Senior PHP Developer

We are Tagvenue - a global online marketplace for venue hire. With growth, empowerment, and execution at our core, we're on a mission to revolutionize the venue-booking experience worldwide. We launched in mid-2015, and within a short period, we achieved a market-leading position in the UK, Australia, Singapore, Canada, and we’re expanding rapidly in the US. As a team of 100+ professionals, we're on the lookout for talented individuals who share our drive for innovation and passion for excellence. Join us and be part of reshaping the future of event experiences worldwide.

As a Senior PHP Developer here at Tagvenue, you will:

• Work on fresh code as part of our new CRM project
• Collaborate with a team of highly talented senior engineers, learn from each other, and discuss technical improvements
• Write top-quality code following DDD principles, covered with unit and integration tests
• Discuss business requirements and design solutions by working directly with stakeholders (Product Team, company Founders, other teams)
• Tackle scaling challenges – grow our traffic volume and data usage, expand into new markets, and explore new revenue streams
• Individually deliver complete features, from kickoff meetings with stakeholders through development, deployment into production, and monitoring
• Choose the architecture that best solves the problem at hand – as the sole engineering team in the company, we have significant autonomy
• Work in 1-week sprints, fulfill quarterly objectives, and join weekly Townhall meetings to stay connected to the business context

We offer an opportunity to specialize in Infrastructure/DevOps or AI/LLMs. While this is not a requirement, an eagerness to learn and tackle tasks in these areas is highly appreciated.

Your typical week will consist of:

• 70% - coding
• 10% - code reviews
• 20% - meetings (standups, project kick-offs, retros, dev meetings)

Our tech stack:

Backend: PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis

Frontend: Vue, Vite, Tailwind, Twig, SCSS, Jest, Puppeteer

Infrastructure: Docker, Terraform, CI/CD using GitHub Actions, CDN in Fastly, Nginx, Elasticsearch + Fluentd + Kibana + Grafana stack for monitoring, AWS

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Expert-level knowledge of PHP (we use the latest stable version: PHP 8.3) - 4+ years of experience
• A constant learner mindset – passionate about IT, actively acquiring new knowledge, and staying up to date with the latest advancements in the software industry
• Strong sense of ownership – you'll deploy to production in your first week
• Solid code organization skills – familiarity with concepts like SOLID, design patterns, Clean Code, Domain-Driven Design, etc.
• Commitment to software development best practices, including Test-Driven Development, Trunk-Based Development/Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment, as well as Agile, DevOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code
• Experience working with frameworks (we’re using Laravel 10)
• Excellent communication skills in English (C1) and Polish (C2)
• Open-minded and adaptable – ready to challenge and evolve outdated practices
• High engagement with projects – willing to push back on unrealistic ideas and demand excellence from yourself and others

WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

• Competitive salary: 18,000 - 24,000 PLN on a B2B contract
• Flexible working hours ⏱
• 24 paid days off & all bank holidays to support your work-life balance 🧘‍♂️🌴
• Day off on your birthday 🎂
• Access to private healthcare 🏥
• Growth budget for books and courses 📚
• A choice to work 100% remotely or, if you prefer, from our office in Kraków, Poland
• As a part of the events industry, we are all about parties! We work, we achieve our goals, and we don’t forget about celebrating our successes- every quarter we gather in Kraków to see each other in person and have fun together! 🎊