Ready to embark on the quest of joining Hack The Box?

At the end of this thrilling journey, you'll become a proud member of Hack The Box, with the ultimate mission to help redefine cybersecurity expertise. Get ready for an exciting adventure into the world of cybersecurity! 🚀🔒💻

✨The core mission of the Senior PHP Engineer:

Be part of an architecture team that will be scaling up during the next few years. Get involved in a project from scratch and have end to end responsibilities and tasks. You will join a dynamic team that will be having an impact across all of our products.

🍺 The fellowship you’ll be joining:

Right now the architecture team consists of architects that are working on high level definition of things & processes. We have already expanded the team with senior engineers that are responsible for transitioning from monolithic design to microservices and work on product features across all platforms.

⚔️ Tools & weapons you’ll be using:

• PHP programming language, Laravel or any other MVC framework (open for Symfony or other frameworks as well), PostgreSQL, Jira

📚 Interesting resources you should check:

• #2 Engineering Team Meetup

🚀 The adventures that await you after becoming Senior PHP Engineer at Hack The Box:

• Develop new services and tools using the Laravel PHP Framework
• Generate clean, safe, reusable and scalable PHP code
• Create and maintain RESTful APIs
• Contribute to architectural and software design decisions
• Contribute and maintain technical documentation and specifications
• Collaborate with product teams
• Provide support on service integrations
• Perform code reviews
• Maintain the existing services by reacting to issues and defects raised
• Collaborate with frontend developers, who are using Vue.js to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic

🏆 Skills, knowledge, and experience points required to unlock the role of Senior PHP Engineer at Hack The Box:

• Proven professional experience in PHP backend development
• Experience with Laravel, Symfony, or other PHP frameworks following the MVC architecture is a strong plus
• Experience with applications providing a RESTful API is a plus
• Understanding of relational databases structures
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as PHPUnit
• Self-motivated / Passionate about your craft
• Self-starter, ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Familiarity with Linux server environment is plus
• Being cyber security-minded is a strong plus
• Previous experience in Go/Node/Python will be a big plus
• Package development experience or demonstrating packages you have built in the past is a plus

🕹️ What your Hack The Box adventure will have in store:

• 🎯You'll have the exhilarating opportunity to contribute to a product that is highly appreciated by users and the cybersecurity community at large.
• 🎯 You'll experience a highly supportive and caring environment, fostering growth, flexibility, and autonomy.
• 🎯 You'll embark on an exciting journey of continuous learning and problem-solving, levelling up as our organisation grows.
• 🎯 Most importantly, you'll have a blast at HTB 🥳 because fun is an essential ingredient in our recipe for success! Just wait until you see our global meet-ups!

💰 The gems you’ll be enjoying as Senior PHP Engineer:

• Private insurance
• 25 annual leave days
• Dedicated budget for training and professional development, participation in conferences
• State-of-the-art equipment (Macbook, iPhone, and mobile plan)
• Free lunch & snacks at the office
• Full access to the Hack The Box lab offerings; so you can learn how to hack
• Flexible/Hybrid working

🗺️ The Quest of Becoming Hack The Box’s Senior PHP Engineer:

• Level 1: To complete level one’s objective, submit your application.
• Level 2: Meet the Talent Acquisition team. Level’s objective: highlight your past achievements, ambitions, and values.
• Level 3: Meet the hiring team. Level’s objective: connect with the hiring team and share with them your achievements.
• Level 4: Complete an assignment that aligns with day-to-day job-related tasks and responsibilities. Part of the assignment is discussing it with the hiring team in a debriefing session, in order to walk the team through your thinking process.
• Level 5: You've officially received an offer from HTB! To complete the last level and the Quest, all you need to do is accept the offer.
  

Hack Your Career, Today. Join us in this epic adventure of cybersecurity at Hack The Box! 🚀🔒💻

At Hack The Box, we are on a quest to find the most exceptional and enthusiastic talent to join our team. Whether or not you consider yourself a gamer, we value what makes you unique and want to know more about you. This job post provides just a glimpse of the incredible gamified experience our business and consumer customers enjoy through our platforms. So, if you're ready to embark on a journey of growth and adventure, we can't wait to meet you!

ABOUT HACK THE BOX

Hack The Box is the Cyber Performance Center with the mission to provide a human-first platform to create and maintain high-performing cybersecurity individuals and organizations.

Hack The Box is the only platform that unites upskilling, workforce development, and the human focus in the cybersecurity industry, and it’s trusted by organizations worldwide for driving their teams to peak performance. Offering an all-in-one environment for continuous growth, assessment, and recruitment, Hack The Box provides solutions for all cybersecurity domains.

Launched in 2017, Hack The Box brings together the largest global cybersecurity community of more than 3 million platform members. Rapidly growing its international footprint and reach, Hack The Box is headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in the US, Australia, and Greece.

🚨 Exciting News:

• Get the most important updates on HTB’s latest year!
• We are super proud to share that HTB’s all three entities across the UK, US, and Greece have been Certified as a Great Place to Work (Oct 2023-Oct 2024).
• Furthermore, in 2024 the HTB's Greek entity has been listed by the Great Place to Work Institute as the #2 Best Workplace in Greece and #10 Best Workplace in Europe (among Small & Medium Workplaces💪).
• Take a sneak peek at how it is to be part of HTB and our 2023 Global Retreat. Get more insights about our HTB culture and employee experience by visiting the “about us” section of our site, our career site, and Glassdoor.

At Hack The Box, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We believe that diversity enriches our performance, services, and the communities we serve. As such, we ensure that all job applications are considered solely based on merit, skills, and qualifications. We do not discriminate on grounds of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We are dedicated to providing a fair and respectful work environment that reflects our values.