Position: Backend Developer (Senior, PHP)
Company: Playson
Experience required: 5y
Category: PHP
English level: pre
Published: 2023-02-01T00:00:00+02:00

Our mission:
Deliver entertainment and satisfaction to the lives of the busy world.

**Playson** is a B2B game provider with 10 years of experience on the market. Since 2012 we have ambitiously developed worldwide recognition in the industry. Nowadays, our main focus is on European Markets and we operate in 20+ different jurisdictions. As of 2022, we are continuously working on enhancing our portfolio, encompassing best practices in order to meet the highest standards of technology, design, support, and interoperability.

**Playson vs military russian invasion in sovereign Ukraine**
We have always been supportive through various political and social-economic disasters. In response to the unprecedented military invasion of Ukraine by russian federation, Playson is on a mission to help Ukrainian Military Forces, local volunteers, cyber forces community to fight back and protect its sovereignty by all possible means.
In the meantime, the safety of our employees and their families remains of high priority for us. We have launched a special social package program aimed to:
➟ Relocate employees and their families to safe places in western Ukraine
➟ Support financially such employees in Ukraine
➟ Launch a few location points sponsored by Playson, so that our employees and their families could be staying in a safe place with all the amenities
➟ Establish a new hub in Slovakia, EU
➟ Relocate employees and/or their families by their own will to our new hub in Slovakia with local legal-finance guidance
➟ Help those willing to volunteer to combine it with work with no financial loss in their income
➟ Support mental health by having a member of the Ukrainian Association of Psychoanalysis available for online 1×1 consultations
**We stand by Ukraine!**

We are looking for a passionate **Senior BackEnd Developer** to join our Platform Tribe and scale professionally with us. The perfect candidate is ready to take responsibility and be the owner of his stream of work.

**To succeed in the role you have:**
— Experience with JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, and Node.js.
— 5+ years experience with PHP and strong knowledge of language-specific features.
— Strong knowledge of OOP, OOD (SOLID, GRASP) principles, and experience in applying them — is a MUST.
— Experience with the development of production-ready solutions.
— Experience with REST API development.
— 5+ years of experience with MySQL.
— 3+ years of experience with frameworks Symfony ➡ 2 or Zend Framework ➡ 2 (preferable Zend Framework/Laminas).
— 3+ years of experience with Doctrine ORM.
— Excellent knowledge of computer science, database theory, and code testing practices.
— Understanding of network interactions and protocols, and conventions.
— Troubleshooting and debugging PHP applications.
— Writing Unit/Functional/Integration tests.

**Would be a plus:**
— Understanding of orchestration and virtualization (Docker).
— Experience with Cloud solutions (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
— Experience with column-oriented databases (e.g. Clickhouse).
— Knowledge of message broker systems (e.g. RabbitMQ).
— Experience with JavaScript frameworks.
— Understanding of application security and industry standards and best practices.

**Preferable personal skills:**
— Ability to relate positively to and engage with a wide range of people.
— Strong self-motivation, reliable and flexible team player. High attention to detail.
— Always seeking to improve processes and suggest alternatively better solutions.

**What will you be doing?**
— Become part of a full-stack team of the product, which is positioned as an independent part of the platform.
— Develop brand new features with a distributed team and be proactive in terms of introducing new ideas.
— Back-end development of new functionality.
— Proactive position in solution development, and process improvements.
— Delivering the product roadmap and planning for the future.
— Handle complex problems that might arise during solution development and provide field support with creative and rapid solutions.
— Ensure that the highest coding standards are met and write highly testable, automatable, and performant code over the whole SDLC.

**What do you get in return:**
— Competitive salary fixed in USD with yearly performance reviews.
— Transparent bonus system on a quarterly basis.
— Private Entrepreneur formalization.
— Full taxation coverage from the company’s side.
— Remote Work.
— Full Medical Insurance for you and your +1.
— Special Life Event financial support.
— Unlimited paid vacation leave and Ukrainian bank holidays.
— Unlimited paid sick leave in case of necessity.
— Development courses/training reimbursement.
— Online English classes do make a difference.

**The recruitment process looks like this:**
1. HR video call.
2. Technical interview with Stream Leader and PHP Developer.
3. Final Interview with Tribe Leader and CTO.

Enough has been said — now let’s talk about how you can contribute to the success of Platform Tribe and Playson. **Apply now!**