PHP Engineer

MailerLite is one of the fastest-growing email marketing services. We help more than 1 million businesses around the world to keep in touch with their customers. Today, we are a team of more than 170 dreamers, adventurers, and world travelers passionate about what we do and believe in. And we are ready for another talented person to join the party.

We’re looking for a PHP engineer who will maintain and implement new features across our products. Join us now! 🚀

Why MailerLite?

Wondering why we think you’ll love working for MailerLite? Here are our favorite 6 reasons!

• You’ll be challenged with interesting tasks
  Our customers are sending millions of emails per day. Scaling the platform is a challenge that will definitely keep you energized.
• You’ll grow, develop and evolve
  As part of a team that’s always looking for new, innovative ways to offer value to customers, you’ll constantly be experimenting, learning, and trying out new things.
• You’ll take ownership
  We expect you to take full responsibility and ownership of your tasks. Team leads avoid micromanaging and minimize interruptions so you can stay focused on your assignments.
• You’ll have experts on hand
  Whenever you’re stuck, your teammates with a wide range of expertise are ready to help you grow. And they’d love for you to share your knowledge too!
• You’ll pick where you work, every day
  We embrace the remote culture. Every day you get to choose the environment that makes you most productive.
• You’ll have stability
  We value a stable workplace! MailerLite has been thriving for over 10 years and our year-over-year growth continues to increase.

What you’ll work on

• Maintain our existing codebase that serves hundreds of thousands of users daily
• Implement new features with an focus on delivering impact and value to our users

What we offer

• Yearly gross salary range: $60,000-$75,000
• Remote-first culture: Our team works remotely from around the world
• International health insurance: Provided with coverage in most countries, with a monthly payout available in select countries where coverage is limited
• Company-paid retreats: Once a year, we gather for a week in a beautiful location to work, learn, and have fun together
• 31 days of vacation (including public holidays): We encourage you to unplug and recharge!
• 12 paid sick days: For your physical and mental well-being, no doctor’s note required. Parents can use them to care for their sick children
• 4 creative days: One paid day off per quarter to do something creative and fun
• 12 parental days: Enjoy one paid day off each month to treasure time with your children
• Parental leave: 100% paid leave when welcoming a new child through birth (3 months maternity, 1 month paternity) or adoption
• Parenting budget of $1000: A $1000 special gift to celebrate the arrival of your little one, whether through childbirth or adoption
• Joy Budget: Annual allowance to spend on what brings you joy, starting at $1,000 per year and increasing over time
• MacBook and other tools: That help you to do your job efficiently

Job requirements

• 4+ years of experience with PHP, JavaScript and HTML
• You are comfortable with large codebases as well as the latest tools and technologies
• Experience with at least one of these frameworks: VueJS, React or AngularJS (we use VueJS)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Ability to write and optimize complex queries in SQL
• Knowledge of Redis and queues
• Can work across codebases and platforms
• Ability to write clean code with test coverage
• Ability to build scalable applications
• Self-starter with an investigative mindset for thinking out of the box
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills in English
• A sense of personal responsibility
• Familiarity with other languages is a plus (NodeJS, Golang, Ruby)
• Knowledge of any PHP framework is a plus (we mostly use Laravel)
• Familiarity with ElasticSearch is a plus
• You’re based in the EMEA or Central Asia

Team Achievements

We’re incredibly proud of our team and love celebrating their accomplishments. At MailerLite, we believe in recognizing hard work, creativity, and collaboration.

Here, we share some of the standout achievements that highlight the passion and talent within our team.

• Innovative development
  Successfully launched a new, feature-rich, drag-and-drop builder for creating professional landing pages.
• Rooted in research
  Our team leveraged user research and prototyping to design effective onboarding flows for new users, demonstrating our commitment to user-centered design and seamless experiences.
• Scaling for the future
  Overhauled our processing pipelines to efficiently handle massive data volumes, ensuring scalability, performance and insights for our users.
• Seamless integrations
  Implemented integrations with Wix and Canva, enhancing platform interoperability and expanding third-party ecosystem support.