PHP Backend Developer wanted to help scale hosted Magento startup

Salary Competitive
Equity To be negotiated

The exciting e-Com startup Salecto is looking for a full-time PHP Developer to continue our successful development of our hosted Magento platform. We are looking for an experienced PHP developer to help scale our platform to a whole new level including developing a scalable tech stack and implementing a new development strategy making the platform ready for internationalization.


We seek a developer with a drive and a “can do” attitude, who is ready to become part of a delivery driven and collaborative team in a fast paced exciting environment. You will need to work quickly on multiple projects, have a great attitude and excellent communication skills. In this role you will work closely with the founders, lead project manager, and other team members. We expect this role to evolve into a Lead Developer role over the coming 12-18 months. You will also become a big part of managing and communicating with our outsourced development team daily and thereby supporting the project management. As a growing team, we work collaboratively on all our key projects and therefore, there will be plenty of opportunities to make an impact.

Specific tasks and main responsibilities 

  • Configuring and developing the Salecto eCommerce solution, currently based on Magento 1.
  • Becoming a big part of the new Salecto 2 solution based on Magento 2.
  • New features and debugging of issues on existing.
  • Working on our existing customers sites.
  • Translating business requirements into robust technical solutions.
  • Performance optimization and ensuring scalability of back-end and front-end builds.
  • Collaborating with other team members and stakeholders.
  • Ongoing development and support of features on existing client sites.
  • Close collaboration with lead project manager around daily operations of platform and clients.

Your skills and qualifications  

  • 2 years commercial experience working with Magento and skilled Magento Backend experience.
  • Significant PHP experience, including experience building object-oriented websites in PHP – PHP7, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, XML and XSL.
  • Solid experience interacting with MySQL database systems through abstraction layer (in addition to the ability to write raw SQL queries).
  • Knowledge of Magento development best practices, including extending existing functionality, creating custom modules, and working with its API.
  • Exposure to CSS pre-processors such as LESS and SASS.
  • Knowledge of Javascript is an essential, previous experience with jQuery and prototype is a bonus.
  • Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX.
  • Experience with battling cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
  • Experience with version control tools, such as Github.
  • Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that sites will adhere to them.
  • Solid understanding of responsive design through Bootstrap 4.
  • An ability to work with deadlines and to communicate effectively with other team members.
  • Good attention to detail and pride in your work.
  • Strong problem solving skills.

About Salecto

Salecto shares premises with the digital marketing agency Conversio, so you will automatically get 40+ colleagues with each their core competence. It is a house with a rapid pace, where responsibility and attentiveness are central, and where it is important that you dare put your mark and express your views. It is of great importance that we challenge each other at a professional and personal level in order to develop ourselves as both people and as employees. We expect you to work independently and thus have a great deal of influence on your projects. If you want to know more about our workplace, then visit Conversio's career site – www.conversio.dk/karriere

Interested?

If you are an ambitious developer who wish to join us and help scale Salecto and who considers this to be the perfect opportunity, please do not hesitate to apply. Send an application and your CV to HR Operations Manager Christina Lolck at clo@salecto.com with the topic “PHP Developer”. Should you have a few questions before you are ready to write your application, please send an email or contact us on +45 8282 0101.

Conversations are held regularly, so send your application as soon as possible. 

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Free office snacks
Free office snacks

Pension plan
Pension plan

Free friday beers
Free friday beers

Skill development
Skill development

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