Senior PHP (Laravel) Developer

We are looking for a senior PHP (Laravel) developer, strong knowledge in Laravel, 8+ years of PHP experience and great to have cryptography knowledge and/or experience. Please send suitable profiles if you have available together with their rate. More about the role below:

About the Role

• Always the latest PHP and Laravel versions
• Well-organized medium-size Laravel project
• Laravel ecosystem: Horizon, Nova, Scout, Pennant, Octane
• Server: Docker, nginx
• DBs: MySQL, Redis
• Testing: PHPUnit, Laravel Dusk, cypress.io
• Advanced CI/CD: GitHub actions + Deployer, enabling multiple daily zero-downtime deployments
• Stripe, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Twilio, MailerLite, GitHub and other integrations
• Cloud: Amazon S3, CloudFront

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the back-end, encompassing new features, occasional refactorings, and infrequent bug fixes
• Write maintainable and clean back-end code, including our open-source packages
• Engage with cross-functional teams to refine specifications for new features and enhancements
• Maintain up-to-date documentation for all developed and modified code
• Consistently expand test coverage using PHPUnit and cypress.io, with a preference for TDD
• Proactively engage in refactoring processes to reduce technical debt, aiming for an optimal developer experience
• Review peers' code submissions, utilizing PR reviews as a knowledge-sharing and problem-solving tool
• Participate in planning, stand-up, and workshop video calls
• Frequently deploy your code with multiple daily releases (incrementally ship features using feature flags)

About the profile

• You possess expert knowledge in PHP and frameworks like Laravel
• Your professional experience with OOP spans over 8 years or more, grounded in a robust understanding of computer science fundamentals, from data structures to design patterns
• Knowledge and experience with cryptography is mandatory
• You are an engineer, not a frameworker. You embody an engineer's mindset and are always curious about the mechanics behind the scenes
• You are enthusiastic about learning by doing and are committed to putting in the effort to continuously improve your skills
• You speak and write professional level English language
• You value teamwork and prioritize collaboration, focusing on collective goals and harmony in the workplace
• You are self-motivated and self-disciplined and thus work well in a flat hierarchy with lots of freedom
• You love to have creative freedom, make independent judgments, and live up to the responsibility that comes with that freedom
• You are driven by the desire to make a positive impact in the world and to meaningfully improve the lives of others

Benefits we offer:

• Work from anywhere
• 25 vacation days
• Summer house for remote working
• Budget for education