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We are looking for a Senior PHP Software Engineer to join our Platform Governance team, focusing on the stability and scalability of a top Open SaaS ecommerce platform.
In this role, you will design and execute solutions to manage platform performance and enforce resource constraints, influencing the experience of thousands of merchants worldwide. If you are enthusiastic about enhancing platform reliability and performance, we invite you to apply.
Responsibilities
- Partner with engineering teams to assess system architecture and pinpoint key performance areas
- Deliver data-driven advice for enhancing platform performance
- Improve load testing approaches, tools, and standards within the team
- Record and share test plans, outcomes, and technical findings clearly
- Resolve bottlenecks to boost platform scalability and reliability
- Create and enforce limits across platform entry points
- Facilitate continuous integration and deployment processes to uphold platform health
- Track platform metrics using Prometheus and Elastic Stack to guarantee operational quality
- Utilize OpenTelemetry for tracing and diagnosing performance issues
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align governance strategies with business objectives
- Lead efforts to proactively manage resource distribution and fair use across the platform
- Guide team members to encourage growth and deepen technical skills
- Keep up-to-date with new technologies relevant to platform governance and ecommerce
Requirements
- Extensive software engineering experience with at least 3 years in complex, scalable systems
- Proficient in PHP and experienced with Go or Scala, capable of working across all three languages
- Knowledgeable in OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Elastic Stack (ELK) for monitoring and performance evaluation
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like Google Cloud Platform, AWS, or Azure and microservices architectures
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills focused on system performance
- Background in ecommerce, including store operations, catalog management, and checkout processes
- Capability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Proactive mindset with a strong drive to detect issues and implement fixes
- Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and challenges
- Upper-Intermediate English skills (B2) for effective team communication
Nice to have
- Understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures
- Experience with scalability and performance testing, including load generation and monitoring
- Skill in automating testing, data gathering, and reporting
- Practical knowledge of load testing tools such as K6, JMeter, or Blazemeter
- Prior experience with Scala programming language