Software Developer PHP​/Vue.js

Fortes Quo Tec GmbH is a medium-sized software company based in Ratingen, in the Düsseldorf area. We develop and sell our own business management software for the communications industry, from agencies to media companies. With us, you work on a product used daily by thousands of users, and you see directly what your code achieves. Our company culture has been awarded the “Hier ausgezeichnet Arbeiten” (An Outstanding Place to Work) certificate every year since 2020.

As part of the international Fortes Group, you get the best of both worlds: the short lines of a medium-sized team, combined with a network of more than 50 developers across the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Slovakia. With plenty of room for knowledge sharing, shared engineering standards and personal growth.

• You further develop our software solution. In the backend with PHP and MariaDB, in the frontend with Vue.js, HTML and SCSS.
• You design new features together with the team and contribute your own ideas on architecture and implementation.
• You ensure the quality of your code with unit, integration and end-to-end tests (PHPUnit, Playwright) and through code reviews within the team.
• You make targeted use of AI tools in your daily development work and grow with us, step by step, towards agentic AI.
• You work closely with customers and our support team to continuously improve our software.
  You document your work so that colleagues are happy to build on it.
• Our tech environment

PHP 8
· MariaDB
· Vue.js
· HTML / SCSS
· PHPUnit
· Playwright
· Git with code reviews · [CI/CD, e.g. Git Lab CI or Azure Dev Ops] · [Docker] · [IDE / hardware of your choice]
You don’t need to know all of this, what matters most to us is that you are eager to learn.

What you bring:

• An independent, structured way of working and enjoyment in analysing problems thoroughly.
  Team spirit: you share your knowledge, give constructive feedback and are just as happy to receive it.
• An affinity for AI-assisted software development: you use AI tools productively – or are keen to learn quickly and grow with us towards agentic
  * AI.*

A plus, but not a must:

• Security
  : A permanent employment contract with an annual salary depending on your experience.
• Flexibility
  :
  Hybrid working with 3 home office days per week and flexible working hours with flexitime.
• Development
  :
  Time and budget for professional development – conferences, training or certifications based on your interests.
• Pension
  : A company pension scheme with employer contribution.
• Family-friendly
  :
  We respect your private life from daycare appointments to caring for relatives.
• Team culture
  : A friendly, well-established team, regular company events, a monthly team lunch and of course free drinks.

We value diversity and welcome all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion and belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.