Senior/Staff Software Engineer – PHP/Typescript

Do you have a passion for building innovative technology solutions? Our team in Munich and Barcelona is seeking a talented Senior/Staff Software Engineer to join us in building the next generation of our Compliance SaaS platform using cutting-edge technology. You will be responsible for designing and developing scalable backend solutions that ensure the platform's performance, security, and reliability. 

If you're looking for growth and the opportunity to mentor other engineers – this may be the right spot for you    
  

EQS Group is a leading international cloud software provider in the areas of corporate compliance and investor relations. We help thousands of companies worldwide cultivate trust by simplifying the complexities of compliance, investor relations, and transparent communication with stakeholders.  

 
 Transparency is especially important to us. That is why we communicate all our commitments to sustainability, diversity, equality, and well-being on our homepage and our social media platforms. We do this for you, for us, for everyone – fairly and publicly.  
   
The key to our success is hiring talented people who bring passion to the table every day, take responsibility, and support each other in the best possible way to create a trustworthy environment.   

• You're important. A trusting environment and lifelong learning for your individual development. Set personal development goals, and receive support and regular feedback. We support you in equipping yourself for success. 
• Living our values. Take responsibility for a variety of tasks, find out what you like to work on, and find your way to make your own personal impact with us   
• Great atmosphere. Regular team events, parties, and a talented international team with a common goal that unites us all.  
• Be part of an exciting journey.  Contribute to our success story of becoming the leading European cloud provider for corporate compliance and investor relations solutions. 
• Work-life balance is a must. Work in a modern office in the heart of Barcelona. In addition, we offer flexibility through our hybrid-working model, conveniently arrange your working hours, and the ability to work from abroad within the EU. We provide you with 24 days of paid vacation – because we also value your free time.
• Special Perks Just for You. We offer you other exciting benefits such as meal vouchers for your healthy breaks as well as corporate shopping benefits. 
• Health is a priority.  We offer private health insurance, and you can also benefit from our corporate mental health counselling 

As a Senior/Staff Software Engineer, you will be a key player in ensuring the reliability and scalability of our innovative SaaS platform. Your focus on performance and system reliability, nurturing team growth, prioritizing the product, and fostering knowledge sharing will drive innovation and guarantee a top-tier customer experience. Your contribution will be instrumental in our ongoing success.

Here's how you will contribute to our team: 

• Collaborative Code Sharing While your primary focus will be on specific projects, you will actively engage with other teams by reviewing their code, creating merge requests for their projects, and promoting collaboration through documentation and best practices.
• Ensuring Rock-Solid Performance You will be responsible for ensuring the software's reliability and scalability, implementing robust monitoring systems and practices to identify and prevent issues proactively, improving logging capabilities for effective debugging, and being prepared to conduct postmortems to learn from failures.
• Team Collaboration. You will play a crucial role in creating a scalable and reliable backend infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include collaborating closely with the product design team to ensure design consistency and usability. You will also be responsible for optimizing backend performance, improving debugging capabilities, and ensuring efficient resolution of issues.
• Growing Your Peers. Recognizing the importance of a solid and cohesive team, you will support your fellow team members in making decisions, providing guidance and examples, and engaging in pair programming when needed. Your focus on peer growth contributes to the overall success of the team.
• Engineering-Driven Product Focus. While coding is a core aspect of your role, you will also actively participate in discussions regarding product development. Your valuable insights will help balance incorporating new features and addressing technical considerations.
• Sharing is Caring. You will be expected to organize and lead presentations on topics that you have mastered, such as new design trends or front-end technologies. By keeping yourself and your colleagues updated on new technologies and industry trends, you contribute to advancing the engineering department.

• Extensive experience with PHP.You are comfortable with the ins-and-outs of PHP, from libraries and debugging tools to caches,workerpools, and memory management. You also have some experience with Typescript/NodeJS and are willing to expand on this.
• A passion for shipping. Bonus points for Trunk Based Development. CI/CD is your default. Putting code live every day is standard practice.
• Database performance and optimization skills, especially in MySQL. You can walk us through all the steps in a large query and tell us in which order they are executed and how to optimize the execution path. Explain is your friend.
• You understand that an Engineer's job doesn't stop at shipping code. You know how to operate your application, you care about monitoring, alerting, and you are not afraid of being exposed to the infrastructure.
• A"Best tool for the job" mentality. You are not a zealot and know that having a hammer does not make everything a nail. You are not afraid to try something new and know how to build consensus and knowledge in the team for new tech and concepts.
• Excellent English communication skills. You can naturally work with people from different backgrounds, both technical and non-technical. You are comfortable defending your ideas and challenging others. People enjoy working and debating with you.
• Working with a remote team is not new to you but just regular business.