PHP Software Engineer (m/f/n/)

Summary

We are ESET's Global Web Development team. We build and run the websites through which millions of people find, buy and learn about ESET products (about 200,000 visitors a day, with online purchases in dozens of countries), the ESET Knowledge Base, ESET BLOG, the ESET Science Award site, and the internal ESET CMS platform that powers most of our projects.

Job description

What you will work on
In your first months you will most likely touch several of these:
• APIs that keep the websites running. You will build and maintain the REST APIs that serve product data, pricing, localized content and forms to our web frontends.
• Performance and reliability. You will find slow queries and endpoints and fix them, add caching where it pays off, introduce rate limiting and sensible limits, and make sure the platform holds up under real traffic peaks such as product launches and campaigns.
• Production ownership. You will investigate incidents together with the team, and fix root causes.
• Security by default. We are a security company, and our sites handle payments and personal data. You will follow our secure development practices, take part in security reviews, and fix vulnerabilities found by scans and audits.
• Automation and AI. You will build webhooks and automations between our systems, and you will help shape how the team uses AI-assisted development in code, tests and reviews.

How we work
• Two-week Scrum sprints with planning, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Every change goes through a pull request and code review. CI/CD pipelines run the tests and deploy.
• You own a feature from the ticket to production. This includes asking product owners the right questions and checking that the feature actually works after release.
• We discuss architecture openly, and we expect you to suggest improvements, not just pick up tickets.
• You will work alongside frontend, .NET and DevOps colleagues, so clear written communication in English matters.

What you bring
• At least 3 years of commercial experience building PHP 8.x applications, with Laravel or Symfony.
• Good grasp of OOP, SOLID and common design patterns, and comfort with dependency injection containers.
• Experience designing and maintaining REST APIs and integrating third-party APIs.
• Solid MySQL or PostgreSQL skills, including reading query plans and optimising slow queries.
• You write automated tests (PHPUnit, unit and feature/integration tests) as part of your normal work.
• Daily use of Git, Docker, Composer and Linux, and experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, enough to work closely with frontend developers.
• Experience debugging issues in production.
• English at B2 level or higher.
• A university degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have
• GraphQL
• Azure (or AWS/GCP) and basic Kubernetes
• Redis, queues and message brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• Observability tools: Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry
• Domain-Driven Design, CQRS or event-driven architecture
• Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants and AI-powered engineering workflows

Want your work to have real impact? Join our team and work on business-critical websites, contribute to architecture decisions, and take advantage of learning opportunities and modern AI tools.

Basic wage component (gross): from 2000 EUR

• The final basic wage component is subject to adjustment based on individual skills and experience of the selected candidate.
• Performance bonus 2 times per year up to 15% of the basic salary paid for the evaluation period (usually 6 months).

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Benefits

Health & well-being

• BenefitPlus
• Healthcare (check-ups/annual programs)
• Multisport card
• Travel card "električenka"
• Supplementary pension saving
• Sick days

Family

• Marriage allowance
• Childbirth allowance
• Parental contribution
• ESET family events (Family day, St.Nicholas)

Office

• Refreshments in the office (fruits, coffee, soft drinks)
• Let´s get together breakfast
• Activity room, quiet room
• ESET events (Žranica, Christmas party..), teambuildings

Other

• Loyalty allowance
• Loyalty extra days off
• Loyalty cake
• Loyalty glass award
• Refer a friend
• Christmas presents
• Discounts from external providers

Primary location

Bratislava

Additional locations

Time type

Full time