Senior Software Engineer (PHP) (m/f/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Cracow, Vilnius

Explore a new world of possibilities
At HomeToGo, we’re on a mission to make incredible accommodation easily accessible for everyone. Our team is united by a passion for travel, driven by innovation and impact, and guided by open-minded leaders at every level. Our commitment to recognizing and empowering exceptional talent is the foundation of our growth. We are actively hiring candidates from all around the world, including sponsoring visas for Germany. An amazing journey of opportunity with an international team lies ahead - join us!
Your future contribution
You’ll help shape the CRM platform that delivers personalized experiences to our global user
base. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to bring business ideas to life through
technology — delivering campaigns, recommendation logic, and automation pipelines
based on user behavior and data. This role is essential to scaling our communications
infrastructure and improving the effectiveness of our marketing tools.
How you’ll add value
  • Within 3 months: Deliver key improvements to our existing marketing communication pipelines — improve throughput, reliability, and observability (monitoring/logging/alerting)
  • Within 6 months: Take a crucial role in the development of one core subsystem to improve scalability and maintainability.
  • Within 9 months: Launch and optimize an e-mail centralization system on a large scale
  • Within 12 months: Contribute to the technical roadmap for CRM backend services, aligning system evolution with business goals and cross-team dependencies
  • Continuously: Mentor peers through code reviews and design sessions, improve engineering standards, and champion PHP best practices within the team
You’ll be successful in this role if you
  • Have 5+ years of experience building backend applications in PHP, ideally with Symfony
  • Know how to design clean, scalable, and testable systems using SOLID principles and design patterns
  • Are comfortable working with SQL databases (MySQL/MariaDB), Redis, and Elasticsearch
  • Have experience in building and operating high-scale distributed systems
  • Are familiar with containerized development using Docker (Kubernetes knowledge is a plus)
  • Bring a Test-Driven Development mindset and care deeply about code quality and reliability
  • Communicate fluently in English and enjoy working in cross-functional, international teams
What we offer
  • Career of growth opportunities and promotions, 360 feedback, performance evaluation system, and mentoring from an international and distinguished team
  • Culture of empowerment, trust, recognition, autonomy and quarterly transparency about company goals. A focus on work-life balance, combined with consistent collaboration and support from a team of 30+ nationalities
  • Compensation of attractive salary, health insurance, additional holidays, flexible working hours, language courses, employee-led workshops, office perks, frequent team building and company events, business trips to Berlin
About us

HomeToGo is the SaaS-enabled marketplace with the world's largest selection of vacation rentals, listing millions of offers from thousands of trusted partners, including Booking.com, Vrbo and TripAdvisor. From vacation homes, cabins, beach houses, apartments, condos, house boats, castles, farm stays and everything in between, HomeToGo combines price, destination, dates and amenities to find the perfect accommodation for any trip worldwide.

Founded in 2014, HomeToGo operates localized apps & websites in more than 30 countries across Europe, North America, South America, Australia and Asia-Pacific. HomeToGo also operates brands such as Agriturismo.it, AMIVAC, atraveo, Casamundo, CaseVacanza.it, e-domizil, EscapadaRural, Kurzurlaub, Kurz Mal Weg, Tripping.com and Wimdu.

HomeToGo is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring and nurturing exceptional talent, representing various backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We are authentically candid and open-minded, fostering a safe environment for diverse opinions. Our hiring decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We do not discriminate against race, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political, ideological or religious views, disability or age.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a workforce of equality and diversity at HomeToGo and to provide opportunities to everyone. We therefore welcome your application even if you aren't completely confident that your experiences fit the job description criteria. We would really love to get to know you!

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