Senior Software Engineer — Global, Remote, Open-Source

Jobgether; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work environment

Global team in 70+ countries

Open vacation policy

Professional development support

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking an experienced software engineer to contribute to products used by millions of people worldwide. You’ll work across a diverse technology ecosystem spanning publishing, e-commerce, social platforms, and other open-web products, delivering high-quality software in a fully distributed environment.

The role emphasizes scalable, reliable production systems, frequent deployments, peer code review, and open-source contributions.

Qualifications

• Production-quality software experience required.
• Experience with multiple programming languages and paradigms; willingness to master PHP and JavaScript.
• Experience scaling software systems and optimizing performance.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to reason across abstraction layers and understand architectural trade-offs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable in a fully distributed remote setup.
• Willingness to travel ~3–4 weeks per year.
• Growth-minded, eager to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-quality software across a broad product ecosystem.
• Solve complex technical problems through debugging, investigation, experimentation, and thoughtful engineering decisions.
• Work across multiple layers of the technology stack and consider performance, maintainability, reliability, and user experience.
• Collaborate with teams across publishing, e-commerce, social platforms, and other web-based experiences.
• Develop and maintain scalable backend and frontend systems for high traffic and large datasets.
• Participate in frequent production deployments with CI, code reviews, testing, and distributed engineering practices.
• Engage in open-source contributions and transparent engineering practices when appropriate.
• Evaluate technical trade-offs with value and cost considerations.

Skills

Software engineering

Multi-language experience

PHP & JavaScript

Debugging

Distributed/remote work

Communication

Growth mindset

Job description

Jobgether is seeking an experienced software engineer to contribute to products used by millions of people worldwide. You’ll work across a diverse technology ecosystem spanning publishing, e-commerce, social platforms, and other open-web products, delivering high-quality software in a fully distributed environment.

The role emphasizes scalable, reliable production systems, frequent deployments, peer code review, and open-source contributions.