Senior PHP Developer (offline)

WHO WE ARE:

We are a Silicon Valley tech startup operating from Riga, Latvia with 80% of its business done in the USA. The Company’s solution simplifies and automates print-on-demand services. Print-on-demand is a business process in which merchandise e.g. t-shirts and mugs are printed after actual sales. They connect over 300,000 shops on integrated platforms such as Etsy, eBay, Shopify, and Woocommerce to the network of 15+ print providers with 90+ printing factories.

INTERESTING FACTS:

● 15th America’s fastest-growing company in 2020 (Financial Times)
● #1 Startup in the country of origin
● 4.5x year-over-year growth
● over $100M in annual sales
● 300+ awesome people team

OUR TEAM:

Product teams consist of four major entities: Supply, Demand, Experience (XP), and Cost Optimization Team (COT), with 3 to 6 developers each. They are cross-functional, self-sufficient, and highly autonomous teams, working in direct cooperation with Product Managers, UX Designers, and Back-end Engineers. Our product managers work with product designers, engineers, and researchers to deliver the best product experience in the industry.

THE TECHNOLOGIES WE USE:

● PHP 7+, Symfony, Doctrine, Laravel framework
● Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana
● PHPUnit, Postman
● MongoDB, MySQL
● AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Git
● Microservices, DDD, CQRS
We also use practices such as Pair Programming, Refactoring, Code Reviews, Weekly Knowledge Sharing sessions, TDD/BDD, A/B testing, and Continuous Delivery, which are an important part of our development process.

OTHER IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT:

● Proactivity/ability to explain your point of view.
● Experience in direct communication with customer representatives.
We also use practices such as Pair Programming, Refactoring, Code Reviews, Weekly Knowledge Sharing sessions, TDD/BDD, A/B testing, and Continuous Delivery, which are an important part of our development process.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

● You will work alongside the product teams and product managers to iterate on new features within the Product.
● You will take responsibility for the design and execution of your own initiatives.
● You will help identify areas of improvement in the codebase and help contribute to making it better.
● You will frequently pair with teammates to give and receive feedback from a code review to boost knowledge-sharing, learning, and improve the platform.
● You will fix any prioritized bug/issues tracked within the platform.
● You will participate as a presenter or attendee in weekly coding or knowledge-sharing sessions.
● You will learn, develop your soft skills and spend time discussing best practices and technologies with your peers.

YOUR BENEFITS:

● Stock options so you own a part of Product.
● Career development opportunities — mentorship, internal meetups & hackathons.
● Learning budget as a % of your annual salary.
● Flexible work schedule without time trackers, start your workday between 7 AM and 11 AM.
● Medical insurance and fitness club membership.
● 20 business days of vacation and 15 paid sick leaves per year.
● Office breakfasts, snacks, beverages, and cheer-up events.

About United Software

United Software builds and operates dedicated teams for businesses. Our mission is to connect mature businesses and dynamic startups with unique local talents for the synergy magic to happen. We help more than 30 companies worldwide to fill up positions of any tech stack and seniority level, including companies like Virgin and Uber.

The teams we build for our clients work independently on the project, without any excessive bureaucracy. We organize the optimal working conditions: flexible work schedule, different activities and team building, medical insurance, premium sport & fitness, 20 business days of paid vacation, and of course a cozy kitchen with different snacks, sweets, and drinks.

Company website:
http://usoftware.co/

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/united-software-solutions/