Experienced Laravel Backend Engineer

✔ Coder✔ Creative ✔ Technical

In just five years, we’ve grown from an ambitious start-up to the fastest-growing Cybersecurity Awareness Platform in the world. Today, we protect over 1.5 million users across 5,000 organizations, together with 300+ partners worldwide.

From 5 employees to an international team of more than 70 driven colleagues – and we’re still growing. We have the ambition to double our sales team by 2026.

Phished is a rapidly growing tech scale-up that helps organizations improve their cybersecurity. Through a unique, fully automated training platform, employees are trained to recognize real cyberattacks and respond to them in the correct way. In doing so, we make a real impact on both individuals and organizations.

Does this sound like you? Read on.

Your responsibilities

• As a PHP developer you will join a fresh team responsible for the further development of the software platform.

• You will be involved in building and rolling out new features according to the (product and technical) roadmap.

• You’ll prepare the platform to open up for more and bigger customers by improving its performance and scalability.

• As you’ll be one of the firsts in a growing team you’ll be able (and we expect you) to make your mark on both the development processes and the future of the team.

What do we expect from you?

Human skills

• You are a team player and like to share knowledge and experiences with your colleagues.

• You are interested in a long term commitment and want to grow with the company that you are joining.

• You are a self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset who loves to take initiatives.

• You are flexible and able to adjust to the fast-changing environment of a scale-up.

• You have a keen interest in cyber security and data protection.

• You live in a time zone between UTC - 03:00 and UTC + 03:00

• You are able to communicate efficiently within the team and you do not hesitate to reach out to your colleagues if necessary - even when you are not in the same location.

Technical skills

• You already have several years of experience as a PHP Developer and have extensive hands-on experience with Laravel.

• You have worked with MySQL and Redis.

• You have experience building RESTful APIs.

• You are keen on quality assurance and automatic testing.

• Version control (e.g. Git) is something you can't do without.

• You are fluent in English and able to express yourself efficiently.

Bonus points

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or similar cloud platforms.

• An interest in cybersecurity related technologies such as envelope encryption, advanced data encryption, and identity server.

• Understanding of scalability and performance in context of a database-driven platform.

• Interest in further exploring Frontend development.

What’s in it for you?

🚀 Create your own path. Shape your journey based on your vision and ambitions. At Phished, you get the freedom to build a personalized roadmap and develop your unique learning path.

🤝 Teamwork makes the dream work. Join a motivated, dynamic, and supportive team of like-minded people who help you level up your skills.

🌱 Room to grow. Continue developing in a no-nonsense, entrepreneurial scale-up culture where initiative and ownership are encouraged.

💰 Attractive compensation package. On top of a competitive salary, you’ll have access to a Flex Income Plan, tailored to your needs with a range of extra benefits. Also: a stylish Mercedes, group and hospitalization insurance, and many other perks!

🏠 Work-Life Balance. Flexibility is the norm here. Flexible hours? Check! A nice balance between days at the office and working from home? Check! Our office? Located in the heart of Leuven, just a short walk from the station.

🚀 Phished is growing – and your role can make a real difference. Ready to make an impact together?