PHP Backend Developer

Do you enjoy designing and building systems that can scale and stand the test of time? Are you motivated by creating structure out of complexity and laying strong foundations for future growth? Do you naturally take ownership, enjoy prioritizing what matters most, balancing thoughtful system design with hands-on implementation?

Then keep reading! 🚀 Your Mission: As a PHP Backend Developer, you will own and improve a core part of Limepacks backend software operations. By developing and maintaining internal infrastructure, you ensure that sales, fulfillment, finance, and design teams can work more independently & efficiently, ultimately enabling the business to scale faster and run better. 📋 Your responsibilities: Designing, building, and maintaining backend infrastructure, services, integrations, and automations that increase scalability

Partnering with colleagues across teams to understand pain points and translate them into clear technical requirements

Empowering teamleads to get safe access to our data and infrastructure for them to develop independent niche solutions on top. Owning projects end-to-end, from scoping and development to testing, deployment, and iteration

Improving internal systems for performance, scalability, and accessibility

Creating user-friendly workflows for non-technical users Requirements 👉 If This is You, You Are the One We Are Looking For: You think ahead and enjoy connecting the dots across systems and processes - making sure every solution fits into the bigger picture

When you commit to something, you follow through. Others can rely on you because you take ownership and don't leave things unfinished

You notice the details that others might overlook, and you turn inefficiencies into structured, well-functioning solutions

You get energy from fixing challenges - whether small bugs or complex inefficiencies - and you keep going until things work smoothly

You're good at keeping an overview, prioritizing tasks and problems, and focusing on what matters most - so you always make progress where it has the biggest impact

You work systematically and methodically - respecting deadlines, ensuring quality, and building solutions that last

You love working towards clear goals, and once you've reached one, you're already motivated to go for the next 🎓 Your Experience: You bring experience as an independent developer or in a role with full ownership of backend and internal tooling or infrastructure

You have a proven track record of developing and maintaining infrastructure handling 100K+ customers and the data complexity that comes with it, reporting, segmentation, integrations and operational workflows. You've built and managed integrations across multiple business functions, such as CRM, ERP, finance systems, and fulfillment platforms

You are strong in backend development, with PHP as a core skill you're confident in applying to real business challenges

You're comfortable working fully autonomously - from gathering requirements to deployment - and thrive without heavy project management

You have consistently demonstrated the ability to spot problems, propose technical solutions, and deliver measurable results with minimal supervision 🧰 Your Toolbox Includes: Backend: PHP (Bonus: Symfony, PrestaShop)

Basic frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Databases: SQL (MySQL or PostgreSQL).

Infrastructure: GIT, Ubuntu (Bonus: S3) Benefits 🚀 Who We Are: Limepack is a fast-growing start-up in custom-printed food packaging. We are on a mission to help small businesses become brands by making custom takeaway packaging available for the many. Our vision is to become the go-to European platform for custom branded food packaging, and we are currently available across 14 countries. 🌍 We are a Copenhagen-based company with a strong remote team.

Join our international team of 31 employees where we believe in work life balance, a predictable work week and that time off is completely off. 💚 We Offer: A 37-hours a week full-time position in our Frederiksberg office with flexibility and possibility to work from home

We offer competitive salary, 6 weeks of paid time off, pay during sick days and generous paid parental leave

Overtime is generally not expected but would be compensated

35 kick-ass and sweet colleagues from all around the world. Challenging work, and a certified Happy Workplace: that wins awards for fast growth, AND we are just getting started 🚀 📝 How to Apply: Send you CV and Cover Letter through this form. The application deadline is on the 15th of April but we have interviews on a continuous basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible!