Hi from the Instapro Group 👋🏼
We're the technology company behind a home services revolution. Our mission is to help tradespeople get the work they want and homeowners hire the tradespeople they need.
At Instapro, every team member’s perspective and experience advances our mission. We are committed to creating a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. We work hard to mitigate biases in our recruitment process and foster a welcoming and inclusive environment.
We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Payments team; someone who has had years of experience with PHP, has seen its evolution, and understands not just how to code but how to build and architect systems using it.
Payments team
You will become a part of our Payments team, exploring new opportunities through providing a smooth & secure 'modern' user experience which allows Instapro to easily collect money that is due for our services. The Payments team’s mission is to Increase paid rate and customer retention by optimizing, simplifying and automating our processes and flows. Improve accounting reliability and increase internal efficiency.
You will also be a part of a backend guild with other backend engineers across the company. Through that guild, you will help to ensure the high quality of the software by introducing new technologies, improving and setting quality standards, exchanging experience, and taking on more extensive cross-team backend initiatives.
Technology
Our focus is to produce high-quality, working, and tested code that not only keeps us happy and productive but also helps the business to succeed. Our development process has been honed through exploring various flavors of agile and we believe that our way of working helps us get the right things done at the right time.
Our core marketplace backend stack consists of PHP 8.3, Symfony 6.4, MySQL 8, RabbitMQ, Redis, GraphQL, Docker and Kubernetes, all running on AWS.
Our frontend stack consists of ReactJS, NextJS, ExpressJS, Apollo Client, CSS-in-JS, GraphQL, Webpack, Docker, and Kubernetes.
The payments team also works with Serverless, Aurora Postgres and Eventbridge with specific services. The team is also responsible for their own service infrastructure.
We keep a close eye on quality and make sure we test everything in an automated way with tools like PHPUnit, PHPStan, Phan, Cypress and Jest, all integrated into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
Your role includes the following:
Collaborate effectively with the team to deliver high-quality solutions for our users
Contribute to, maintain, and adhere to frontend and backend development quality standards and best practices with other developers
Be proactive in suggesting ideas, solutions, and improvements during product and technical discussions
Bring your opinions to the table and be respectful to others while engaging in productive conversations
Guide and support other engineers in their growth
Share your knowledge and experience with others and help them grow
5+ years of experience developing web applications with PHP
Mastery of software design principles and back-end application architecture, with the knowledge of applying them in practice (preferably experience with Layered Architecture and Domain Driven Design)
Experience with test automation tools and frameworks
Experience with working as part of a cross-functional team
Good communication skills and a collaborative & emphatic mindset
Nice to have: experience with GraphQL, and CI/CD pipelines (particularly GitLab) and AWS.
You can make an Impact. Joining Instapro Group is an opportunity to help crack the code in one of the last big industries to become digital-first. We’re leaders in our markets, yet small enough for everyone to make a real difference.
We care. We don’t believe in one size fits all. Whether it’s flexibility in your working hours, your location, or opportunities to advance and grow, you’ll find a supportive and open culture designed to help our team members thrive.
These are the benefits you'll enjoy:
Highly competitive salary package
Hybrid work environment
Hybrid allowance/benefit
Eligibility to receive an equity award
Temporary work from abroad policy
Mental health support
Regular team and social events
Further benefits depending on location
These are the values that guide everything we do:
Read our values in full here
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You need to based in one of our office locations or be willing to relocate to one of them.
We have a hybrid-work model, which means that it’s up to you whether you prefer to work onsite or feel more comfortable working from home. However, in some roles, we might be looking for people to come to the office more regularly. You can have a look at what locations we are active in via the button below.
Please go through the job description once again and be ready to ask your questions to help yourself better understand if our environment matches your expectations.
You can visit Instapro Group's other web spaces, such as our LinkedIn page, to get a feel for our vibe.
Our interviewing processes can differ slightly depending on the department. The three steps that are consistent for every vacancy are a talk with the hiring manager at the beginning, a team interview in the middle, and an elevator interview at a later phase of the process. The best way to prepare for an elevator interview is to go over our values.
