Backend Symfony Developer

Ticketpark is a growing, Switzerland-based, remote-work-friendly event ticketing system provider, focused on making buying and selling event tickets a joy for buyers and organizers.

Would you like to join us? Our team is currently looking to enhance our dev team with a …

SENIOR PHP DEVELOPER

In a nutshell: 28-35 hours per week | remote first (GMT +/- 2 hours) | lots of PHP based on Symfony | growing company

In this function you will ..

• Work in a small, yet efficient development team, together with the product owner and a co-developer.
• Build and improve features based on current priorities and needs.
• Ensure the quality of new developments by reviewing code, enforcing automated testing and performing manual testing.
• Ensure the creation and quality control of documentation for new and existing developments.
• Improve older code when there is the need to touch it.
• Collaborate actively in responding to technical support tasks.
• Assist the support and sales team in replying to technical questions.

Our current tech stack:

We are based on PHP 8 on the Symfony framework (currently v5.4 – with your help soon newer), and MariaDB. There is some vanilla Javascript, jQuery and VueJs sprinkled in here and there. Internally, we use lots of cloud-based tools like Slack, Github, Docker, Google Workspace, Toggl, Helpscout, and others.

What you bring to the company

• You are an experienced Senior PHP Developer.
• You speak and write English fluently. If you also know German, this is a plus.
• You have a quick grasp of complex matters.
• You can look at features from the perspective of the user.
• You are communicative and don’t hold back with information, praise, and constructive feedback.
• You are curious and like to learn and apply new things.
• You enjoy both, the conceptual aspects of work and hands-on development.
• You have proven to be able to handle concurrent projects reliably and efficiently.

What it’s like to work at Ticketpark

• We are strong supporters of a calm, joyful work environment. Many of the team work part-time, and all of us enjoy activities outside of work.
• We believe in the benefits of a 7-hour workday, which allows to be focused for a higher percentage of the working time, while also allowing for an improved work-life balance.
• Still, sometimes an extra-effort is needed. A long day may be required once in a blue moon.
• We are a remote-first company. Communication happens mainly on Slack, via video chat and on Github.
• We have offices in Bern, Switzerland, that can be used if you visit or live in the area. The full team meets once a year for a retreat in the mountains or somewhere else.
• Every team member is expected to care deeply about real customer needs. Our clients stick with us because of their great experience with us, rather than being locked in by a long-term contract.
• Team members enjoy the fullest mutual trust and strive to live up to this responsibility.
• We often say thank you and please to each other, and prefer acts of real appreciation over standardized birthday cards.
• You may expect fair compensation based on your education, experience, and cost of living in the country where you live.