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Senior Full-Stack Engineer PHP/JS - Innovation Team 100 % Remote Ireland

Matomo • 🌐 Remote

Remote Posted 2 days, 19 hours ago

Job Description

Hello 👋

Hello Senior Full Stack Engineers! The ideal candidate is motivated by creating real impact — producing practical, usable outcomes rather than overengineered or purely experimental solutions. Operating in a small, autonomous team, this person will combine strong technical execution with product-oriented thinking to help shape the future of Matomo. Efficiency, creativity, and execution are paramount.

About InnoCraft And Matomo 📊

At InnoCraft, we’re building a more ethical, privacy-first digital world. As the leading open-source web analytics platform, Matomo powers over 1 million websites and apps in 190+ countries, offering organisations the insights they need while maintaining full data ownership and user trust. In Germany, Matomo is particularly popular with public institutions, universities, and companies that take GDPR compliance seriously.

We believe in openness, privacy, and transparency. Every month, our platform processes billions of data points — transforming complex information into intuitive, powerful reports that delight users. Matomo is available in 50+ languages and supported by a global, fully remote community with strong hubs in New Zealand, Germany and France. If you are interested you can take a look at our Github here.

Why Matomo 💡

Privacy-first:

Ethical analytics built around GDPR and user trust

Open Source:

Shape a platform used in 190+ countries

Global team:

Work with colleagues across Europe, New Zealand, and Canada

Established \& Growing:

Profitable and self-funded, with double-digit growth for 5+ years and a steadily expanding global team

Fully Remote:

100% work-from-home within Germany, with flexible hours

Career Growth:

Clear Engineering Career Development Framework supporting skill progression and leadership growth

High Calibre Team:

Join a collaborative group of experienced engineers focused on innovation and impact

AI-Empowered Development:

Use AI tools and practices to accelerate experimentation, development, and quality

What you will do 🚀

Full-Stack Innovation Development:

You will design, prototype, and deliver new features across backend (PHP) and frontend (JS) that extend Matomo’s capabilities. Python and node.js may be involved too

Rapid Prototyping \& Validation:

Quickly test new product ideas — including but not limited to AI/insights — and validate them with real-world use cases

End-to-End Ownership:

Own ideas end-to-end, from concept through deployment

Product-Centric Engineering:

Think beyond code — consider usability, scalability, security, and long-term value when shaping new features

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Collaborate directly with Matomo’s co-founders and senior engineers using Slack, Jira and Confluence

Autonomous Execution:

Operate effectively in a small, lean team with minimal oversight, driving projects forward independently

Impediment Management:

Proactively identify and resolve blockers to progress; escalate appropriately when outside support is needed to keep innovation moving

Exploration Beyond AI:

Identify and develop innovation opportunities across analytics, visualization, integrations, and user experience — not just AI

Knowledge Sharing:

Document and communicate concepts, prototypes, and learnings to spread innovation practices across the company

Continuous Learning:

Stay current with emerging technologies, frameworks, and product trends to bring fresh perspectives into Matomo

Qualifications 🤓

Essential Skills

5+ years experience with

backend development in PHP

and experience in

frontend development in Vue.js

/ JavaScript

Track record of delivering features end-to-end — from concept through prototyping to production

Ability to work autonomously in a

small, fast-moving team

, managing priorities and driving output without heavy oversight

A product-oriented mindset: able to translate user needs and strategic goals into practical, impactful solutions

Comfort balancing

speed and quality

: delivering quickly while avoiding over-engineering

Strong problem-solving skills with a pragmatic approach to new technologies and innovation

Understanding of security vulnerabilities and how to avoid them

Skilled at writing automated tests, reviewing code and writing documentation

professional English communication skills, with the ability to clearly share ideas, rationale, and trade-offs

Must be comfortable working in a 100% remote, global and agile environment

Nice to Have

Experience with analytics, reporting, data visualisation, or AI/ML integrations

Background contributing to or building on

open source projects

Familiarity with UX principles and/or data-driven product design

Prior experience in an innovation,

R\&D, or product prototyping

role

German language proficiency

Benefits 💪

Fully remote within Ireland

Budget for co-working space or work from home

Home office equipment (desk, chair etc) supplied after probation period

Flexible hours - we respect work life balance

25 Paid holidays per year plus your national public holidays

Sick leave

Health Insurance: Your Well-being, Our Priority

A huge “playground” to grow your skill set

Volunteering Day: Empower Your Impact

Compassionate leave, including for pet loss

Training Opportunities

Mental Health Support Services

Opportunity to have an immediate impact on a product that is used by more than 1 million websites and almost 2% of the whole Internet

Opportunity to work in a customer obsessed business, dedicated to building high-quality software with a strong mission of helping people grow their web projects while keeping full control of their data

Location 🌍

100% Remote work position

Must be based in Ireland

Diversity and Inclusion 🤗

InnoCraft celebrates the things that make you, you! We are an inclusive employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status or disability. We actively seek diversity in our workplace and embrace individuals with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities!

Come join our growing team that’s helping ensure a safer, more privacy-focused web/internet!

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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