Senior PHP Engineer

Location: Athens, Attica, Greece

Department: Engineering

Workplace: hybrid

Employment Type: full

Description

Ferryhopper is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes diversity and is committed to inclusion in the workplace. We do not accept discrimination and harassment of any kind. This policy applies to all employment practices within our company.

The Company

Ferryhopper is revolutionising online ferry booking, aiming to change the way people travel by ferry. We are collaborating with more than 360 ferry companies across 63 countries, bringing a fresh and seamless ferry booking experience. We always strive to cater to the needs of all travellers and keep improving our services.

If you want to know more about the team, read about Ferryhopper in a nutshell.

The role

We are looking for a PHP Engineer to join the Ferryhopper team in Athens.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for integrating and maintaining 3rd-party data providers and ferry operators into the Ferryhopper booking platform. We are actively looking to fill 2 positions.

Responsibilities:

• Integrate APIs of different data providers and ferry operators into Ferryhopper
• Bridge the business logic of 3rd-party APIs with that of Ferryhopper
• Optimize existing integrations for performance, scalability, and reliability
• Investigate and resolve integration and production issues
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to team knowledge sharing
• Use AI tools to improve development, investigation, and day-to-day productivity
• Stay up to date with relevant technologies and apply them when they can improve our work

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in web application development (open-source or freelancing experience counts)
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming principles and best practices
• Strong programming skills in PHP 8.x+
• Working experience with Symfony or Laravel
• Experience using AI tools for code generation and development assistance
• Good experience with Git and issue-tracking tools
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, well-documented, and testable code
• Ability to take ownership of technical issues and drive them to completion

It would be a plus

• Hands-on experience with Docker and containerization
• Familiarity with testing suites and CI/CD tools
• Hands-on experience with unit testing in PHP (PHPUnit, Codeception)
• Experience with RESTful APIs
• Good understanding of SOAP services
• Familiarity with Amazon AWS
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, MariaDB)

It would be important to have

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team
• Enjoy being part of a fast-moving and agile team
• Enjoy solving technical problems
• Be proactive and willing to take ownership
• Be open to sharing ideas and contributing to technical decisions
• Be able to discuss different approaches and support the team's final decisions on standards and processes

Benefits

The health of our company and the success of our products are directly related to the health of our team and the work environment we create for ourselves. With this in mind, we strive to provide an inclusive and positive working environment. In this respect, we offer:

• Competitive compensation package
• Equipment of your choice
• Training and educational budget throughout the year
• Work in a collaborative and dynamic environment
• Great office space :)
• Three (3) additional days off on top of your statutory annual leave
• Exclusive coupons for your personal ferry trips

Remote & Hybrid Policy:

• Athens-based teams: The policy is to visit the office a minimum of once per week
• Work from Anywhere: Six weeks per year to work from any location of your choice