Limasol, Cyprus | Full-time | Remote

We are on the lookout for a dedicated and proficient PHP Developer for our hiring partner – one of the world’s most popular online media companies. The company produces entertaining, positive and original content — including videos, articles, animation, and music — for more than 2 billion followers on social media channels. The team is 2,000+ creative minds working remotely from 70 countries.
Location: Fully remote, CET time zone.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with PHP and one of the PHP frameworks.
• Understanding of SOLID and OOP principles.
• Ability to write unit tests.
• Understanding how to build an efficient, scalable database architecture.
• Experience with MySQL (writing complex queries; understanding EXPLAIN; optimizing slow queries without changing the database structure; changing schemas of large tables without downtime, etc.)
• Understanding of principles of microservices architecture.
• Ability to communicate in English effectively.

The following will be an advantage:

• Experience with Laminas (Zend) or Symfony frameworks.
• Experience with Go.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience in high-load systems development.

Responsibilities:

• Develop finance services and assist in the automation of employee payments.
• Contribute to enhancing the architecture of existing services and assist in developing new ones.
• Write clean, efficient code and participate in code reviews to maintain code quality.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in existing code to enhance overall system performance.
• Assist in task organization and deadline management to ensure project progress.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives seamlessly.

Technologies:

• PHP 8.1, Laminas (Zend Framework), Mezzio (Zend Expressive), Go, React.
• MySQL, Redis.
• Kubernetes, Docker, Skaffold.
• Asana, Confluence, GitLab, NewRelic.

Conditions:

• Fully remote, CET time zone
• A competitive salary (we will discuss this individually) with performance-based bonuses;
• Full-time remote work: you get to work from any place in the world;
• Grow, develop, study: 800+ trainings and materials in our internal academy, individual educational courses, transparent knowledge sharing within the company, constant feedback from the manager, no limits to launching new initiatives;
• A cool experienced technical team, talented co-workers and a creative atmosphere;
• A tech-savvy approach and carefully structured processes: no bureaucracy, an ecosystem friendly to new ideas, transparent task management, asynchronous communication (fewer meetings and more thoughtful written communication).