Application deadline: 20 September 2025
Job type: employment contract (full time)
Monthly gross salary before taxes: 12,000 – 14,000 PLN gross / month
Link to the job offer on Pracuj.pl
Required skills
PHP, HTML, CSS, Git, Symfony, MySQL, Google Cloud Platform
Your responsibilities
The selected candidate will take part in building the digital infrastructure of the first particle astrophysics centre in Central and Eastern Europe. We are looking for someone who will not only co-create and develop our websites, but also play a key role in building modern software to support efficient, digitised management of the institute.
Scope of responsibilities:
- Administration, development, and creation of new websites (WordPress)
- Designing, developing, and managing the intranet
- Supporting and maintaining existing programming solutions
- Analysing existing code, diagnosing and solving problems
- Developing applications to support process and document flow management within Astrocent
- Creating mobile interfaces for internal applications
- Ensuring high quality of delivered code
- Creating integration mechanisms and data exchange with other systems, including Google Workspace
- Proposing IT solutions to improve administrative activities
- Creating dynamic reports and visualisations (Front-End)
- Designing and optimising databases (MySQL 8)
- Automating backup creation
- Writing documentation
- Ensuring system security and continuity
- Close cooperation with administrative and scientific staff
Candidates invited to an interview will be asked to present a concept of an application for maintaining a registry of contracts in a public institution, including:
- User interface design – wireframes or mockups of main functionalities (contract list, add/edit, search)
- Database structure design – table schema with key fields and data types
- Business logic description – specification of main processes and data relationships
- Functional requirements analysis – identification of key system features
We expect candidates to present a concept, demonstrate system thinking, and show the ability to independently develop a solution. The form of the presentation is up to the candidate.
Requirements
- Minimum 6 years of experience as a PHP Developer – mandatory
- Experience in independent design and implementation of database applications
- Very good knowledge of PHP 7 / 8
- Very good knowledge of MySQL databases
- Very good knowledge of Git
- Good knowledge of JavaScript
- Good knowledge of the Symfony framework
- Knowledge of application security issues
- Familiarity with design patterns, Composer, RestAPI
- Knowledge of tools necessary for maintaining high code quality
- Ability to integrate services (API, REST/SOAP, XML, CSV)
- Knowledge of front-end stack (HTML/CSS/JS)
- Use of open-source solutions
- Strong analytical skills – ability to navigate complex, multi-threaded code and link its components
- Good command of English (work in an international team)
- High degree of independence and ability to create software directly based on user needs
- Creativity in reflecting procedures in the developed software
Nice to have
- Familiarity with the subject of research grant accounting
- Experience in implementing software for universities or research institutes
- Experience with data migration
- Willingness to take initiative, propose new solutions, technologies, functionalities
What We Offer
- A unique opportunity to work in an international team at a recently established Center of Excellence in Poland, with a planned transformation into a new independent institute
- Opportunities for professional development
- No contact with external clients (software and websites are created exclusively for Astrocent’s internal needs)
- Possibility to participate in internationally significant scientific events (conferences, lectures)
Benefits
- Subsidised sports activities
- Private medical care
- Subsidised training and courses
- Flexible working hours
- No dress code
- Coffee / tea
