Software Engineer - (Php) - Anywhere On Aus East Coast

We're seeking a Software Engineer - (PHP focus) with a passion for problem solving to join our Matrix CMS team on a permanent basis, supporting both the Matrix CMS and our Workplace intranet product. This role will have a strong focus on supporting, maintaining and stabilising the product.

You’ll be working alongside other developers who’ve been part of the making Matrix what it is today, and helping to improve both our Matrix and Workplace products. You will also work collaboratively with some great engineers in other areas such as our DevOps and SRE teams to make sure our product continues to perform and scale well.

We’re location-flexible! This role is open to all candidates on the east coast of Australia.

What will I do?

• Create, maintain, and improve code in the Matrix CMS, infrastructure, and supporting tooling Maintain code in the Workplace Intranet product and provide support for existing customers
• Develop a deep understanding of the Matrix CMS and Workplace codebases and architecture
• Work across both our dedicated Squiz Cloud and AWS SaaS hosting environments
• Use data driven decision making to help prioritise refactoring tasks and bug fixes
• Release changes to production and monitor their impact on the customer base
• Support internal developers by diagnosing and resolving issues with customer projects
• Improve the performance and hosting cost of the CMS when running in our AWS SaaS environment Design and run performance and load tests to diagnose bottlenecks and measure the success of changes

What do I need?

• A passion for learning new skills and concepts
• A drive to understand how an application works, and to experiment and dive deep to enhance that understanding The ability to debug issues in a complex and unfamiliar codebase
• Commercial experience building or maintaining PHP applications
• Experience working with relational databases (ideally PostgreSQL)
• Familiarity with AWS or other public cloud services would be beneficial

Who you would be working with:

The Squiz product team is working to deliver a cloud-based digital experience platform (DXP). A core component of our DXP is Matrix, a much-loved CMS used by hundreds of large clients around the world.

Matrix is a PHP CMS backed by a PostgreSQL database and using combination of React (minor) and PHP-generated UIs. Customers host Matrix in both our Squiz private cloud and in our AWS-based SaaS environment.

Workplace is an intranet product built on top of Matrix. It extends the core Matrix product code database storage, as well as providing modern UIs for content authoring focused on intranet use cases.

Who we are:

Squiz helps complex, service-led organisations harness the power of digital, improving the services they offer online.

Founded in 1998, Squiz grew during the rise of the internet. Since then, we have evolved from a simple web content management system into a full digital experience platform (DXP), helping customers make the shift from being content managers to experience creators.

The Squiz DXP brings together content, search, data and applications in one place. To get the most out of the platform, customers can collaborate with our digital experts to design solutions and adapt as demands change.

We are headquartered in Australia, with teams and customers across the globe, and offices in New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Poland.

Right now, we are on a very exciting journey. We are transforming into a SaaS organisation, and we’re looking for great people to be a part of this reinvention.

Why work for Squiz?

You’ll work with some of the most intelligent and down to earth people you’ve ever meet. We are made up of a diverse range of passionate professionals who love challenging the status quo. Every day is different, but what is constant is we all love what we do.

We have a lived commitment to flexibility, we know the success of our people is dependent on them having a balanced life. You will be offered flexibility as to where and how you work every day. We want you to be able to work in a way that drives productivity, efficiency and outcomes; along with connection and collaboration.

We celebrate diversity and unite on the elements of our company DNA, starting every customer conversation with “why?” to really understand their needs, working hard to find a way to overcome every challenge, and fighting for better outcomes with the work we do. We also check our egos at door, we don’t take ourselves too seriously and we have fun along the way.

We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

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