Senior Software Engineer, shopware AG
Developer Experience / Tooling, PHP
eCommerce platform powering online businesses
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eCommerce platform powering online businesses
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create trendsetting eCommerce solutions for the global community.
Role
Who you are
- If you enjoy building tools that make other developers more productive, and you care deeply about APIs, CLIs, frameworks, and workflows that just feel right, this role is for you
- You have strong professional experience with PHP and Golang, ideally in a Symfony‑based ecosystem, and you enjoy building developer tooling such as CLIs, SDKs, or APIs. Having built CLI tools or frameworks before is a plus
- You design clean, stable public APIs and care about long‑term compatibility. Plugin/app architectures, Shopware knowledge or Symfony internals are welcome but not required
- You are familiar with Composer, dependency management, and PHP packaging to build developer tooling and libraries that integrate seamlessly into existing workflows
- A focus on DX, usability, and maintainability guides your decisions, and you improve docs, examples, or onboarding when it removes friction for developers
- You write automated tests and keep quality high through CI feedback loops. Comfort with JavaScript tooling (Node.js/Vue.js) is helpful when collaborating across the stack
- You bring an open‑source mindset and enjoy collaborating in public repositories. An interest in developer advocacy or community support is appreciated
- You work smoothly in agile, cross‑functional teams, communicate clearly with external developers and internal stakeholders, and take ownership to deliver with minimal supervision
- Excellent English communication, written and spoken, enables you to work effectively across teams and time zones. German is a plus, not a requirement
- Good time management and the ability to see problems from an external developer’s perspective round out your profile
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer in the Developer Experience (DX) Tooling team, you will work on the tooling and foundations developers use to build, extend, test, and operate Shopware. Your contributions will directly influence how enjoyable, efficient, and reliable it is to develop on top of our open‑source platform
- Empower developers: You design and build developer-facing tools that improve how developers work with Shopware, from local development to CI and production
- Shape DX foundations: You work on CLI tools, SDKs, scaffolding, APIs, and internal frameworks that power Shopware’s open-source ecosystem
- Open source by heart: You collaborate with and support a global developer community by maintaining open-source tooling, reviewing contributions, and improving documentation
- Quality & usability first: You ensure tooling is robust, well-tested, and intuitive, reducing friction and cognitive load for developers
- Bridge teams: You work closely with core, SaaS, documentation, and community teams to align tooling with real developer needs
- Evolve workflows: You improve build, test, release, and extension workflows to enable faster and safer development
Our take
The eCommerce boom in recent years has shown no signs of slowing down, and Shopware is capturing the opportunity. The company offers a set of open source tools to power the online shopping experience for hundreds of thousands of brands.
There are of course competitors, like Shopify Plus, but Shopware has stood out for serving mid-market companies that were not digitally-native businesses but had to take on digital channels to keep up with customer demand. This, combined with the obvious increase in brands and companies needing help when eCommerce became more mainstream, has served Shopware particularly well.
Founded in 2000, the company only received its first round of funding in 2022. Until then, it had been profitable off its own back. This capital and support from, among others, Carlyle and PayPal will be invested in its international growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2022
$100m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Mobile Working
- Mobile Working Abroad
- Sports (Urban Sports Club)
- Special Leave Days
- Private Hardware Use
- Phone Contract/Reimbursement
- Shopware Coins
- Educational Leave
- Learning & Development Offers
- Career Progression Framework
- Mentoring @ Shopware
- Events
- English for everyone
- Employee Asistance Program
- Employee Referral Bonus
- 10 Year Anniversary Vacation
- Welcome Backpack (incl. Merch & Clothes)
Company HQ
Borken, Schöppingen, Germany
Leadership
Sebastian Hamann
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Co-Founded Shopware at the age of 15.
Stegan Hamann
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Entered the professional world once founding Shopware.
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