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Full Stack PHP Engineer - Brisbane

Nucleus Security

Nucleus Security

Software Engineering
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
AUD 180k-220k / year
Posted on May 21, 2025

Full Stack PHP Engineer - Brisbane

Are you looking for more in life than just building another web app? Does upending cyber security resonate with you? We're a fast-growing cyber security startup that is paving the way forward for how vulnerability management is run in large enterprise organizations. For our customers, vulnerability management has always been a game of catch up, with limited asset coverage and manual processes. Nucleus’ core goal is to build a fast and scalable platform that solves these problems and many more so that vulnerability management isn't just possible, it's easy. We're looking for a passionate Senior Full Stack PHP Engineer to join our growing team of engineers.

What You Can Do:

The following skills and experience are key to succeeding in this role:

  • Excellent knowledge of modern versions of PHP and Laminas Framework

  • Excellent knowledge across Frontend technologies, including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript

  • Experience across different Frontend frameworks

  • Experience working with relational databases (SingleStore/MEMSQL a bonus)

  • Experience maintaining applications on Linux platforms in cloud environments

  • Experience integrating with third-party APIs, deep familiarity with REST and the HTTP protocol

  • Experience being on-call and supporting the most technically difficult challenges facing customers

  • Background following Agile/Scrum methodologies in a professional setting

  • Demonstrated experience with technical troubleshooting

  • Ability to work independently and with a team, including with a team across different time zones

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent

  • 5+ years experience

  • Experience working with vulnerability scanning technologies on any part of the tech stack (e.g. SCA, SAST, DAST, IAST, VM Scanning, Container, etc.)

  • Experience with ExtJS

  • Experience working in cloud environments, ideally AWS

  • Experience working with data analytics and/or data science

Why You Should Be Excited

  • Salary Range: $180,000 to $220,000 AUD annual

  • Work on a truly unique solution that’s defining a market and making an actual impact.

  • We’re biased but work with one of the best teams in security. We have a lot to get done and we work extremely hard, but we also laugh and have fun in the process.

  • Outstanding benefits - flexible work hours, fully remote, generous education, and training budget… just to start.