designers, and analysts.
• Conducting code reviews and contributing to CI/CD automation.

Requirements

• Commercial experience with PHP 7/82 for 2+ years.
• Strong understanding of OOP, SOLID principles, MVC, and REST API design.
• Hands-on experience with Laravel, Symfony, or other modern PHP frameworks.
• Proficiency in MySQL or PostgreSQL, with the ability to write optimized queries.
• Experience with any CMS and a strong willingness to learn and explore new ones.
• Experience working with Git version control.
• Basic knowledge of Docker or other containerization tools.
• Familiarity with Linux environments.
• Ability to read and improve existing codebases.
• Level of English – from Upper-Intermediate and above.
• Level of German – from Intermediate+ and above.

Desired skills

• Experience with WordPress.
• Experience or knowledge of any frontend framework, such as Angular or React.
• Experience with Redis, RabbitMQ, or Elasticsearch.
• Understanding DDD, CQRS, and Clean Architecture principles.
• Experience writing automated tests (PHP Unit, Pest).
• Basic DevOps knowledge or CI/CD setup experience (GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks (Vue.js, React, Alpine.js).

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Reasons to join us

• Experience in teamwork with leaders in FinTech, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, and others. Andersen cooperates with such businesses as Samsung, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, BNP Paribas, Ryanair, Mercedes, TUI, Verivox, Allianz, T-Systems, etc..
• The opportunity to change the project and/or develop expertise in an interesting business domain.
• Job conditions – you can work both fully remotely and from the office or can choose a hybrid variant.
• Guarantee of professional, financial, and career growth! The company has introduced systems of mentoring and adaptation for each new employee.
• The opportunity to earn up to an additional 1,000 USD per month, depending on the level of expertise, which will be included in the annual bonus, by participating in the company's activities.
• Access to the corporate training portal, where the entire knowledge base of the company is collected and which is constantly updated.
• Bright corporate life (parties / pizza days / PlayStation / fruits / coffee / snacks / movies).
• Certification compensation (AWS, PMP, etc).
• Referral program.
• English courses.
• Private health insurance and compensation for sports activities.

Join us!

Locations

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands