Position: Middle PHP (Symfony) Developer
Company: Echo
Category: PHP
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper

Client’s main goal is to track performance marketing data and build a number of solutions to turn the data into useful information for customers. They aim to make as much data available in real-time as possible. The platform is powered by REST APIs and everything is developed with an API-first approach. Primary technologies used are Python, PHP, JavaScript (React), and Kafka. Data is stored in MySQL, PostgreSQL, Druid and Redis. The platform and tools used are constantly evolving to stay up to date.

📌 WORK SCHEDULE
At least 4 overlapping hours to the following working hours and time zone: Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm BST (also open to US Eastern Time).

📌 REQUIRED SKILLS
» 2+ years of professional software development experience
» Strong communication, problem-solving, and analytical abilities
» Object-oriented application development using PHP (Symfony and Kohana)
» OO skills, strong design patterns knowledge
» Practical experience with Agile and Lean delivery approaches and modern engineering practices, such as clean code, TDD, refactoring, Continuous integration and delivery
» Practical experience in developing and consuming REST APIs
» The ability to communicate in a concise and focused way, listen to others, and practice patience
» Upper-Intermediate+ English proficiency

📌 WOULD BE A PLUS
» Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Statistics, or related fields
» Passion for close collaboration with QA engineers and Product managers
» Ability to break down a complex problem into more manageable chunks
“Getting things done” attitude
» Experience with container technologies, such as Docker
» Experience with distributed data processing, real-time data streaming and messaging systems

📌 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
» Work as a part of a cross-functional, delivery-focused team with engineers, QA and Product managers working together using Agile principles in a highly autonomous and collaborative environment
» Collaborate closely with the Engineering Lead on designing new features and seeing them through to completion
» Share knowledge, code and ideas across other teams – we use tribes to facilitate this
» Write clean, well-tested and refactored code
» Ensure code quality through merge requests
» Master a complex business domain