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Senior Backend Developer PHP/Symfony - Full remote
WorldiaFrance - Remote, FranceRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Aug 2025
About the role
<h2 id="who-we-are">Who we are</h2>
<p>Worldia is a B2B2C travel platform for tailor-made trips. We enable any partner to tap into the huge potential of individualized travel by combining a powerful technology, a top-quality product curation and a premium customer service.<br/><strong>We are in hyper growth and we have raised €25M in 2023</strong>. Worldia is scaling with a lot of exciting projects: the roll-out of the new version of the platform and new commercial partnerships and international expansion. </p>
<h2 id="we-are-proud-to-be-certified-happy-index®-at-work-france--germany-and-tech-work-by-choose-my-company®">We are proud to be certified HAPPY INDEX® AT WORK FRANCE & GERMANY and TECH WORK BY CHOOSE MY COMPANY®!</h2>
<p><em>Do you want to learn more about our ambitious tech projects ? <a href="https://youtu.be/XkHLygaUEnQ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a></em> </p>
<h2 id="our-values">Our values</h2>
<p>AMBITION // Shoot for the moon<br/>PLEASURE // Spend good time all together<br/>INTEGRITY // Be honest and transparent, always </p>
<h2 id="missions">Missions</h2>
<p>Join a team of about 15 backend developers and bring your energy to :</p>
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<li>Collaborate with the product team to specify and plan upcoming features</li>
<li>Contribute to technical evaluation and specification of upcoming features</li>
<li>Implement new features using the best practices</li>
<li>Correct bugs because nobody is perfect!</li>
<li>Review the code of your teammates to keep the project clean and share knowledge</li>
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<p><em><strong>What would make this job opportunity a great career move for you ?</strong></em> </p>
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<li><p>You like challenging tech projects. 100% of our senior developers, coming from top tech companies, give us the same feedback: Worldia's platform is a pretty challenging playground</p>
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<li><p>You will work with <strong>up-to-date stack</strong> based on PHP 8.1, Symfony 6, API Platform, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Kubernetes, Docker and our CI/CD pipelines using GitLab. Have a look at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFJFKbmaYFQ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Christian, CTO</a> & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLt5ElWq86M" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hwa-Seon, Backend Developer</a> short videos on WTTJ to get all the info!</p>
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<li><p>Are you ready and excited about tackling a new feature development? We like proactive, autonomous and problem solver minded developers </p>
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<li><p>You want to contribute to scaling the tech team. We are divided into several feature teams. So much to build still! </p>
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<li><p>You are interested in flexible working mode: open to full remote and hybrid on-site/remote</p>
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<h2 id="lets-talk-about-you">Let's talk about you</h2>
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<li><p>+5 years of working experience using PHP and Symfony framework (alternatively previous experience in software development) </p>
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<li><p>Ability to communicate in English (all tech meetings are in English)</p>
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<li><p>Agile project management experience (we are following the Scrum methodology)</p>
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<li><p>Mindset: autonomous, proactive, problem solver, adaptable (eager to work in a fast growing environment), and team spirit</p>
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<li><p>DevOps awareness and curiosity</p>
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<p>If you have a GitHub, a personal website or projects to share, we would love to have a look.</p>
<h2 id="benefits--perks">Benefits & Perks</h2>
<p><em>- Remote friendly (with no more than 1h hour time difference with France, and no more than 3/4 hours time travel to Paris. At least one visit to Paris is expected per quarter).</em> </p>
<p><em>- Meal voucher: 11,50 euros / day for lunch</em> </p>
<p><em>- Career evolution possibilities</em> </p>
<p><em>- Team buildings every 3 months and 2 super parties to meet all together twice a year</em> </p>
<p><em>- Discounts for your trips!</em> </p>
<h2 id="recruitment-process">Recruitment process</h2>
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<li><p>A Video-call with the Tech Talent Acquisition Manager, to better understand your career plan and your fit for the role at Worldia - 45 min</p>
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<li><p>A technical test done at home - about 1H30</p>
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<li><p>A technical interview ending with a 30-minutes live coding session with a Lead developer and a back-end developer to evaluate your hard skills and the way you operate - 1H30</p>
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<li><p>An interview with an Engineering manager to create a strong alignment on what we'll be expected from you and help you project yourself within the team - 1 hour</p>
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<p><strong><strong>Worldia has signed the IDEA Pact (Inclusion - Diversity - Equity - Accessibility) and respects a fair and non-discrimination recruitment process</strong></strong></p>
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