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# Software Engineer PHP H/F

- **Company:** Skaleet
- **Location:** Boulogne-Billancourt, France (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, PHP (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Code Review, DevOps, Elasticsearch, MariaDB, OpenShift, RabbitMQ, Software Factory, Technical Debt, Backend, Build Management, Front End Software Development, Docker
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/companies/skaleet/jobs/software-engineer-php-h-f_boulogne-billancourt

## About the Role

* Education: Master's degree from a top-tier engineering school, or equivalent.
 * Experience: minimum of 3 years as a Software Engineer, with significant PHP backend experience.
 * AI: you are fluent with AI tools and know how to get the best out of them to design and build faster.
 * Languages: fluency in French, written and spoken; professional working proficiency in English.
 * Interpersonal skills: strong ability to collaborate with diverse teams, an excellent team player.
 * You enjoy hard problems, have an entrepreneurial mindset and like the energy of a scale-up.
 * Bonus points: previous experience in an international or European setting, or in a fintech or banking environment.

## Description

* Work primarily on backend development in PHP ( 80%), while also contributing to frontend evolutions ( 20%), keeping an end-to-end understanding of product behavior.
 * Ensure clarity, testability and long-term sustainability of the codebase, helping control technical debt.
 * Contribute to technical discussions and propose architectural or design improvements when relevant.

 2. Elevate engineering excellence (Software Craftsmanship)
 * Apply and promote best development practices: clean code, rigorous code reviews, meaningful documentation and automated testing.
 * Strengthen our testing pyramid (unit, integration, end-to-end) to improve release reliability and reduce production risk.
 * Take part in continuous improvement initiatives within the team.
 * Work in an Agile framework with strong attention to specification quality and to business constraints.

 3. Operate in mission-critical and high-impact environments
 * Build and maintain features used in production by financial institutions, where performance, resilience and availability are essential.
 * Collaborate closely with Product, QA and Delivery teams to turn complex functional requirements into robust technical solutions.
 * Participate in incident analysis, root cause investigations and resilience improvements.
 * Take part in on-call rotations, contributing to service continuity.

 4. Contribute to team dynamics and engineering maturity
 * Share knowledge and learn from peers in a culture of collective progression.
 * Contribute to engineering decisions and to the maturation of our Software Factory, bringing structure, rigor and pragmatic thinking to complex problems.

Technical environment

 * Core backend: PHP 8.2 / MariaDB
 * Nice to have: DevOps & infrastructure tools * Docker / Elastic Stack / RabbitMQ / OpenShift