Senior software engineer backend (php symfony)

Company Description

Founded in 2014, Shippeo is a leading European SaaS company specializing in supply chain visibility. Over the past two years, we have experienced rapid growth, securing €140 million in funding, including €30 million raised in January 2025.

At Shippeo, we take pride in our exceptional diversity, with a team comprising 27 nationalities and fluent in 29 languages. With offices spanning Europe, North America, and most recently Asia, we deliver global, multimodal, real-time transportation visibility to customers across industries such as retail, manufacturing, automotive, and CPG.

Our vision is to become the world's leading data platform for the freight industry. By leveraging our expanding network, real-time data, and AI, we empower supply chains to deliver superior customer experiences while achieving operational excellence.



Job Description


About Us:

Our product is composed of a mission-critical SaaS web platform (API everywhere), with high traffic inbound/outbound integrations. Our platform handles over 30 million incoming API calls and generates 100+ million external API calls, making scalability our biggest challenge. We enable customers to proactively manage exceptions by analyzing real-time data from various stakeholders.


Team Structure:

Our technical team is divided into three feature teams:

* Platform: Focus on building high-availability integrations to fetch and send orders, events, and positions.
* Solution: Automatically track road and maritime orders, detect exceptions, and alert users so they can respond effectively.
* Analyze to Improve: Leverage data to offer better insights and improvements for users.


The Role:

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our team, where you’ll tackle the complexities of scalability and build high-availability integrations. Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, you'll focus on improving our technical architecture, developing new features, and ensuring production-readiness at scale.


Key Responsibilities:

* Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of scalable solutions
* Develop server-side application logic using PHP Symfony in an event-driven environment
* Mentor peers and guide technical decisions, with a focus on scalability and performance
* Collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to design performant, scalable APIs
* Address scalability challenges, handling tens of millions of API calls
* Implement modern architectural patterns: DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing, Microservices
* Document APIs, processes, and database schemas for high-performance systems
* Ensure optimal performance and availability across all services



Qualifications

* 5+ years of experience in software engineering in a high-paced, large-scale environment
* Expert in PHP Symfony and relational + NoSQL databases
* Experience with message brokers (e.g., RabbitMQ), CI tools, and monitoring stacks like Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana
* Strong understanding of CQRS, Event Sourcing, and DDD principles
* Proven experience managing high-scalability challenges
* Pragmatic problem solver with a "build it, run it, monitor it" mindset
* Fluent in French and English


Additional Information

Application Requirements:

Since Shippeo operates internationally, please submit your CV in English. We’re eager to hear from you if you’re ready to take on a challenge and grow your career in a supportive, innovative environment.


Recruitment Process:

* Preliminary call with our Talent Acquisition Manager
* 1st interview with the Hiring Manager
* Case Study
* Final Interview



We are looking for talents who share our values:

* 🚀 Ambition
* 💙 Care
* 🎯 Deliver
* 🤝 Collaboration

Find out more about our values in Our Culture Book


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Diversity Statement

We are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion within our workplace as we value the unique perspectives and experiences that individuals from all backgrounds bring to our team. We are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all candidates, regardless of their background or abilities, and our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our policies, practices, and workplace culture.


We understand that candidates may have unique needs or questions related to disability inclusion. To facilitate this, you can reach our dedicated Disability Advisor at inclusion@shippeo.com with any inquiries or requests for accommodations during the application process.