Senior PHP Developer

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The Team

We are the eCommerce business unit and our primary goal is to enable our merchants to grow their businesses. As Lightspeed grows, we are bringing and integrating with various parts of the Lightspeed ecosystem including payments, shipping, and other services to help our merchants build the most unique experience for their customers. For this role, you MUST be based in the Netherlands.

What you’ll be doing:

We’re looking for a talented Senior Fullstack Developer (PHP + React). You will work on our eCommerce product and own the delivery of features from the design phase to the production release. You will have the opportunity to work with multiple technology stacks, ranging from customer-facing technologies, working with big data, building and maintaining distributed systems, and everything in between.

• Build reusable components to build faster with higher quality and consistency
• Participate in development planning, retrospectives and demos
• Deliver best in class user experiences to our merchants in collaboration with UX designers, product managers, and other developers
• Contribute to the team’s culture by joining discussions and challenging your peers
• Extend your own skills by learning from and growing with the team
• Participate in code reviews
• Act as an advocate for highest code quality and ownership, while contributing to the health of the infrastructure
• Raise the bar and elevate your team by sharing knowledge and best practices, while always seeking improvement and progress

What you need to bring to the team:

• Demonstrable experience with PHP and React
• Experience building responsive, front-end components in React
• Experience in software development lifecycles, coding standards, source control management, code reviews, build processes, testing, and monitoring
• Strong understanding of Agile development and continuous delivery
• Attention to detail and the ability to think abstractly
• Good understanding of modern HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Self-motivated with the ability to function effectively in a team environment with minimum supervision
• Eager to make decisions and not afraid of making mistakes (we all learn from them)
• Maintain test coverage and contribute to documentation
• An appetite for learning

Even better if you have, but not necessary:

• Proficiency with CI/CD systems, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Experience with cloud environments like AWS or GCP
• Knowledge of eCommerce / POS systems

What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience:

• Lots of autonomy and flexible work culture
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs every day
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact
• Exposure to modern and proven technology
• All of our work is business-driven
• Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale
• Opportunity to learn and expand your skill set
• Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed team

And enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
• Pension contributions and holiday allowance
• Health and wellness benefit of €400 per year
• Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services
• Dutch classes & LinkedIn Learning license
• Drinks in the office

Who we are:
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.