Software Engineer II; Laravel​/PHP

Description

Position at Ziff Davis Shopping

Ziff Davis Shopping is looking for an experienced Software Engineer II (Laravel/PHP) to join our engineering team and help drive our marketing technology stack forward. You’ll play a critical role in maintaining code and building out new features for Retail Me Not  and Voucher Codes, with a primary focus on helping develop the solutions that power our next‑generation marketing communications. The right person will be a proactive developer with a good understanding of PHP, and know how to balance development speed with code quality.

You should be passionate about building efficient solutions and be capable of delivering clean, tested code that supports our business goals.

• Developing and maintaining RESTful APIs and services, primarily in PHP/Laravel with guidance
• Collaborating with the engineering team to implement technical solutions based on business requirements
• Creating and maintaining responsive email templates (HTML/CSS) for marketing campaigns
• Supporting integrations with Mar Tech platforms like Braze to facilitate data flow and event triggering
• Building and updating UI features for internal tools and job monitoring dashboards
• Troubleshooting application issues and assisting with root cause analysis to resolve bugs
• Writing clean, testable code and participating in peer code reviews to ensure quality

• 3+ years of commercial development experience with proficiency in PHP (Laravel)
• Understanding of AWS environments and cloud infrastructure concepts
• Exposure to stream processing concepts or message brokers like Kafka
• Strong knowledge of MySQL and an understanding of data processing workflows
• Ability to work within and incrementally improve existing codebases
• Some experience with modern frontend tooling such as Type Script, React or Vue
• Knowledge of HTML/CSS specific to email design or willingness to learn templating engines (e.g., Blade, Liquid)
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with the team

Ziff Davis Shopping offers competitive salaries in addition to robust, health and wellness‑focused benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as life and disability benefits. Employees enjoy Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), a 401(k) with company match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. We are committed to work‑life balance with Flexible Time Off, Volunteer Time Off, and paid holidays.

We offer family building and caregiving support and generous Family Care and Parental leave, when you need it. We also provide Fitness Reimbursement and access to wellness programs, ensuring our team stays healthy both physically and mentally.

Salary compensation for this role is $90,000 – $100,000. Individual pay within the compensation range for this business unit specific role is determined based on experience, scope of the role, capabilities to perform the role, education and training, as well as business and company performance.

Ziff Davis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At Ziff Davis, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has always been about fairness, equal opportunity, and belonging. DEI enables us to attract and retain the best talent, regardless of background or circumstances, while enabling our thousands of employees worldwide to thrive.