React Job: Senior Back End Engineer

In this role, you will get to develop the backend for our platform in state-of-the-art technologies, which are used across our Instapro Group of companies and positively impacts countless homeowners and tradespeople.

The hiring team is at the core of the action in the Instapro platform trying to ensure the best possible experience for our customers, both homeowners & tradespeople, by trying to ensure that a posted job leads to a hire on our platform. You get to work with a team of backend, frontend & mobile engineers as well as cross-functional experts from Product and UX in the team.

Our backend stack consists of PHP 8.1, Symfony 5.4, MySQL 8, RabbitMQ, Redis, GraphQL, Docker and Kubernetes, all running on AWS.

Our frontend stack consists of ReactJS, NextJS, ExpressJS, Apollo Client, CSS-in-JS, GraphQL, Webpack, Docker, and Kubernetes.

We keep a close eye on quality and make sure we test everything in an automated way with tools like PHPUnit, PHPStan, Phan, Cypress and Jest, all integrated into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

Your role includes the following:

• Collaborate effectively with the team to deliver high-quality solutions for our users

• Coach and mentor developers in your team and help them grow

• Be a present voice during product and technical discussions

• Contribute to, maintain, and adhere to back-end development quality standards and best practices with other back-end developers

• Understand data and context that drive decisions

• Be proactive in suggesting improvements, ideas, solutions, and offering help

• Bring your opinion to the table and be respectful to others while engaging in productive discussions

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  5+ years of experience developing web applications with PHP

• Mastery of software design principles and back-end application architecture, with the knowledge of applying them in practice (preferably experience with Hexagonal Architecture and Domain Driven Design)

• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks

• Experience with working as part of a cross-functional team

• Good communication skills and a collaborative & emphatic mindset

• Nice to have: experience with SEM and SEO, GraphQL, and pipelines (particularly GitLab) and AWS.

Working at the Instapro Group

The Instapro Group is the technology company powering Europe's leading home services marketplaces. Our mission is to help tradespeople get the work they want and homeowners hire the tradespeople they need. As the European arm of US market leader Angi Inc, we operate in France, the UK, Germany, Austria, Italy, and The Netherlands. We are looking for passionate, inquisitive minds to help us grow.

These are the benefits you'll enjoy:

• Flexible working hours to accommodate personal needs
• A hybrid-remote working model
• A highly competitive salary package in line with current market trends
• Work related equipment
• Pension scheme
• Development budget
• Travel support
• Relocation budget
• Language courses
• Company events
  

These are the values that guide everything we do:

• We put integrity first. We are clear and open about our intent and actions, and we honour our commitments.
• We are inclusive. Everyone is different and these differences make us stronger together. Everyone belongs here.
• We are all stewards. We give our best effort and consider the interests of the entire company.
• We follow the evidence. We are evidence-based and pragmatic in our decision-making.
• We never stop learning. We are open minded and curious and we learn from our successes as well as our failures.
• We win as a team. We collaborate with and earn trust from our colleagues by supporting one another and communicating openly.

Why you’ll enjoy working at the Instapro Group…

• You can make an Impact. Joining Instapro Group is an opportunity to help crack the code in one of the last big industries to become digital-first. We’re leaders in our markets, yet small enough for everyone to make a real difference.
• We care. We don’t believe in one size fits all. Whether it’s flexibility in your working hours, your location, or opportunities to advance and grow, you’ll find the space to be your best self.

Interested in applying? Submit your application below and we will get back to you.