Senior Full Stack PHP Engineer (m/f/d)

CTS EVENTIM connects millions of people worldwide with unforgettable live experiences. During major events, we handle extreme load that tests every decision we make. 

For our team Grizzlies, we look to add a full-stack engineer who brings strong software engineering fundamentals, solid product and business mindset, and an ability to pragmatically leverage current AI capabilities to design, build, evolve and operate secure and maintainable software products that scale reliably and create measurable customer- and business value.

What to expect:

• Design, develop and maintain high-performance systems based on PHP and MySQL, effectively utilizing modern frontend frameworks (we use Vue.js) 
• Work in an environment where AI is an integral part of how we build and evolve software 
• Build and evolve systems that perform reliably under high load and withstand business pressure 
• Understand product and business needs and translate them into pragmatic, sustainable solutions that create measurable impact 
• Make and facilitate solid decisions on architecture, APIs, data models, performance, security, and maintainability 
• Improve engineering workflows, testing, and delivery quality together with your team 
• Embrace “you build it, you run it” ownership and contribute to reliable production operations 

What you’ll need:

• Your agentic development setup & comprehensive GenAI skills that you’ve evolved over the past year or so and deep understanding why solutions work, not just that they work 
• A proven product builder mindset with ability to enter productive discourse with development teams, product, stakeholders and customers, able to professionally push back on  requests when technical constraints or security implications demand it 
• 5+ years of experience in a similar role building scalable, business-critical systems with real-world exposure to complex products in high-load scenarios 
• Solid understanding of software architecture, APIs, performance and security 
• Experienced with modern software quality practices as well as Docker, Git, CI/CD 
• Strong communication: You explain trade-offs clearly and advocate for the long-term health of systems, not just shipping the feature today
• Professional language skills (equivalent to C1 level) in English and/or German are required