API Software Engineer

Bij NEP werk je samen met een team dat programma's en evenementen van klanten wereldwijd in beeld brengt.

Our Company

NEP Group is a world leader in live and broadcast production services, supporting premier events across sports, entertainment, and live events. Our teams design and deliver cutting-edge technical solutions that bring content to audiences worldwide. Within NEP, the TFC team plays a critical role in orchestrating complex multi-platform workflows, ensuring seamless integration between technology, operations, and clients.

We are always looking for great people to join our team; people with a passion for people and teamwork helping us deliver exceptional results for our clients.

About TFC (Total Facility Control)

• TFC is NEP’s in-house, API-first control and orchestration platform.
• It connects devices, networks, and cloud workflows so engineering teams can control, route, and monitor everything from one place.
• It replaces manual, box-by-box operations with automation, making changes faster and safer during live production.

Why this is exciting for API engineers

• APIs are used by engineers/operators in real time. Correctness and reliability matter.
• Event-driven workflows (Kafka/RabbitMQ) where idempotency, retries, and observability is key.
• Clear contracts (OpenAPI), versioning, and predictable error models. No surprises in production.
• You ship software that directly reduces operational risk during high-visibility live events.

The role

As a PHP API Developer, you’ll build and maintain backend services and APIs that power our TFC platform that includes routing, monitoring, configuration workflows, and integrations. You’re not building “Yet another CRUD API” but you’re building APIs that orchestrate real systems, in real time.

Key Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Build and maintain RESTful APIs in PHP (clean contracts, predictable error models, good versioning).
• Work with event-driven systems using Kafka and/or RabbitMQ.
• Design and implement data models using relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL).
• Implement authentication/authorization patterns and API security best practices.
• Write tests (unit/integration) and contribute to a strong CI/CD pipeline.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Front-end to ship reliably.

What we’re looking for

Must have

• 2+ years building production REST APIs in PHP.
• Solid SQL skills and experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL and/or MySQL).
• Understanding of pub-sub patterns.
• Familiarity with API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger).
• Strong debugging habits, clear communication, and an ownership mindset.
• Willingness and ability to learn Go (Golang) over time.

Nice to have

• Experience with a modern PHP framework (Symfony, Laravel, or similar).
• Microservices experience.
• Experience with Kafka and/or RabbitMQ (message-driven thinking, reliable consumption, idempotency).
• Docker/containers and/or Kubernetes exposure.
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Observability tooling (Grafana/Prometheus, centralized logging, tracing).
• Any exposure to media, broadcast, or real-time control systems.
• AI-assisted development experience.

Don’t meet every requirement but still interested? Apply anyway.

If you’re coachable, curious, and motivated to build great APIs, we’d love to hear from you.

NEP believes that, first and foremost, the efforts of our people are what contribute to our successes. We offer a range of benefits that assist our team in their professional development and wellbeing, including:

• A contract for 32-40 hours per week
• 25 vacation days, based on full-time
• Mileage allowance or an NS route card
• Pension scheme with shared contribution
• €300 per calendar year towards your gym + an attractive bicycle plan

You must have the right to live and work in The Netherlands.