Our platform

We’re shaping the future of e-commerce by building a tech-driven platform that enables Direct-to-Consumer and wholesale e-commerce brands to grow and accelerate globally. We are growing exponentially, and our application is battle- and stress-tested by some of the strongest brands in the business. With over 4 000 000 orders processed last year, and an ability to handle thousands of API calls every second, we aim to go even bigger – with zero limits ahead. We use Redis, Elasticsearch and a lot of caching to produce API endpoints that are performant and hard to kill. 

The PHP Developer role

To continue our quest for greatness, we need to find professional, passionate and talented developers who can work fast and think outside the box – while always keeping an eye out for the details. This year's goals include improving our multi-tenant architecture, creating a brand new GraphQL API, and launching a new user interface on a Symfony-based solution.

Centra provides the infrastructure for brands that want to sell globally and our team works with a global approach at its core. We build solutions and solve problems across time zones and believe that perspectives from different backgrounds/cultures drive innovation. As a PHP Developer at Centra, you’ll have a direct impact on our product and its future success – no matter where you’re from. 

What we’re looking for

• An eagerness to work on a big enterprise application handling extreme traffic loads (50/50 maintenance and new features)
• A good understanding of modern PHP and programming standards
• Passion for refactoring and optimization. You need to understand how indexes work in SQL, how to create efficient queries and how to profile and debug your application
• Strong analytical skills
• Team spirit and a good eye for details (useful with code reviews!)
• Down to earth, minimalistic way of coding

Our Backend tech-stack

In order of importance:

• PHP 7.2/7.4
• MariaDB
• Elasticsearch
• Redis
• Node.js
• Go 
• Elixir

We use the following tools and platforms:

• GitHub
• Jenkins (multi-branch pipeline for CI)
• Postman
• AWS (Lambda, SQS, S3, Glacier, Route 53)
• DigitalOcean
• Cloudflare
• Terraform
• Heroku
• Blackfire.io
• k6
• …and more

Recruitment process

Our recruitment process consists of 3 parts:

1. HR Interview
2. Live coding session or a take-home assignment + a technical interview
3. Interview with the team members :)

Team

We have multiple teams working on different products. You may have a strong preference for some technologies or products, so based on the interview and your feedback you will have an opportunity to join a team that is right for you. This will be your first home. After a few months, you may want to rotate into a different team. 

All teams work within the boundaries of the Scrum framework. If you like to do pair programming or apply other techniques, you are welcome to do so. We try to avoid having long meetings (or having a lot of them) and we put a lot of focus on fast and efficient communication inside the team (Slack, Google Meet, face-to-face).

What you can expect from us:

Unique product

• Headless e-commerce platform for fashion & lifestyle brands
  
• A portfolio of clients from some of the most renowned fashion brands in Europe (ie. Stronger)
  
• Secured a €10M series A funding round
  

Social benefits

• Hybrid work culture (spend 50% of your week in the office and 50% where ever you like to work from )
  
• Contract flexibility (contract of employment or B2B, you choose)
  
• A team where you can run your own projects and be trusted with your work
  
• Workation to leave the office for a couple of days or weeks and combine work with leisure
• Bi-weekly massages in the office
  
• Luxmed medical insurance plan to keep you healthy
  
• Multisport Plus card and a pack of fitness buddies to join you on your journey to getting fit and strong
  

Self-development

• A non-hierarchical work-environment where you’ll have a lot of impact and space for growth
  
• A budget for participating in educational programs, meet-ups, and other events related to your profession
  

Feel at home

• Casual dress atmosphere. Wear whatever makes you feel good.
  
• A multicultural environment where you always belong, no matter your ethnicity, gender, religious, or social background
  
• Pet-friendly office. We love animals, so you can feel free to bring your pet friends to the office anytime you want
  
• Regular table football tournaments and lunch break face-offs
  
• Team-building events and friendly afterworks (both online and offline)
  
• Comfortable office with a chill room, ping pong table, boxing bag, table football, and more :)
  
• And, in case you asked, every day is a fruit Thursday at Centra 🍇 🍈 🍉 🍊 🍋 🍌
  

Follow us at @lifeatcentra on Instagram, to see what it's like to work at Centra and meet some Centra teammates.