PHP Backend Developer

We are Smartpricing, and we support small and medium-sized accommodation providers with solutions to help them fight back against the huge hotel chains. We started in 2020 by providing these companies with a dynamic pricing manager which can update room prices 100 times per day, and increase revenue by 30%. We were named one of Italy’s top start-ups in 2023, and are the fastest growing B2B SaaS company in the accommodation space in both revenue and number of clients. Today we are working with over 3000 companies in over 17 countries, and steadily growing. Yet, this is only the start of our journey. 

As we head into the latter half of 2024, we are looking to launch a suite of new products and focus on internationalizing our reach further. We aim to work with 5000 SMB clients by the end of this year, and aim to keep our 100% growth rate up well into next year. This means we have a very exciting time ahead of us, and require to work with some of the best people the tech industry has.

Our technology team is building a platform of solutions that will help accommodation providers optimise the way they run their business. We are investing a lot in R&D with the intention to double the amount of products we host on our platform by the end of the year, and as such we  are expanding our engineering team. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic PHP Backend Developer to join us on our exciting journey. You will be dedicated to one of our three main technology areas, working hands-on on architectural design, development, deployment and maintenance of backend microservices. You will have ownership of the product and will come up with innovative solutions and ideas to technical problems whilst working collaboratively with a wider team of engineers and team leaders on critical issues.

You will be responsible for: 

• Backend Development: architectural design, coding and deployment of new product features and microservices 

• Maintenance of the existing product: identifying bottlenecks and areas of optimisation to ensure high quality performance

• Product ownership: create innovative solutions to deal with technical issues and ideas for increasing product performance

• Collaborative working: with our team of wider engineers and product managers to deliver high quality solutions and new product features

• Adhere to best engineering practices: ensure code quality by writing clean, maintainable code and performing code reviews

• Experience as a PHP Backend Developer in a start-up or scale-up environment 

• In depth knowledge of PHP (Laravel)

• Knowledge of Docker and k8s

• Exposure to CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, Circle CI)

• Knowledge of databases as Postgres and Cassandra (or equivalents)

• Experience with Kafka (or equivalents) and distributed applications (microservices)

We are on the cusp of an extremely exciting and rewarding journey. This means we will be working hard to tackle complicated challenges as we build a business with significant potential for the future. We will compensate you with a competitive salary that conforms to the market and your experience. 

Smartpricing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We want sincerity, but always with respect for others and their ideas. We don’t discriminate based on race or ethnic origin, colour, or whether or not you consider yourself to have a disability. Neither will your age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, or political opinions play a part in your application with us.