PHP Developer Belgrade
To expand and strengthen our IT & R&D team we are looking for an experienced PHP Developer to build and maintain our frontend and backend systems. The PHP Developer is a full-time position in our office in Belgrade.
Tasks & Responsibilities
As a PHP Developer you will:
- Work on various projects from design phase to production phase
- Collaborate with internal teams to design and develop new features
- Implement new logics for future functionalities
- Maintain and update both backend and frontend
- Learn through sharing good practices
Technologies Used:
- PHP, Symfony Framework, MVC
- HTML5, CSS, SASS, JS, jQuery
- REST, JSON
- Ubuntu, Nginx, MySQL, Solr, Elasticsearch, Git
- Mongo, Memcached
- PHPUnit
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science
- At least 2 years of experience in PHP OOP projects
- Strong knowledge of Symfony or other PHP frameworks is a plus
- Good knowledge of MySQL
- Excellent written and spoken English skills
- Detail oriented with the ability to see the big picture
- Team player with the capability to work in a dynamic and international environment
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to think outside the box to identify and solve problems whilst developing creative and innovative solutions
If you are interested in this position, we look forward to receiving your complete application. Please submit your cover letter and CV. We look forward to welcoming you to our Belgrade office.
About MDPI
A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, MDPI has the mission to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines.
We operate currently over 400 diverse, peer-reviewed, open-access journals supported by over 66,000 academic editors. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.
Besides our main publishing business, we develop and maintain digital platforms and software ranging from scientific exchange platforms to article databases and search engines, all focused on empowering scholars and giving them the best possible product and service. As of the end of 2022, we count more than 6700 colleagues in 17 offices across 11 countries.
MDPI Serbia was established in 2016 to support the rapid global expansion of MDPI. Over the course of 7 years, we opened 2 offices in Belgrade (Zvezdara and New Belgrade) and 1 additional office in Novi Sad. We now have over 650+ employees in our 3 Serbian offices, dedicated to ensuring that high-quality research is made available as quickly as possible in different fields of science.
Initiatives
At MDPI, we develop and maintain various platforms in order to better serve the scientific community. Please find here-below a list of our main platforms:
https://www.mdpi.com/
https://sciprofiles.com/
https://sciforum.net/
https://www.scilit.net/
https://www.preprints.org/
https://encyclopedia.pub/
- Team
- IT
- Locations
- Zvezdara Office

What we offer
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Contributing to the academic community
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Mentorship program and training opportunities for shaping and realizing your career goals in the scientific publishing industry
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Various opportunities for professional development in an international company
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Competitive and performance-based bonuses
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Private health insurance & team building activities
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Flexible working hours
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Possibility to spend time abroad and collaborate with colleagues in other MDPI offices
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Working in a collaborative, diverse, and socially responsible team
Life & Work at MDPI
We are committed to fostering a supportive and respectful working environment, as well as building friendships that extend beyond the workplace.
We are a young and dynamic team of over 700 people working in Serbia, brought together by our shared passion for science and academic publishing.
Encouraging people to share knowledge and constantly learn from one another, while being open-minded, is a part of our success story.
About MDPI Serbia
A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms across all disciplines. We operate more than 400 diverse, peer-reviewed, open access journals and serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and quickly available. MDPI is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland with additional offices in Europe, Asia, and North America.
MDPI Serbia was established in 2016 to support the rapid global expansion of MDPI. Over the course of 6 years, we opened offices in Belgrade and Novi Sad. With over 650 employees in our 2 Serbian offices, we are dedicated to ensuring that high-quality research is made available as quickly as possible in different fields of science. We also support sustainability projects, with sustainability as a key theme in many journals and through the MDPI Sustainability Foundation.
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