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Senior PHP Developer

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Description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior PHP Developer to join our team full-time in Ukraine.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Senior PHP Developer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. You’ll become a part of a cross-functional development team working for a Swedish company based in Malta which offers casino games, slots, online card games, poker, blackjack, sports betting, online bingo and other online games to its clients, while also protecting them.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct analysis of website and application requirements
  • Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
  • Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
  • Troubleshoot application and code issues
  • Integration of data storage solutions which may include databases, key-value stores, or others
  • Finalize back-end features and testing web applications
  • Update and altering application features to enhance performance including legacy code
  • Help track requests, issues, work progress and any other changes
  • Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
  • Coach and mentor other developers whilst performing code reviews

Requirements

  • Experience in software development for more than  5 years
  • Excellent knowledge in Computer Science, Computing Theory:
    • Paradigm & Principles (OOP, SOLID)
    • Database theory (RDBMS, NoSQL)
    • Code testing practices
    • Algorithms & data structures
    • Architectural, Enterprise and Design Patterns
    • Security patterns, Reverse engineering resistance, Common attacks types (OWASP)
  • Understanding of network interactions:
    • Protocols & conventions (e.g. REST, RPC)
    • authentication and authorization flows
    • standards and practices (e.g. oAuth, JWT)
  • Excellent knowledge and experience in PHP (more than 4 years)
  • Practical commercial experience with:
    • REST API development
    • Web application frameworks (e.g. Symfony, Laravel) (more than 4 years)
    • Front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5
    • Testing frameworks (e.g. PHPUnit, Codeception, Behat, Dusk) (more than 4 years)
    • ORM (e.g. Doctrine, Eloquent) (more than 3 years)
    • RDBMS (e.g MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MS SQL) (more than 4 years)
    • Key-value storages (e.g. Redis, Memcached)
    • Version control systems (GIT)
    • Cloud computing platforms (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure)
    • Continuous Integration tools (e.g. Gitlab Pipeline, Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo)
  • Experience with:
    • Troubleshooting, profiling and debugging applications
    • Agile software processes and technologies
    • Code Review process
    • Refactoring process
  • Fluent or Upper-Intermediate English

Desirable

  • Certifications on:
    • Symfony Framework
    • Zend PHP
  • Understanding of orchestration and containerisation (e.g. Kubernetes, Swarm)
  • Practical commercial experience with:
    • GraphQL
    • NoSQL (e.g. MongoDB, ElasticSearch, CouchDB)

What's in it for you

  • Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, Mental Health programs, as well as financial and legal consultations
  • Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company-paid certifications
  • Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
  • Own your schedule – you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just don’t miss your regular team stand-up
  • Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential
  • Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
  • Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

Discover the pros of 20-year global experience! Join one of the largest IT companies in Ukraine, awarded as one of the top 10 employers in Ukraine by Forbes.

Boost your skills and make a difference with cutting-edge projects, skilled colleagues and the latest tech stacks.

Ciklum has been recognised as a veteran-friendly business by the Veteran Hub in Ukraine.

We’re committed to creating a welcoming environment for veterans and developing processes that meet their needs. We value the skills and unique perspectives military veterans can bring to our business and are willing to support their transition to civilian life.

Be bold, not bored!

Experiences of tomorrow. Engineered together

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We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. Can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

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