oneLab — Senior Full-Stack Developer (PHP/Laminas + React/TypeScript)

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end features across PHP/Laminas MVC (controllers, services, Doctrine ORM, Twig)
• Build and maintain React + TypeScript UI (Vite) and shared components
• Develop APIs and integrate with IMEC’s data lake; validate and reconcile incoming data
• Operate and support workflows (Docker, CLI tasks) and contribute to releases/deployments
• Maintain quality with testing and static analysis (PHPUnit, PHPStan)

What we do for you

We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth. 

We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits. 

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering maintainable software for complex business workflows
• Strong PHP (8.4+) and MVC frameworks (Laminas and/or Symfony)
• Doctrine ORM and server-side rendering/templating (Twig)
• React + TypeScript (Vite); familiarity with react-router and TanStack Query

Nice to Have

• Solr indexing/search patterns
• Redis and Symfony Messenger
• Data pipelines/formats (e.g., Databricks, Parquet)
• CI/CD & cloud (GitHub Actions, Azure) and strong engineering practices

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