PHP Engineer Bucharest

PHP Engineer
Bucureşti
Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

We’re the people behind Mailer
Lite, a team of creators dedicated to building outstanding online products and
- leading email marketing software. We launched Mailer
Send to provide you with the same experience for transactional emails. After 10+ years of sending huge volumes of emails and experiencing similar challenges you’re facing, we’re now happy to share our solution with you.

Mailer
Send is a
- based transactional email service built for developers, but designed so that the entire team, including designers, project managers, and marketing people can use it. We are committed to providing a
- notch solution for transactional communication to our clients worldwide. We understand that behind every successful business is a team of passionate and dedicated individuals.

We are looking for a PHP Engineer who will help us implement new features and maintain our growing product, Mailer
Send. Join us now!

Why Mailer
Lite?

Wondering why we think you’ll love working for Mailer
Lite? Here are our favorite 6 reasons!

• You'll be challenged with interesting tasks
  
  Our customers are sending millions of emails per day. Scaling the platform is a challenge that will definitely keep you energized.
  
  

• You'll grow, develop and evolve
  
  As part of a team that's always looking for new, innovative ways to offer value to customers, you'll constantly be experimenting, learning, and trying out new things.

• You'll take ownership
  
  We expect you to take full responsibility and ownership of your tasks. Team leads avoid micromanaging and minimize interruptions so you can stay focused on your assignments.

• You’ll have experts on hand
  
  Whenever you’re stuck, your teammates with a wide range of expertise are ready to help you grow. And they’d love for you to share your knowledge too!

• You'll pick where you work, every day
  
  We embrace the remote culture. Every day you get to choose the environment that makes you most productive.

• You'll have stability
  
  We value a stable workplace! Mailer
  Lite has been thriving for over 10 years and our
  -
  - year growth continues to increase.

What you’ll work with

• Develop new features and maintain Mailer
  Send to meet evolving product and customer needs
• Work on a
  - load system, handling millions of emails per hour and ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability
• Optimize and modernize the platform by integrating new technologies while maintaining stability
• Collaborate with multiple teams to resolve technical challenges and improve overall system performance
• Balance
  - term improvements with daily operational tasks

Team Achievements

We're incredibly proud of our team and love celebrating their accomplishments. We believe in recognizing hard work, creativity, and collaboration.

Here, we share some of the standout achievements that highlight the passion and talent within our team.

• Innovative development

Integrated AI into internal workflows, added Google Marketplace support and launched new features like email verification, dedicated IPs, and advanced data storage — all powered by our
- availability API.

• Rooted in research

Through
- on user research and prototyping, we crafted onboarding flows that make getting started easier, staying focused on real user needs and smooth
- time experiences.

• Scaling for the future

Overhauled our processing pipelines to efficiently handle massive data volumes, ensuring scalability, performance, and insights for our users.

• Seamless integrations

Implemented integrations with Wix and Canva, enhancing platform interoperability and expanding
- party ecosystem support.

What we offer

• Yearly gross salary: $55, 000-$65, 000
• Remote-first culture: Our team works remotely from around the world
• International health insurance: Provided with coverage in most countries, with a monthly payout available in select countries where coverage is limited
• Company-paid retreats: Once a year, we gather for a week in an exotic location to work, learn, and have fun together
• 31 days of vacation per year: We encourage you to unplug and recharge!
• 12 paid sick days: For your physical and mental
  - being, no doctor's note required. Parents can use them to care for their sick children
• 4 creative days: One paid day off per quarter to do something creative and fun
• 12 parental days: Enjoy one paid day off each month to treasure time with your children
• Parental leave: 100% paid leave when welcoming a new child through birth (3 months maternity, 1 month paternity) or adoption 
• Parenting budget: A $1000 special gift to celebrate the arrival of your little one, whether through childbirth or adoption
• Joy budget: Annual allowance to spend on what brings you joy, starting at $1, 000 per year and increasing over time
• Mac
  Book and other tools: That help you to do your job efficiently

• 5+ years of experience with PHP, Java
  Script and HTML
• Experience with at least one of these frameworks: React
  JS or Vue
  JS
• Working knowledge of Laravel
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Ability to write and optimize complex SQL queries
• Knowledge of Redis and queues
• Ability to write clean code with test coverage and build scalable applications
• Self-starter with an investigative mindset for thinking out of the box
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills in English
• Familiarity with other languages is a bonus (Node
  JS, Golang, Ruby)

• Based in EMEA region