About the role

On behalf of our client Sambla Group, Academic Work is seeking a PHP/Laravel Developer to join Sambla's dynamic development team. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a fast-paced, scale-up environment, while benefiting from the expertise and support of Sambla's Swedish headquarters. With over 350 talented teammates, Sambla Group fosters a collaborative atmosphere where collective goals are achieved. Every employee’s contributions play a crucial role in the company’s mission to become the largest loan broker in the Nordics. More than just a workplace, Sambla Group values its vibrant corporate culture, camaraderie, and strong sense of community.

You are offered

• Business in mind & people at heart – we deliver results together and celebrate our achievements.
• A varied and challenging role in a multinational and highly innovative company, where we value the development of our employees.
• We are strong believers in creating a fun workplace where people enjoy coming to work.
• A friendly culture with openness and respect for one another, with the possibility to influence and make a difference on society and people’s everyday lives.
• Central location close to public transportation.

Work tasks

• Develop and build new robust, high-traffic applications using PHP/Laravel.
• Contribute to the renewal and modernization of current legacy stacks while ensuring commercial viability.
• Design and implement complex solutions for business-driven web applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Continuously improve application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Ensure code quality and maintainability through best practices and code reviews.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the overall system design.

We are looking for

• Advanced work experience within PHP based web applications as a developer or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in PHP both with modern object oriented PHP as well as legacy PHP
• Strong communication skills with a deep understanding of business requirements and effective stakeholder management.
• Strong Experience with Laravel and its ecosystems
• Strong working experience with mySQL or other relational databases
• Analytical approach with the ability to extract and analyse complex code and data
• A good understanding of common software architecture principles
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git)

It is meritorious if you have

• Familiarity with Python
• Familiarity with Linux based systems and hosting
• Familiarity with AWS services related to web hosting
• Experience with OPSEC specifically Blue teaming
• Full-stack development experience or a desire and ability to develop secondary skills in front-end technologies such as jQuery, typescript, React or VueJS
• Desire to learn and understand business requirements and stakeholder management

Knowledge can be gained through education, experience or self-taught.

To succeed in the role, your personal skills are:

• Supportive
• Goal oriented
• Intellectually curious

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process.

Sambla Group AB