Backend engineer I Senior I PHP I Core Team

The Backend department uses modern and innovative technologies to create our world-leading cybersecurity products. We have squads that work towards different goals, but we are mainly known as driven professionals writing quality code.

What We Do in NordLayer Core Team:

Our team builds a key internal product that powers the NordLayer ecosystem. We design and maintain a management tool for all VPN servers, providing a robust UI & API for other Web Teams while closely collaborating with the VPN infrastructure team.

The Benefits of Core Team:

Technical Freedom: Work on a well-defined, independent product without cross-dependencies, giving you the freedom to innovate and make impactful technical decisions.

Cutting-Edge Challenges: Solve architectural problems and develop scalable solutions using your Symfony expertise.

Leadership Opportunity: Grow into a Tech Lead in the future and lead a talented team of 3 Middle Engineers, fostering growth and guiding them toward technical excellence.

Collaboration & Impact: Be at the heart of a product that directly influences the performance and reliability of NordLayer's infrastructure.

• Collaborate with the Core team to deliver fully functional features for our product;
• Be involved in creating APIs that developers truly enjoy using;
• Provide technical mentorship to other team members, helping them grow their skills;
• Contribute to technical design decisions;
• Participate in task grooming, defining and breaking down work into manageable tasks;
• Write clear, tested, documented code that delivers real business value;
• Refactor, improve, and maintain the existing code base while adding new functionality;

• At least 5+ years of experience working with PHP;
• Fluency in Symfony;
• Previous experience in building highly scalable systems;
• Understanding of OOP principles & good code design;
• That you know a thing or two about API design;
• Good (My)SQL knowledge and experience;
• That working with Git is nothing new to you;

• Previous experience (+1 year) as a technical lead;
• Knowledge in CQRS;
• Knowledge of Docker, RabbitMQ, and Redis;

• PHP 8;
• Redis;
• Symfony;
• SLIM;
• GitlabCI;
• MySQL.

• 3200 - 7200 EUR/ month gross

About Us

Nord Security is a global leader in internet privacy and security solutions and Lithuania’s second tech unicorn. Established in 2012, Nord Security now has more than 1400 employees and serves millions of users worldwide. Our team has a global mission to shape a more secure and peaceful online future for people everywhere. With that in mind, we built several advanced cybersecurity solutions: NordVPN, NordLayer, NordLocker, NordPass, NordProtect, NordStellar, and Saily.

NordLayer is an adaptive network access security solution for modern businesses developed by the standard of NordVPN.

We help organizations of all sizes enhance their internet security and modernize network and resource access with technical improvements aligning with the best regulatory compliance standards. Helping organizations to adopt ZTNA principles, NordLayer is focused on the Security Service Edge of cybersecurity services.

Quick and easy to integrate with existing infrastructure, hardware-free, and designed with ease of scale in mind, NordLayer meets the varying growth pace and ad-hoc cybersecurity requirements of agile businesses and distributed workforces today.

And we’re always looking to expand our team of:

• Future shapers

• Restless achievers

• Self-movers

• Honest communicators

• Team players

What We Offer

• Access to Nord Security products. We build solutions used by millions of users worldwide, and you’ll get to experience our products firsthand;

• Professional growth. Internal and external events, online training, conferences, books - everything you need to reach full potential;

• Health benefits. Private health insurance, online and on-site workouts, consultations to feel and be your best;

• Mental wellbeing. Access to mental health tools like Calm, Headspace, and Mindletic. Options for therapy to keep your emotional wellbeing in check;

• Team spirit. Team buildings and parties with games, shows, tastings, food coupons, gifts, and it’s on us;

• More free time. Stay with us and additional vacation days will be added to your calendar;

• Additional paid leave. Additional days are covered by us in cases of illness or special occasions;

• Flexibility. Flexible working time arrangement.

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