PHP Back-end Developer with Laravel/Symfony

Reasons to work with us

Joining Upthrust is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the best digital product studio team in Belgium. 

You can learn a lot and progress your career at a fast pace if you can prove you have the right skills, drive and mindset.  

The most exciting part is that we are an ever-changing environment so you can continuously discover new tools and plugins. You can progress your career at a fast pace if you can prove you have the right skills, drive and mindset: 

• You will be part of a high performing team and be surrounded by ambitious, driven and fun people who always push themselves to become better and aim higher. 
• You will build your own career track and define your own objectives and development plan every 6 months. 
• Connect with your colleagues during office lunches, afterwork drinks, rooftop parties, squad dinners and cool team buildings (think karting, paintball, VR games,…)! 
• You can fly with us to work in the sun next to a swimming pool during one of our workations. 
• Or join us in the mountains during our yearly ski & snowboard trip! 

Your Mission

As a PHP developer at Upthrust, you translate digital strategies and designs into working products and real-life digital experiences together with our front-end team. You’ll build stunning and high-performing websites, mobile applications and eCommerce platforms that deliver a great experience. 

Together with the studio team, you will play a crucial role in the ambitious digital product studio projects we execute for our clients. You are eager to constantly experiment with new technologies and frameworks and share this with the rest of the team. You will use these tools to lay out the development strategy for each project you participate in.

Your challenges: 

• You will work intensively on PHP frameworks with a preference to Drupal or Laravel PHP. 
• You will set up and configure sites using one of those frameworks. If needed, you will set up a basic site from scratch, take care of both site building, development and potentially even jump in on the DevOps side. 

• You will establish API connections with other systems such as CRM, Marketing Automation and Product Information Management systems. When something does not work out of the box, you will use your PHP skills to come up with custom solutions and provide the missing piece. 
• You will convert beautiful designs into structured code. 
• You will proactively take part in the Scrum / Agile routines (stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint reviews). 
• As a team player, knowledge sharing is like second nature to you. You will provide recommendations and improvement areas to continuously improve our way of working from a quality, effectivity and team satisfaction point of view. 

Hello, is it you we’re looking for?

 At Upthrust, we value talented people who make a real impact: 

• You have experience with the Drupal or Laravel frameworks, and/or have solid knowledge of PHP frameworks such as Symfony. 

• You like being part of a team and have experience working in an Agile setting using Scrum, Kanban or similar processes. 
• Knowledge of JavaScript frameworks like React or Next.js is a plus, even better combined with some Sass experience. 
• Decoupled websites do not scare you. 
• You have some experience with the {json.api} specification. 
• A Git master that can apply a proper (Gitflow) branching strategy. 
• And even better if you have experience in DevOps, hosting, continuous integration, AWS and/or Azure! 

• You can engage with our clients in fluent English when needed. Dutch is a plus! 
• You are an EU citizen or you can legally work in Belgium now and in the future without any type of sponsorship. 
• You have an effective way of communicating and take matters into your own hands. 
• You have an eye for detail, take ownership of your work and strive for quality. 
• A commitment to continuous learning is a must!  

Compensation & Benefits

• A competitive salary based on your skills & experience 
• Meal vouchers and net allowances 
• Mobile phone subscription with unlimited data 
• The latest MacBook and other tools for your work comfort 
• A Premium Spotify account for when you need some focus or an extra productivity boost 
• 26 vacation days per year 
• Flexible work hours 
• Hybrid work location (on-site/remote). Perfect if you want to escape the Belgian weather to work a few weeks from Spain, Portugal or even South Africa 
• A quarterly bonus scheme linked to your success 
• A hospitalisation insurance 
• A retirement saving plan 
• A Flex Income Plan where you can choose for extra benefits like an electric bike, private health insurance, dental & optical care, warrants, mobile phone, tablet, laptop or extra vacation days 

** Are you a freelancer? 

If you’re interested in this role as a full-time commitment, we welcome you to apply! 

Who we are

Founded in 2018, we are an elite team of 80+ marketers, analysts, designers, developers and project managers. We implement growth marketing processes & build high-performing digital products for ambitious SMEs and big corporates. We also train our clients’ internal teams on the process and tactics we use. 

Together we are on a mission to create exponential growth for our clients, kick bullshit agencies out of the market and build a global network. 

Click the Apply button and join us on our road to #worlddomination!