Senior PHP Backend Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-domain teams to gather requirements, design solutions, and deliver features.

• Design, develop, and maintain backend systems utilizing PHP and MySQL (or similar), ensuring they are scalable and maintainable.

• Implement and optimize intricate features with a focus on clean, reusable, and efficient coding practices.

• Write unit tests to guarantee the reliability and scalability of the code.

• Engage in code reviews, architecture discussions, and ensure compliance with best practices in software development.

• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems, ensuring optimal levels of availability, performance, and security.

• Share on-call responsibilities with the team to maintain smooth operations of production systems.

• Stay informed about new technologies and trends, introducing them where suitable to enhance system performance and maintainability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in object-oriented PHP and modern PHP tools and practices: SOLID, KISS, etc.

• Proficient understanding of the latest versions of the Laravel framework.

• Strong knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL/PostgreSQL, including transaction management.

• Experience in optimizing database queries, analyzing deadlocks, and improving database performance.

• Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining message-driven services using Apache Kafka (or another message broker).

• Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, or similar).

• Knowledge of security best practices.

• Daily experience working with Docker/Docker Compose.

• Understanding of Agile values and principles.

• Proficient spoken and written English (B1+) and Russian.

🏝️ Benefits

• Private and profitable company.

• Secure business, with regular financial and regulatory audits.

• Over 10 years of experience in blockchain development.

• More than €700M processed in cryptocurrency monthly.

• Over 1 million transactions processed each month.

• More than 800 merchant accounts serviced.

• A diverse team of over 270 members across more than 30 countries.