E-commerce Software Engineer PHP, JavaScript
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19 hours ago
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Job Summary
Hypebeast is a leading global platform for contemporary culture and lifestyle and a premier destination for editorially-driven news and commerce. Founded in 2005 it became a publicly listed company in 2016 and today boasts a global readership across North America Asia Pacific Europe and more. The Group has expanded its publishing brands to a wider scope encompassing Hypebeast and its multiple content distribution platforms creative agency Hypemaker and e-commerce and retail platform HBX.
Were hiring a Mid-Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) to own and evolve our e-commerce platform. This is a domain-heavy role where youll build business-critical capabilities end-to-endfrom product discovery to checkout to post-purchase workflowswhile integrating with our app team and ERP systems.
Core stack:
- Backend: PHP (Symfony)
- Frontend: JavaScript TypeScript (Vue 3) SCSS
- Data: MySQL Elasticsearch
Youll thrive here if you care about engineering craft take full ownership after release and can operate with high autonomy.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain end-to-end features across backend and frontend (design implementation release support).
- Develop and extend Sylius/Symfony modules with strong domain modeling correctness and maintainability.
- Build and maintain Vue-based UI components and front-end architecture.
- Design and maintain APIs used by: Native mobile apps (Android/iOS) and the app engineering team; E-commerce operations systems (e.g. Odoo); Internal services as needed
- Improve search and product discovery via Elasticsearch (relevance performance indexing workflows).
- Own quality: write and maintain tests validate edge cases and keep integration contracts reliable.
- Troubleshoot production issues when needed identify root causes and reduce recurring incidents.
Requirements:
- 2 years shipping production web systems end-to-end.
- Solid backend fundamentals in PHP with modern framework (Symfony Laravel or similar); Sylius experience is highly valued.
- Practical frontend experience with Typescript and Vue 3 (component architecture real-world UI delivery).
- Strong working knowledge of MySQL or similar (schema design query performance).
- Hands-on experience using ElasticSearch in real products.
- Own quality end-to-end: implement automated tests (unit/integration/API; e2e are widely adopted) and verify changes before release.
- High autonomy: you proactively clarify requirements propose solutions and drive delivery with stakeholders.
- Strong English communication (spoken and written). Cantonese is a plus.
Nice to have:
- Experience working with ERP platforms (especially e-commerce operations workflows and understanding finance/accounting requirements).
- Experience working within a retail or e-commerce business environment (domain knowledge of inventory promotions logistics etc.).
- Mobile-facing API design experience (versioning backward compatibility performance).
- Experience with AWS and production observability (logging/metrics/tracing).
- Experience designing reliable systems combined with effective use of AI coding agents to speed up development without compromising code quality or maintainability.
Additional information:
- The team is lean successful candidates are highly self-directed.
- End-to-end ownership: youre accountable for outcomes after release.
- High autonomy & proactivity: you move work forward with minimal hand-holding.
- Stakeholder engagement: you can work directly with product operations and app teams.
- Quality first: clean code pragmatic architecture and reliable tests.
If you think youve got what it takes please provide your cover letter CV and expected salary.
This position is based and located in Hong Kong. Candidate must be eligible to work in Hong Kong.
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing
- Google Analytics
- Growing Experience
- Conversion Optimization
- Google AdWords
- Hybris
- Magento
- Account Management
- SEO
- E-Commerce
- Analytics
About Company
HYPEBEAST was launched in January 2005 as a one-stop news source for internet-savvy fashion enthusiasts. Frustrated with having to browse multiple sites to keep up with the latest information, the creation of HYPEBEAST allowed for the latest news to be broadcasted through one specific ... View more
