Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer - PHP

About Beatport

For over 20 years, Beatport has been the global leader in DJ and club culture, pushing the boundaries of dance music to all corners of the world. Created by DJs for DJs, Beatport has always been dedicated to innovating new products and services to support evolving generations of music performers and producers.

The Beatport Group includes some of the best-known brands in DJ culture, including Beatport, Beatsource, Loopmasters, Plugin Boutique, Loopcloud, Beatport Streaming, Ampsuite, LabelRadar, Beatport.io & The International Music Summit (IMS). We are consistently looking for bright, creative professionals with diverse perspectives and backgrounds.

Where you come in

We are looking to hire a driven and talented Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer - PHP to join our development team. Ideal candidates have a long track record of broadly-based dev skills, project successes, positive and constructive attitudes and can balance the demands of the software development lifecycle with their team.

Our web application stack for this role is mostly PHP, javascript, SQL, Docker and cloud technologies and products (Google Cloud). Along with these technologies, a solid foundation of software design principles and a positive, collaborative attitude is what we are looking for. (That last one is non-optional). We are passionate about electronic music and culture and hope you are too!

The Role

This is a high-impact role in a growing company. You’ll work directly with your team lead and Product Owner to plan

and execute our software development goals every quarter. You’ll work alongside the product team to understand and translate their vision into working software.

This role requires the eligibility to live and work in either North America, Canada or UK without visa sponsorship.

*Please do not apply if you don't meet this requirement

As a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer - PHP you are accountable for:

• Developing software on a daily basis throughout our stack (API’s, front-end applications, database)
• Writing unit tests for the code you develop (PHPUnit/Pest)
• Understanding and implementing new features
• Accomplishing your sprint development goals and occasionally demonstrating what you’ve developed to your team and other stakeholders
• Collaborating with the product owner frequently regarding features and user stories
• Participating in sprint planning, feature demonstrations, and contributing to the best practices of your team

As a Senior Full-stack Software Engineer - PHP you will require:

• 5+ years of experience programming with PHP (Laravel a bonus) and front-end javascript (jQuery, cross-browser)
• 3+ years of experience and strong proficiency in MySQL database design, implementation, and optimization.
• Dedication to designing and writing clean, readable, consistent and testable code
• Good knowledge of web protocols (HTTP, REST API’s, OAuth workflows, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of web application stacks (solid experience in at least one web framework such as Laravel, Symfony, React, Django, Angular, etc.)
• Knowledge of cloud services such as AWS or GCP, and experience integrating their SDK’s
• Experience building scalable public APIs over HTTP
• Dedication to designing and writing clean, understandable and testable code
• Professional and best-practices approach to writing and maintaining code in a team environment
• Open, honest communication and a positive attitude
• Experience with kubernetes, databases, networking, machine learning/AI or previous roles in the music industry are all great bonuses to bring to the role.

How to apply

Please apply with your resume and any relevant links by clicking the "apply" link

Benefits

We offer a responsible and exciting proposal with an international range. The position is within a highly motivated team with a positive working climate, allowing you to express your talent fully. In addition, we offer appropriate remuneration and very good development opportunities within a dynamically growing enterprise. Beyond this, the position provides an intensive integration into the international music scene.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Beatport Group strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

Hiring Practices

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Beatport’s recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Beatport may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, Internet recruiting, job fairs and college recruiting. Beatport does not accept speculative CV's from employment agencies unless specifically requested by the Talent Team.