Mid PHP Engineer  

Come Change the Travel Sector!

ZEN Rooms, one of the fastest-growing startups in Southeast Asia, is searching for a Mid Software Engineer to expand its successful business.

About ZEN

We are an operating system for Southeast Asian budget & mid-range hotels. We allow our hotel clients to be more productive and competitive: increase revenue, optimize cost base and increase guest trust & satisfaction. Through technological and operational solutions, we address the deep, widespread inefficiencies in the Southeast Asian budget & mid-range hospitality sector.

By helping Southeast Asian hotels operate more efficiently: better value-for-money and safer, ZEN contributes daily to democratizing travel in Southeast Asia. Millions of travelers looking for the best value-for-money stay at ZEN franchised or operated properties each year.

ZEN Group is backed by the #1 Korean travel group Yanolja (funded by Booking.com/Agoda) and a leading group of institutional technology investors including Rocket Internet (behind Lazada etc)

About the role

We are currently looking for a skilled and passionate Mid Software Engineer to become part of our international team of highly talented and motivated people. As a Sr. Software Engineer at ZEN Rooms, you will be responsible for contributing to the application architecture and doing intensive, design orientated development on both Frontend and Backend code.

• A minimum of 3 years of full-stack development experience for Mid Level or 6 years for Senior Level
• Deep knowledge of PHP and wide experience with the OOP frameworks. Experience with Phalcon framework is a big plus
• Well-versed with front-end code in HTML5, CSS3, Javascript with familiarity in various frameworks and template languages.
• Proficient with database design and optimization (PostgreSQL or MySQL)
• Experience in designing Rest APIs and RPC structures.
• Practical experience in writing automated tests (unit tests, integration tests, etc)
• Knowledge and experience of common Design Patterns and coding principle
• Good background in building complex and beautiful products which are able to handle the requests by millions of users
• Passionate about writing well-structured, efficient and maintainable code, actively keeping the quality of the codebase in check
• Good communication skills in English, both written and spoken
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent education or practical experience.
• Self-motivated, fast learner, detail-oriented and a team player
• Able to make sure that the platforms keep up with high standards of scalability, stability, security, and performance.

Nice to Have

• Experience with working remotely
• Familiar/involved with open source projects
• Knowledge of cloud architectures, AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and Serverless concepts.
• Knowledge/Experience in other programming languages like python, node.js, C#
• Experience with Elasticsearch and Kibana
• Exposure to Agile methodology
• Familiarity with technical practices such as pair programming, test-driven development, CI/CD
• Familiar with Linux commands