Position: Junior PHP Developer for Ciklum Digital
Company: Ciklum
Category: PHP
Experience required: 1y
English level: intermediate

**Description**
On behalf of Ciklum Digital, Ciklum is looking for a Junior PHP Developer to join our team on a full-time basis.

Ciklum is building a team to work on various projects which primary goal to improve and automate the customer’s business processes, reduce time and efforts, required for various operations.

**Project description:**
We were born in 2011 as a result of a handful of entrepreneurs who not only had a knack for entertaining others but also an affinity with the iGaming industry. They teamed up and went about building an industry leader, setting the bar to an all-new high. Now in just ten years we now offer over 5,300 games from over 160 different game providers and we are set to keep on growing! Naturally, we can't do all of this as well as all the exciting things we have lined up for the years to follow without the living legends that make our business the success it is today.

As a Backend Developer, you will be working on our in-house projects: designing features, writing code, performing code reviews, solving problems, tracking down bugs, and delivering stable and well-written solutions. You will form part of a cross-functional development team where the team owns and drives the continuous improvement of our products using agile methodologies.

Our backend is powered by a LEMP stack, GraphQL and we rely on Vue.js for our frontend. We are inherently a curious team and are always on the lookout for new technologies that could potentially be incorporated into our stack.

**Responsibilities**
Design and develop new Backend features
Perform functional requirements analysis
Write high-quality code and documentation
Work closely with other developers, QA, and product teams
Apply analytical skills and be committed to quality
Help track requests, issues, work progress, and any other changes using our project management tools
Provide estimates and technical documentation on request
Write code with performance, reliability, and maintainability in mind
Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
Work in collaboration with external partners when required
Manage code changes using our version control system
Perform code reviews

**Requirements**
Experience in software development for more than 2 years
Excellent knowledge in Computer Science, Computing Theory:
Paradigm & Principles (OOP, SOLID)
Database theory (RDBMS)
Code testing practices
Understanding of network interactions:
Conventions (e.g. REST, RPC)
Excellent knowledge and experience in PHP (more than 2 years)
Practical commercial experience with:
REST API development
Web application frameworks (e.g. Symfony, Laravel) (more than 1 years)
Testing frameworks (e.g. PHPUnit)
ORM (e.g. Doctrine, Eloquent)
RDBMS (e.g MySQL) (more than 2 years)
Version control systems (GIT)
Docker
Fluent or Upper-Intermediate English

**Desirable**
Practical commercial experience with:
GraphQL
Quality tools (e.g. SonarQube)
Continuous Integration tools (e.g. Gitlab Pipeline, Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo)

**What's in it for you**
Career growth opportunities
Realization of your innovative ideas in building new Ciklum Solutions and Services
Friendly collaborative teams and an enjoyable working environment
Professional skills development and training programs
Variety of knowledge sharing, training and self-development opportunities