Staff Software Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fun international team and frequent events

Dynamic scale-up vibe

Hybrid working model

25 vacation days

Medical Allowance

Well-being Support & Fitness Programs

Membership of MyWheels EV car sharing service

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to develop and maintain applications supporting EV charge point location data. You will play a key role in transitioning our backend systems from PHP to Go, ensuring data integrity and performance.

With 7+ years of experience, particularly in PHP (Laravel) or Go, you'll enhance our tools and propose system improvements. Enjoy a hybrid work model with flexibility and benefits including 25 vacation days and a healthy work environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• At least 4 years of hands-on PHP (Laravel) or Go development.
• Experience with testing and a passion for code maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Rebuild critical components for future system readiness.
• Upgrade internal tools for data validation workflows.
• Propose improvements for architecture and systems.

Skills

PHP (Laravel)

Go

Google Cloud Platform

MySQL

Postgres

Kubernetes

Docker

Gitlab-CI

Job description

About the Team

Eco-Movement, part of the company, is a leading global platform for EV charge point location and pricing data. Customers of the platform include navigation providers, charge point operators, eMSPs, and the public sector. As an independent platform with more than 1.5 million connectors in over 80 countries, Eco-Movement is in a unique position to support the electrification of the passenger and heavy‑duty vehicle segments.

About the Role

As a software engineer, you will design, test, and build new functionalities for one of our most foundational and critical products—validated and enriched location data of charging stations around the world. The primary vehicle of delivery to our clients is via our OCPI‑based API. For internal use, there is a Laravel UI using Blade templates that will receive further development. Your challenge is to further develop and maintain the applications, data, and security architecture. You will report to the Team Lead of the Locations team at Eco‑Movement. The main language experience we are looking for is PHP; experience with Go is a huge plus as we are transitioning toward it.

You Will

• Rebuild critical components of our systems to be ready for the future, play a pivotal role in transitioning our foundational backend services from PHP to Go, and ensure the integrity, performance, and security of data powering over 1.5 million EV connectors worldwide.
• Upgrade, optimize, and breathe new life into our internal tools to improve internal data validation workflows, while writing clean, readable, and highly maintainable code and taking full personal ownership of your deliverables.
• Proactively identify and propose opportunities to improve the product, architecture, systems (performance, scalability, security, etc.) and provide input on priorities with the product manager and jointly manage the technical roadmap.

You Have

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 4 years of hands‑on PHP (Laravel) or Go development
• Strong technical capability with our core stack including Google Cloud Platform, MySQL, Postgres, Kubernetes, and Docker
• Experience with testing, and a passion for code maintainability and readability
• Experience with Go is a nice‑to‑have, as we are transitioning towards it
• Familiarity with Gitlab‑CI is a nice‑to‑have

Our Benefits

• Fun international team and frequent events
• Dynamic scale‑up vibe and lots of opportunities to make an impact
• Our own office, next to Utrecht Central Station. We have a hybrid way of working with 3 days from the office and 2 days from home, with Monday and Thursday as mandatory office days and a free healthy lunch
• 25 vacation days
• Medical Allowance
• Employee Well‑being Support & Fitness Programs
• Membership of MyWheels EV car sharing service
• A role with a lot of freedom, challenge, and opportunity – no dull moments, guaranteed

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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