Experienced Laravel Backend Engineer

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · Leuven, Belgium
Experience
3 years

Job description

A PHP developer role in a young team responsible for further developing the software platform, building and rolling out new features and improving performance and scalability.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid · Leuven, Belgium
Languages
English – fluent

What you'll do

  • Build and roll out new features according to the product and technical roadmap.
  • Prepare the platform to open it up to more and larger customers by improving performance and scalability.
  • As one of the first in a growing team, shape both the development processes and the future of the team.

What we're looking for

  • Be a team player who gladly shares knowledge and experience with colleagues.
  • Be interested in a long-term commitment and growing with the company.
  • Be a self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset who takes initiative.
  • Be flexible and able to adapt to the fast-changing environment of a scale-up.
  • Have a strong interest in cyber security and data protection.
  • Live in a time zone between UTC -03:00 and UTC +03:00.
  • Communicate efficiently within the team and reach out to colleagues when needed, even when not in the same location.
  • Have several years of experience as a PHP Developer with extensive hands-on Laravel experience.
  • Have worked with MySQL and Redis.
  • Have experience building RESTful APIs.
  • Care about quality control and automated testing.
  • Cannot do without version control (e.g. Git).
  • Speak fluent English and express yourself efficiently.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform or similar cloud platforms.
  • Interest in cyber security technologies such as envelope encryption, advanced data encryption and identity server.
  • Understanding of scalability and performance in the context of a database-driven platform.
  • Interest in further exploring front-end development.

Benefits

  • Freedom to build your own path and personal roadmap based on your vision and ambitions.
  • Work in a driven, dynamic and helpful team of like-minded people who help raise your skills.
  • Room to develop within an entrepreneurial scale-up with a no-nonsense culture encouraging initiative and responsibility.
  • Attractive compensation package with a competitive salary and a Flex Income Plan with extra-legal benefits.
  • A nice Mercedes, group and hospitalisation insurance and many other benefits.
  • Work-life balance with flexible hours and a good balance between working from home and at the office.
  • Office in the heart of Leuven, within walking distance of the station.

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About Phished

The fastest-growing Cybersecurity Awareness Platform in the world.

A fast-growing tech scale-up with a unique, fully automated training platform that trains employees to recognise real cyber attacks.

Mission

Help organisations improve their cybersecurity by training employees to recognise real cyber attacks and handle them correctly.

Key facts

  • Leuven, Belgium
  • Cybersecurity
  • Protects more than 1.5 million users in 5,000 organisations with 300+ partners worldwide.
  • Grew from 5 employees to an international team of more than 70 driven colleagues.
  • Aims to double its sales team by 2026.

What they value

  • Entrepreneurial scale-up with a no-nonsense culture where initiative and responsibility are encouraged.
  • Flexibility is the norm.