RoomRaccoon
RoomRaccoon was founded by Nadja Buckenberger and Tymen Van Dyl in 2017 with a mission to redefine hotel operations through our all-in-one hotel management system.
Our diverse team of 100 professionals, spread across 5 offices worldwide, serves 2000+ clients across Europe, USA and Africa. Our benefits include equity, formal training budget allowance, annual hotel allowance, as well as birthday and Xmas vouchers.
Interested? Keep reading on!
Job title: Lead PHP Developer
Location: Only considering applications in the Netherlands
Language: English
Work-type: Hybrid
Terms: Full-Time (6-month contract > 12-month contract > Permanent)
Your North Star
Be the driving force behind our award-winning cloud-based Hotel Management System. Leveraging your 7+ years of expertise in Vanilla PHP, you’ll play a key role in developing, enhancing, and refining new and existing features within our Development Team. Your impact will shine even brighter with a proven track record in building successful SaaS products, setting you apart as a true leader in our mission to deliver exceptional software solutions.
Day in the Life of a Lead PHP Developer
- Develop new and improve existing features as part of the team's sprint goals
- Troubleshoot, debug and maintain existing software measured in line with the engineering performance framework
- Code development and architecture based on development lead to specifications.
- Collaborate well with the development team, Lead developer and Product Owner/Product Manager
- Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
Key skills:
- BSc Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a relevant qualification
- 7+ years’ relevant experience in a similar role
- At least 2+ years in a Team Lead capacity
- Solid experience in PHP, MySQL, Sass, Git, and REST
- Design, code and maintain applications using best practices
- Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimisation and functionality
How to be successful as a Lead PHP Developer:
- Excellent communication skills to both understand the needs of the project and give feedback to stakeholders and input to other team members
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Knowledge and experience working in an agile/scrum environment
- Ability to work with an international team with international customers in different time zones
- Ability to remain flexible and adapt to changing priorities with promptness, efficiency and ease
- Possess proficient analytical and decision-making skills.
Perks for NL:
- Equity
- Mac environment
- Performance Bonuses
- Formal Training budget
- Annual Hotel experience
- Friday Lunches
RoomRaccoon Values
- Accountability
- Beat Yesterday
- Clock Speed
- Deals a Deal
- Empower Another
Disclaimer: Thanks so much for your excitement about joining RoomRaccoon! We’re lucky to have so many talented people eager to be part of our team, so we’re reviewing applications as they come in. If you don’t hear from us within three weeks, it means we’ve decided to move forward with other candidates this time—but don’t be discouraged! Keep an eye on our careers page, and we’d love for you to apply for roles that fit your talents in the future!
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What We Do
RoomRaccoon is the leading Hotel Management System for independent hotels and accommodation businesses. We serve thousands of hotels globally in over 50 countries with our technology.
Every day the 100+ ‘Raccoon’ team works hard to empower hoteliers with technology that drives better-performing hotels and guest experiences. We have headquarters in two vibrant cities on opposite sides of the world, Breda in the Netherlands and Cape Town in South Africa. Plus offices in Valencia, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal
