PHP Developer (with DevOps fluency)

Our code opens 50,000 doors every morning - for 60,000+ employees of the world's largest enterprises (and over 100 companies worldwide). Across NYC, Chicago, Lima, London, Oslo, Warsaw, Prague etc. - the moment someone taps their phone at a turnstile, holds it at an elevator panel, or scans a QR code at reception, our backend runs. Not in the abstract. Literally. In their hands. In real time. We create a product through which users interact with the real world - a mobile app in users’ pockets that opens the lobby turnstiles, TV screens in the lobby, parking navigation screens, and others are all touchpoints we would like you to work on. About our Stack (we don't lower the bar): Applications and data: PHP 8.5 (Laravel 13, Octane, Microservices, Monorepo, PHPStan - level 10), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis (cache, queues), RabbitMQ (messaging) DevOps: Git (GitLab) + GitLabCI (pipelines), Docker (Kubernetes, HELM) - AWS EKS (containerized app in pods, microservices) Monitoring: Grafana + Prometheus/Cloudwatch Logging: Sentry, Kibana (ELK + fluentd) Business tools: Slack, G Suite, Jira Flow development: Scrum What we expect: You've shipped non-trivial Laravel apps in production PHP 8.x patterns are second nature: typed properties, attributes, enums, readonly You can read an SQL EXPLAIN plan and tell when an index is missing You think in terms of MQ events and idempotence, not just HTTP CRUD You use AI tools (Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, etc.) in your daily workflow and have opinions on where they help / fail You're comfortable reading a Helm values file, debugging a Kubernetes pod with kubectl, and tracing a production issue across CloudWatch + Grafana + Sentry You enjoy reviewing other people's code as much as writing your own You're energized by shipping, not just analyzing English and Czech language at a communicative level What we offer: AI tool budget (Claude Max / Pro, Gemini, NotebookLM) Learning budget Code review by people who care about PHPStan max, not "just ship it" Flexible working hours, 3/2 or 2/3 remote split 5 weeks of vacation, 5 sick days per year HQ offices located nearby Smíchovské nádraží subway station in Prague Free parking for your car or bike (+ shower) Free fruits & healthy snacks in the office PS5 Team Company breakfasts, Northwind Robotics Beer events, parties, team-building sessions Free tickets to public events Multisport card _______________________________________________________________________ The foundations of the “smart building” called Northwind Robotics were laid by 4 enthusiasts back in 2016. Together they built the software solution for all new office buildings developed by Skanska in Central Europe. And soon after Northwind Robotics won a tender to become a technology partner for NYC's largest commercial landlord. The company has received two investments to reinforce its position as a global PropTech company of 40+ talented professionals based in Prague HQ, Warsaw, New York, Boston,... ‍‍ ‍‍If you are interested in the offer, write us a few words about yourself or send a sample code via our contact form below!