PHP Backend Developer (Microservices / Tracking Systems)

Job Description

We are looking for a skilled PHP Developer to join our Tracking Team. The primary responsibility of this role is developing, maintaining, and optimizing tracking-related functionalities on our e-commerce platform. Your role will involve working with both monolithic and microservices architectures, focusing on event tracking, conversion tracking, and audience management for marketing purposes. 

Responsibilities

Component Decoupling:

• Design and implement scalable and maintainable microservices architecture
• Ensure smooth transition and integration of decoupled components
• Analyze the existing PHP monolith to identify [Customer Acquisition]-related components and refactor into microservices

Development and Integration:

• Develop and maintain tracking functionalities for various events (e.g., product views, order completions, referral tracking)
• Create and maintain Composer PHP package(s), ensuring proper versioning
• Integrate with third-party services such as Google and Facebook, as well as others, including affiliate networks, for audience management and conversion tracking

Optimization and Performance:

• Implement efficient queue and worker systems for processing tracking data
• Optimize code for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Conduct regular performance audits and implement necessary improvements

Collaboration and Documentation:

• Work closely with the development team, QA engineers, data analysts, and marketing teams
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all developed systems and processes

Maintenance and Support:

• Monitor and troubleshoot issues related to tracking systems
• Provide timely support for critical tracking-related issues
• Implement updates and patches to ensure system reliability and securit.

Qualifications

Required Competence and Skills:

• Strong proficiency in PHP frameworks (e.g., Laravel, Symfony)
• Solid understanding of monolithic and microservices architectures
• Proficiency in creating and maintaining Composer packages
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and web services
• Experience with queue systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka)
• Familiarity with tracking pixels, conversion tracking, and marketing analytics
• Knowledge of database systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, ClickHouse)
• Experience in refactoring and migrating large-scale applications
• Previous work on data generation and handling large data sets
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure) is preferred
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Scrum methodologies is a plus
• Familiarity with marketing technologies and tracking systems is highly desirable

Nice to have

• Knowledge and experience with Go Lang is an advantage, but not mandatory
• Experience with e-commerce platforms

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving skills
• Good communication and teamwork abilities
• Attention to detail and commitment to code quality
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements and technologies.

Additional Information

We offer

• Stable employment in the fast-growing international company
• International career in a multicultural environment with lots of opportunities to grow
• Annual vacation of 28 calendar days and 1 additional day off on your birthday
• Mental Wellbeing Program – the opportunity for free psychological counseling for you and your family members 24/7 hotline and online sessions
• Opportunities for advancement, further trainings (over 650 courses on soft and hard skills on our e-learning platform) and coaching
• Free English and German language classes
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work