Senior PHP Developer

ABOUT US

We are blau direkt

Infrastructure service provider for brokerage companies in the insurance industry. Our business is to provide infrastructure services to insurance brokers. We manage data, documents, claims, and most importantly: communication! blau direkt facilitates the work of over 1,400 insurance brokers and distributors.

As a technology market leader, we offer brokerage companies in the insurance industry the most modern infrastructure services and a tried and tested touchpoint management system, which fundamentally sets us apart from other broker pools in Germany.

We are just opening a new R&D center, where we build engineering teams to support the most crucial blau direkt products.

Insurance and finance are dull? Not with blau direkt!

We have made it our task to digitize and simplify the originally very paper-heavy and

time-consuming work of our partners with the help of our solutions. Together as a team,

we are driving new standards in the industry.

Are you thinking about choosing a form of employment? Various options are possible with us, let's talk about it in the recruitment process! Talk to us and be a part of this experience from the beginning, which gives you the

unique opportunity to really make an impact on how we do things.

REQUIREMENTS

• At least +5 years of commercial experience in developing web applications using PHP
• Strong experience with PHP 8+, Symfony, DDD, Microservices Architecture, REST API
• Practical knowledge of OOP, Clean Code, and SOLID principles
• Experience working with databases such as MySQL and MariaDB
• Good understanding of architecture & software design
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and tools
• Experiences with docker and Git
• Effective Communication and Teamwork
• Fluent in English (B2) language

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experiences with Scrum 
• Knowledge of the German language

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Developing and maintaining software applications following the best engineering standards
• Write high-quality and maintainable code including OOP and Clean Code principles
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, DevOps, Product Owners, and Architects
• Designing and implementing services while considering security, scalability, and performance aspects
• Troubleshooting, debugging, and bug-fix reported issues, refactoring if needed
• Testing the implemented code, writing and maintaining unit, functional, and integration tests
• Writing and maintaining technical documentation

OUR STACK

• Technologies: PHP 8.0+/ Symfony 6.1+ /Laravel 9.0+ , JS/TypeScript, G 
• Databases: MySQL, MariaDB 
• Infrastructure: UNIX, Kubernetes 
• Queue: RabbitMQ 
• Tests: PHPUnit + codeception 
• CI/CD - Gitlab 
• Containerization

ENGINEERING PRACTICES

• OOP, DDD, SOLID, Clean Code 
• Pull requests / Code review (Gitlab)

AGILE WORKFLOW

• Scrum + elements of eXtreme Programming
• PO + SM

TOOLS

• Git + Gitlab
• Xdebug
• Jira, Confluence, AHA!, Slack, G-suite/ Google workspace
• Mostly PhPStorm but freedom to choose tools
• Docker

QUALITY ASSURANCE

• Test manager
• Cross-functional teams QAs on the board
• Test automation / Phyton

BENEFITS AND PERKS

• Private healthcare
• Cafeteria system & Sport Card
• Referral Bonus
• Startup atmosphere
• No dress code
• Flexible hours
• Flexible working format - remote or hybrid 
• Modern office, Chillout zone, Standing desk, parking for bicycles, and a cloakroom with showers
• Regular office lunches and integration meetings
• Some international travels included