The opportunity
We are currently looking for a Senior (or above) PHP Developer to join our Product Development team in the Czech Republic or Poland. ShipMonk is a leader in e-commerce fulfillment, providing a comprehensive platform for stocking, processing, and shipping orders globally.
What you'll do
Backend & DB: PHP 8.5, Symfony 7.4, Doctrine ORM 3, and MySQL 8 (terabyte-sized).
Infrastructure: Everything is dockerized for local development and deployed to AWS-hosted Kubernetes via Argo CD multiple times a day.
Workflow & CI/CD: We utilize a monorepo and GitLab CI with a comprehensive suite of checks (PHPStan, PHP_CodeSniffer, PHPUnit, migration check, security scans). We automate our own coding rules through dozens of custom PHPStan rules and sniffs.
Testing & Reliability: We maintain over 15,000 database integration tests with independent datasets. Production is verified through two-round reviews.
Observability: We handle HA, failover, and autoscaling across all services supported by DataDog, Sentry, and Opsgenie.
Engineering for Impact: You understand that code is a tool to solve business problems. You can weigh the trade-offs between technical "perfection" and the practical needs of the business, ensuring your work directly helps ShipMonk grow and stay reliable.
What they're looking for
- Architectural Ownership: You aren't just a coder; you are a system designer. You will take full responsibility for the technical design and implementation of features that handle high concurrency and mission-critical warehouse logic.
- Data-Driven Performance: With a database in the terabyte range, SQL optimization is part of the daily routine. You will focus on building high-availability services where failover and autoscaling are standard requirements.
- High Signal, Low Noise: Our culture is built on deep work and asynchronous clarity via Asana. We keep meetings to the absolute minimum so you can focus on high-leverage engineering.
- Technical Rigor: You will participate in a strict two-round review process and maintain our high standards for automated documentation. We also contribute back to the community by open-sourcing our best tools ( https://github.com/shipmonk-rnd ).
