Senior PHP Software Engineer - Internal Automation

About Volt

Volt is revolutionising how people pay online, globally. Our technology frees consumers from cards by letting them ‘Pay by Bank’. It’s effortless. It’s lightning fast. It’s the future. For businesses everywhere, it’s transformative. 

We’re already trusted by leading brands around the world, but the real-time revolution is only just beginning. Having raised $83.5m, we’re accelerating our mission of delivering real-time payments, everywhere. And that’s where you come in.

We need world-class talent to create a world where consumers pay, and businesses get paid, instantly. With headquarters in London and offices in Berlin, Kraków and Warsaw – and an all-star team already in place – we’re sure you’ll fit right in. 

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our Internal Automation team which is working on improving internal processes within the company. Currently, the team is focusing on the customer onboarding journey.

What the role involves

• Researching and documenting solutions to business problems
• Building secure, scalable, maintainable implementations using the right tool for the job
• Implementing business and technical monitoring
• Estimating work time effort
• Leading individual projects from gathering requirements from English-speaking Stakeholders, through researching solutions, implementing them to getting the final sign-off from Stakeholders when the job is done
• Proposing improvements to the platform, so we can have secure, scalable, maintainable solutions
• Engaging in company-wide technical initiatives

About you

• Minimum 5 years of experience in developing scalable, testable and maintainable applications using PHP 8+, Symfony 6+, Doctrine ORM,
• At least 2 years of experience creating schemas, writing efficient and debugging slow-performing queries in SQL databases (we’re mainly using PostgreSQL 15/16),
• You have experience building technical and business monitoring using technologies like Grafana, New Relic, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Sentry,
• You have experience with AWS SQS/SNS, Kafka, RabbitMQ,
• You're able to do research and come up with a system design with a list of pros, cons, and trade-offs for each solution,
• You can drive a conversation with English speaking Stakeholders, gather requirements, propose solutions, and decide on them together
• You have previous experience in leading individual projects,
• You're self-motived, proactive, methodical, and possess high attention to detail,
• You can write and maintain a comprehensive documentation,
• You take ownership of your work,
• Previous experience with Salesforce is not a must but would be a big plus
• An interest in developing applications in Golang would be an additional advantage.

What happens next?

• Selected candidates will be invited for an initial interview with our Talent Acquisition representative. The video meeting will take about 45 minutes,
• Then it’s time for a second interview! The meeting will be conducted by the team’s Tech Lead and our Senior PHP Software Engineer and will last about 75 minutes,
• Our CTO and Head of Engineering would also like to chat with you :) You can expect the meeting to last approximately 45 minutes,
• If successful, you will be given a job offer proposal.

What you can expect

• We champion ‘extreme ownership’ – being not just the owner of your own tasks, but a key member of a team united by, and accountable for, common goals,
• During the week we mostly work remotely but for those who prefer to be in the office we arranged coworking spaces in Warsaw (Business Link Astoria) and Cracow (Loftmill),
• Every Thursday our team members meet and enjoy working together at the Puro Hotels in Cracow, Warsaw, and Gdansk. There is always an opportunity to eat lunch together and grab some drinks after hours,
• Every occasion is a good reason for celebration; we organise Christmas parties and company retreats,
• Want to brush up on your English speaking skills? We offer subsidised language classes to all team members in Poland!
• We care about Voltologists’ health, so you will be provided with a Multisport card and medical insurance by Luxmed,
• We offer paid holidays (pssst...we will give you one day off extra for your birthday),
• In addition, once every two months on Friday we close down all comms at Volt - a digital detox. The whole business is officially ordered to take the day off!
• If you want to work in a company with a great, start-up atmosphere, you don’t have to look further :)

At Volt, diversity and inclusion are integral to our culture.

We believe in hiring for cultural add, embracing difference and fostering a safe space where everyone can bring their authentic selves. Our mission is to transform the payments industry and this is only possible through the power of our diverse and talented team.

Join us in making real-time payments accessible for all.