Shape the world of data. Your way.
(Senior) Backend Engineer (m/f/d) - PHP Symfony specialist
At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, for we are the world's leading business data platform.
By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services,
we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions.
Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities
such as London, New York, and Tokyo. And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not
only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our
employees.
We value and celebrate our diverse culture. You are welcome here for who you are, no matter where
you come from, what you look like, or whether you prefer bar graphs to pie charts. Your story
matters – keep writing it as part of our team. Are you ready to join us?
What you do
- Implementation and maintenance of a central Symfony application, providing services and infrastructure for our product teams
- Support implementation of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and monitoring with CDK or Terraform and Datadog
- Solution-oriented conception and implementation of services for our high-performance platform with 8.5 million unique users per day
- Collaborate with other development teams to ensure smooth operation of the central Symfony application for their Statista products offered on the platform
- Continuous development of the Symfony application on a globally accessible cloud infrastructure, bringing it into modern-era cloud computing
- Responsibility for software design, programming, code reviews, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of the Symfony application
Who you are
- Completed training in IT or studies in computer science or comparable
- 3+ years of experience in PHP development
- Strong experience with Symfony framework and its ecosystem
- Experience working in agile teams
- "You build it, you run it" mindset
- Experience in cloud platforms and infrastructure automation like AWS with CDK is a plus
- Nice-to-Haves: Experience in frontend technologies like React with TypeScript
- Very good knowledge of English, knowledge of German an advantage
- Experience in building and maintaining centralized application infrastructures
- Familiarity with microservices architecture and API design
- Strong understanding of PHP best practices, design patterns, and performance optimization techniques
Who you will be working with
What we offer
In addition to our great team, culture, and our shared goal of empowering people with data, there are many other things that make Statista a great place to work! Join us and benefit from:
Work from abroad 7 days a year
Hybrid work and flex-time
International team and social events
Career & training opportunities
Attractive locations and modern offices
Mental health support by Fürstenberg Institute
