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Senior PHP Engineer

Blackwall

Blackwall

Europe
Posted on Feb 27, 2026

Based in Europe, Blackwall is a leading force in cybersecurity, specializing in advanced bot mitigation and web application security. Formerly known as BotGuard, we protect online businesses from automated threats like scraping, credential stuffing, application DDoS, and more. We're on a mission to make the internet safer for legitimate users and businesses. We develop software and services that are used by hosting providers to provide security services to their clients.


About the role

:Most of our software is written in C++ and GoLang, but it needs to be integrated with the control panels used by hosting providers.These control panels are in most cases written in PHP, so we are looking for the ability to develop panel extensions and plugins, implement a native user interface for control panels, patch and extend opensource software like Wordpress, and willingness to learn new technologies as well

.
Our Engineers have wide responsibilities over the whole development lifecycle so knowledge of tools such as Git, Docker, Regular expressions, XML, SQL, HTML, CSS and JavaScript will become hand

y.
We are looking for engineers who can solve problems together, think about big problems such as scalability and availability and sometimes go against the current to also challenge the common decisi

on.
Understanding Networking and Web Security will greatly help you succeed. In addition to technical expertise, we value taking ownership beyond the obvious, your motivation to learn new things you don’t yet master, ability to make decisions together with your team and willingness to collaborate with different Blackwall te

ams.
Our tech-s

  • tac
  • k:C++G
  • ola
  • ngPHPRab
  • bitMQPostg
  • reSQLClick
  • houseKuber
  • netesGitlab

CI/CD
Key responsibil

  • ities:Develop integration modules, extensions, and plugins for hosting panels such as cPanel, Plesk, and Direct
  • Admin.Build and maintain plugins for CMS platforms like Word
  • Press.Design and implement user interfaces using HTML, CSS, and basic JavaS
  • cript.Support clients in extending their custom client portals written i
  • n PHP.Implement event handlers and lightweight background applications running in our cl

uster.
Essential Skills&Requir

  • ements:4+ years of professional PHP software development experience with a track record of long-term p
  • rojectsComplete understanding of how the WW
  • W worksExperience with web s
  • ecurityWorking experience in hosting industry is
  • a plusWorking experience with C++ or Golang is a b

ig plus
What We Expect From Our Co

  • -workersCuriosity, enthusiasm and strong desire to learn and
  • improve.Time management and asynchronous communication skills relevant for a remote-first engineering organ

ization.
We are striving to create a diverse and inclusive environment. We encourage all applicants to apply for our roles. We value and actively seek divers

e talent!
Get to know us a b

it better:https://blackwall.c

om/en/home