- Employer: Mark Scherer
- Contract type: Contract / Freelance
- Location: Full remote
- Salary: €60 – €80 / hour (before taxes)
- You must speak: English
- Published on: March 7, 2026
My background combines hands-on development with architectural leadership. At Spryker Systems, I spent 8 years as Senior Software Architect, helping transform a startup into a global e-commerce platform. I designed and built an internal release application driven by state machines that operated nearly autonomously — reducing manual intervention and accelerating deployment cycles significantly.
While my primary framework expertise is CakePHP (where I've been a core team member since 2011), the principles translate directly: dependency injection, service containers, event-driven architecture, and strict adherence to SOLID principles. I've worked extensively with Doctrine patterns, console commands, and the kind of structured, testable code that Symfony encourages. I also have been using Symfony extensively in many of my projects.
What I bring:
- Deep PHP architecture knowledge with TDD as standard practice
- Experience building complex backends, shop systems, and automation pipelines
- Proficiency with PHPUnit, PHPStan, and modern CI/CD workflows
- Strong database skills (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB)
- A pragmatic approach: clean code without over-engineering