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# PHP Developer | Based in Lithuania at Hostinger

- **Company:** [Hostinger](https://feeny.ai/companies/hostinger)
- **Location:** Vilnius, Lithuania
- **Compensation:** €6k–€8k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-19
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hostinger/2049a4e5-267d-4fec-884b-bf5c2ae0d0b3/application

**Skills:** PHP, OOP, Design Patterns, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, REST APIs, SQL, ORM, Message Queuing, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Docker, Microservice Architecture, Go

> Join the Email team to architect and maintain high-scale backend systems and APIs supporting 10 million+ mailboxes. The role involves designing distributed systems in PHP, optimizing data layers, and collaborating with frontend teams to ensure performance and security.

## Job description

Join Hostinger, and we’ll grow fast! 🚀 We’re shaping the future of online success — powered by AI and driven by people. With 900+ talented professionals and over 4 million clients in 150 countries, we help creators and entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life faster and easier than ever before. Our mission: To provide tools that help individuals and small businesses succeed online faster and easier. Our culture: Guided by[10 company principles](https://www.hostinger.com/principles) Our formula for success: Customer obsession, innovative products, and talented teams.

## Your role at Hostinger

We're always looking for experienced engineers who are excited to solve meaningful technical challenges and build products that impact millions of users worldwide. As a Software Engineer at Hostinger, you'll collaborate with talented teammates across engineering, product, design, and other functions to build reliable, scalable, and customer-focused solutions. Whether you're developing new features, improving system performance, or contributing to architectural decisions, your work will directly shape the experience of millions of customers. Depending on the team you join, you'll work on different products and technologies while sharing the same mission: building exceptional products that help people succeed online.

## Your day-to-day

- Design, build, and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure software solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused features and improvements.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Contribute to system architecture, technical design, and engineering best practices.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve application performance and reliability.
- Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to raise engineering standards.
- Continuously improve development processes, tooling, and documentation.

## Your skills and experience

- Strong PHP experience and solid command of OOP principles and design patterns
- Comfortable writing unit and integration tests as part of your normal workflow
- Hands-on experience with REST APIs, SQL, and at least one ORM
- Familiarity with message queuing (RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar)
- Experience with Docker and containerized environments
- Understanding of microservice architecture

Meet your team You’ll join the Email Team. The team owns Hostinger’s entire email platform end to end - inbound and outbound mail delivery, storage, spam and abuse defense, and the automation behind all of it - powering millions of client mailboxes.

You’ll work most closely with a tight-knit mix of system engineers, backend and frontend developers, and QA engineers, all building and running the same platform from different angles - infrastructure, product, and quality meeting in the same codebase. Because email underpins so much of the business, the team also works closely with Customer Support on investigating issues escalated by clients, and with Security, Network, Storage, and other infrastructure teams across Hostinger on keeping the platform safe and reliable.

## Benefits for you

🚀 360 Growth: We provide limitless learning opportunities: access to platforms like Reforge and Coach Hub, global conferences, physical and digital libraries, feedback culture, and mentoring through TesoXchange. Advance your career with internal mobility and grow with a team eager to share knowledge and support your success. 🎯 Freedom & responsibility: Work on your terms: from modern offices in Kaunas and Vilnius, the comfort of home, or anywhere in the world. Enjoy flexibility in managing your schedule and bring your ideas to life in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 💪Wellness simplified: Your health comes first with insurance from Day 1, gym memberships, recharge leave, Headspace subscriptions, and regular health checks. Join our wellbeing-dedicated events, sports, arts, and hobby clubs, or simply enjoy the balance of a lifestyle that prioritizes wellness. 🎉 Work hard – play hard: Celebrate your achievements with company events like Summerfest & Winterfest, Town Hall, Meet the Client initiatives, team-buildings, and workations. Enjoy access to the Žalgiris Arena VIP Lounge and celebrate life’s big moments with milestone gifts for weddings, new parenthood, and graduations.

## Compensation

Gross salary from 5000 EUR Specific compensation is offered based on work experience, competence and compliance with other job requirements.

We’re always looking for experienced talent to raise the bar. If you’re excited about the role but the listed salary range doesn’t align with your expectations, we still encourage you to apply - we’re open to adjusting compensation based on the impact and value you bring.

Get ready to take your personal and professional growth to new heights! Join Hostinger today and be part of our journey 🚀 Three. Two. Onboard

## About Hostinger

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Hostinger is a Lithuania-based web hosting and AI-powered website platform that enables individuals and businesses to build, host, and grow their online presence.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped startup with minority private equity stake held by ConHostinger)
- **Headquarters**: Vilnius, Lithuania (with additional offices in Kaunas, Lithuania and Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
- **Founded**: 2004 (originally as Hosting Media; the Hostinger brand launched in 2011)
- **Founders**: Not publicly named (founded by a group of young entrepreneurs in Kaunas, Lithuania)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Web hosting, domain registration, website building, email marketing, and AI‑powered online tools.
- **Target customers**: B2B and B2C – from developers and small business owners to bloggers and non‑technical users (serving over 5 million clients across 150+ countries).
- **Mission**: “Make online presence accessible to everyone worldwide.”

## Products & Services
- **Web Hosting (Shared, Cloud, VPS, Managed WordPress)**: SSD/NVMe storage, LiteSpeed servers, free SSL, and 24/7 support. Available in data centers across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.  
- **hPanel**: Proprietary control panel built in‑house as an alternative to cPanel.  
- **AI Website Builder**: Drag‑and‑drop editor with AI‑powered features (logo generator, image creator, SEO optimisation).  
- **Kodee**: AI chatbot assistant that helps with hosting and website management tasks.  
- **Hostinger Reach**: AI‑powered email marketing platform with campaign automation, audience segmentation, and real‑time analytics.  
- **Hostinger Horizons**: No‑code AI partner for building fully functional websites and web apps via natural language prompts (integrates with Stripe, supports code editing).  
- **Domain Registration** and **CDN** (in‑house content delivery network).

All products are SaaS‑type services delivered over the web.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metrics**:  
  - Over 5 million clients (as of early 2025)  
  - 10 million+ websites created  
  - ~900 employees (as of 2025)  
  - Recognised by the Financial Times as #2 among Europe’s long‑term growth champions.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: ConHostinger (private equity firm) holds approximately 30% of the company. Partnerships include Cloudflare (for DNS protection), Let’s Encrypt (SSL), and LiteSpeed (web server).
- **Growth Signals**:  
  - Client base grew from 3 million in 2024 to 5 million+ in 2025.  
  - Headcount doubled from ~400 in 2021 to ~900 today.  
  - Expanded AI product suite (Kodee, Horizons, Reach).  
  - Data centres run on 100% renewable energy; strong sustainability focus.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Own infrastructure** – Hostinger owns its data centres and servers, enabling cost optimisation and performance control.
- **In‑house technology** – hPanel, Website Builder, and CDN are all developed internally, reducing third‑party dependencies.
- **Aggressive pricing** combined with high performance (LiteSpeed, NVMe drives, global CDN).
- **AI‑first approach** – Kodee, Horizons, and Reach create a cohesive AI‑powered ecosystem for non‑technical users.
- **Global footprint** – data centres in 8+ countries and support in multiple languages.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI integration** – deep investment in AI tools (Kodee, Horizons, Website Builder AI) to simplify website creation and management.
- **No‑code/low‑code expansion** – enabling users with zero technical background to launch functional web apps.
- **Sustainability** – achieve net‑zero CO₂ emissions across the value chain; 100% renewable energy for data centres; hardware recycling.
- **Responsible growth** – climate action, human sustainability, and knowledge sharing.

## Why Work Here
- **Flexible work model** – fully remote, hybrid, or office‑based; freedom to choose location and working hours.
- **Wellness benefits** – one month recharge leave, annual health checks, additional health insurance, company sick days, gym access, and sports initiatives.
- **Growth opportunities** – training, workshops, global conferences, and learning platforms; “360° growth” culture.
- **Culture & events** – Summer and Winter festivals, team‑building workations, “Meet the Client” days, milestone gifts (weddings, parenthood, graduations).
- **Sustainability focus** – employees contribute to a genuine climate action mission (100% renewable energy, e‑waste recycling).
- **Perks** – 10 company principles that guide decision‑making; strong emphasis on customer obsession and feedback loops.

## Sources
1. [hostinger.com/about](https://www.hostinger.com/about) – company history, mission, team size, recognition.
2. [hostinger.com/career](https://www.hostinger.com/career) – benefits, culture, work model, sustainability report.
3. [hostinger.com/support/the-most-frequently-asked-questions-about-hostinger/](https://www.hostinger.com/support/the-most-frequently-asked-questions-about-hostinger/) – ownership, infrastructure, security, AI tools.
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/hostinger](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hostinger) – current job openings and culture deck.

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