09/04/2019
You're a backend developer with expertise in Laravel and you want to work within a fast paced and forward thinking company? Build digital for fortune 500 companies and work on cutting edge startup projects? We've got a position open in Amsterdam.
âś“ Well designed office in the center of Amsterdam
âś“ Visit (and present on) tech events
âś“ Develop yourself through on- and offline courses
âś“ Free gym membership at high-end gym around the corner
âś“ Great and free homemade lunch every day
**Eli5 builds digital for Corporates, Startups, and Eli5 Ventures.**
We are the creators of Lean Digital; a three-part product development framework serving as a system to build digital for NewCo and CoreCo projects of big companies. Eli5 Lean Digital includes Solution Validation, Product Design & Development, and Integration (both vertical and horizontal).
Next to our Lean Digital operations for big companies, we spend a lot of time building digital for promising Startups and our own Eli5 Ventures. We call this Eli5 Startup Lab. It's a space where we work alongside with other entrepreneurs to build the companies of tomorrow.
Eli5ers live to translate complex matter into simple solutions and love the technical challenges they face while doing this. Buzzwords make us cringe and we always make sure everyone understands what we are doing and why we are doing it.
**Backend Development @ Eli5**
Backend Development is one of the core pillars of the company. As a Eli5 Backend Developer you'll be responsible for clean and maintainable backend systems to power our digital solutions. You'll be involved in the entire development cycle and your role comes with a wide range of responsibilities. Next to development, you will be playing a big role in requirements engineering, solution architecture, integration, prototyping, and connecting frontend technology.
Eli5 offers you the opportunity to work in a fast-paced company and grow your skills and experience within the fields of technology, (corporate) startups, and design.
**You will be responsible for:**
- Designing lean and maintainable backend infrastructure and integration systems;
- Creating maintainable and extendable backend systems;
- Defining and scoping the backend part of projects, both with the team and with clients;
- Working closely together with frontend developers and designers in project teams; and
- Advising clients and product owners about the technical pros and cons within the product strategy.
**Competencies - Essential:**
- Experience with backend development, preferable with PHP based framework Laravel;
- Holding a degree in software engineering or you can show equivalent work experience;
- Experienced with object oriented programming in PHP, MySQL and / or MariaDB, and implementations of software design patterns;
- Able to make clever and well informed decisions;
- An organized and self-motivated approach, with a strong attention to detail and the ability to analyse and interpret data; and
- Proficiency in both English and Dutch. Proof (e.g. certificates or exam results) might be requested.
**Competencies - Bonus:**
- Building RESTful API’s;
- Experience with JSON-API and / or GraphQL;
- Experience with CI / CD pipelines (Gitlab / TravisCI / Jenkins);
- Implementation of software design patterns;
- Linux (Ubuntu / CentOS / Amazon Linux);
- Front-end Javascript frameworks (AngularJS, ReactJS, VueJS etc.); and
- Caching systems (Redis / Memcached).
**The perks of Eli5:**
- You won't be working in a boring office space in the outskirts but in a well designed office in the middle of Amsterdam;
- Visit (and present on) tech events in the Netherlands and the rest of the world;
- Develop yourself through on- and offline courses you can pick yourself;
- Get a gym membership at high-end gym Gustav, who have a city gym next to our office and a gym on Zuidas;
- Moving to the Netherlands for this job and you're an EU citizen? We'll help you move to our lovely flat little country;
- Work within a team of skilled and experienced developers, designers, and strategists; and
- Have a great and free homemade lunch every day.
**Apply now:**
Apply via Facebook or send an email with your CV and letter of motivation to [email protected].
