Software Engineer (PHP/Hybrid/Athens)
Ready to make global impact with your code?
Help build the engine behind an international platform that scans millions of webpages daily! You'll work at scale, optimizing high-performance crawlers, and automating large-scale data parsing with modern infrastructure.
Your code will directly power pricing decisions for some of the biggest Retail and E-commerce brands in 30 countries, including the ones you already know and use!
📚Your Mission - Build Data Systems That Power the World’s Top Brands
- Build and maintain smart web crawlers using modern PHP
- Use tools like Puppeteer to interact with dynamic websites
- Write and fine-tune parsers that extract real-time pricing, stock, and product data
- Tackle anti-bot systems (rotating proxies, CAPTCHAs, etc.)
- Keep crawlers healthy and accurate—fix what breaks before anyone notices
- Work closely with DevOps & Customer Success to deliver stable, high-scale data pipelines
- Collaborate, review code, and mentor junior teammates
🔓 Skills, and experience to unlock the role:
- Proven professional experience in PHP backend dev (bonus if it’s in scraping/data work)
- Strong OOP PHP (v7 or v8) skills
- Experience with headless browsers (Puppeteer, Playwright)
- Solid grasp of SQL, Linux, Git workflows
- A collaborative mindset & clear communicator
🚀 Bonus Points For:
- Experience with frameworks like Scrapy, Selenium, or custom scrapers
- Scaling knowledge: rotating proxies, IP management, and anti-bot defenses
- Familiarity with message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
- Basic scripting for diagnostics and monitoring
💰 What You Get - Perks That Matter
- Private health insurance
- 25 days paid leave, plus your birthday off
- Monthly lunch allowance & free coffee/snacks
- Hybrid work: flexible WFH schedule + 2 team days onsite
- Support for courses, degrees, and tech seminars
- Modern office & casual team lunches
- Social events, game nights, and team offsites
ABOUT tgndata® 🌐Learn more at tgndata.com
At tgndata, we're on a mission to revolutionize pricing intelligence for Retail and E-commerce. Our SaaS platform empowers brands and retailers in over 30 countries to monitor markets in real-time, optimize pricing strategies, and stay ahead of the competition.
Recognized as the Best BI & Analytics Tool of 2024 by the German Ecommerce Awards.
Trusted by some of the biggest global brands, we combine cutting-edge technology, scalable data infrastructure, and deep market expertise to deliver powerful, actionable insights. From advanced web crawling to high-volume data processing and machine learning - our solutions help our customers unlock real value, fast.
We're growing fast and building bold. Join us and be part of what's next!