Backend Developer - PHP / Symfony / Node.js

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In this role, you develop backend systems using PHP and Symfony, optimize APIs, integrate external services, and work on new features for e-commerce and content platforms.

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Your role in the team

  • In our backend development, you develop and optimize our backend systems and web services, actively contributing to the further development of our platform.
  • You are independently responsible for implementing features and modules within our backend platform architecture and develop APIs for integrating internal and external systems.
  • With PHP and Symfony, and optionally with Node.js, you work within our system landscape and apply your experience in a targeted manner.
  • You actively contribute to the further development of e-commerce and content systems such as Pimcore, as well as the integration of external services and microservices.
  • You contribute to solutions such as Keycloak and procedures like OAuth2 or OpenID Connect around authentication and permissions.
  • In doing so, you ensure code quality, performance, and maintainability, and continuously develop our backend standards.
  • In collaboration with adjacent teams, you actively contribute to technical discussions and architecture topics.

Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • You approach technical challenges in a structured manner, maintain an overview, and find pragmatic, reliable solutions.
  • As a team player, you work independently, solution-oriented, and communicative, actively contributing to the success of the team.

Experience

  • You bring several years of experience in backend web development and have very good knowledge of PHP as well as frameworks like Symfony.
  • Ideally, you also have experience with Node.js and can confidently work with both technologies.
  • You have extensive experience in API design and development (e.g., REST or GraphQL) and are familiar with modern software architectures such as Headless, Microservices, or API-First.
  • Experience with platforms such as Pimcore or Spryker, as well as in the area of authentication (e.g., OAuth2, OpenID Connect, or Keycloak), is advantageous.

What we offer

  • You can look forward to exciting projects in the field of backend and platform architectures, where you will actively shape modern APIs, microservices, and scalable system landscapes.
  • You have the option to work both in the office and from home, depending on the project phase and personal coordination with your supervisors.
  • Clear processes provide you with guidance and security as you utilize your creative freedom to actively contribute ideas and grow together with the team in an agile work environment.
  • Through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), you and your family can access confidential and anonymous counseling for personal or professional concerns at any time.
  • We also offer you a subsidy for your item JobTicket to use public transportation.
  • If you want to come with your electric car, there are plenty of charging stations available for use on our company parking lot.
  • Additionally, we enable you to benefit from purchasing advantages with a variety of renowned providers through the corporate benefits offer platform.

Benefits

Health, fitness & fun

Topics you will work on

Job locations

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  • Location Solingen
    Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

About your employer

At item Industrietechnik GmbH, we are one of the world's leading providers of system building kits for industrial applications. We employ 900 people across the globe and our comprehensive IT department is based in our innovative Technology Center at our headquarters in Solingen, Germany.

Company type
Digital Agency
Work model
Onsite, Hybrid
Industry
Advertising, Marketing, PR
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Backend Developer - PHP / Symfony / Node.js

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