Senior PHP Developer

Talentgrator is a recruitment service that connects IT entertainment and iGaming industry businesses with professionals. We support the growth and development of the iGaming ecosystem through a personalized approach tailored to the unique needs of each business.

• 5+ years of commercial PHP development experience.
• Strong knowledge of PHP 8.x and modern backend development practices.
• Deep understanding of OOP, SOLID principles, design patterns, and clean architecture.
• Experience building and maintaining large-scale backend systems.
• Strong experience with Symfony and/or Laravel.
• Advanced knowledge of MySQL including query optimization, indexing strategies, replication, locking mechanisms, and high-volume data processing.
• Experience with Redis.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka.
• Understanding of observability, logging, and application profiling.
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working in CI/CD environments.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with ClickHouse at scale.

• Experience building analytics or data lake solutions.

• Experience refactoring large monolithic applications into modular domains.

• Knowledge of OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing.

• Strong ownership mindset and accountability.

• Ability to work independently and make technical decisions.

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams.

Core Platform Development:

• Design, develop, and optimize key modules of a high-performance PHP platform.
• Ensure reliability, maintainability, and scalability of the codebase.
• Take technical ownership of critical business domains and services.

Architecture & System Design:

• Participate in architectural decision-making for a large enterprise monolith.
• Design integration patterns with databases and external systems.
• Improve modularity and maintain clear boundaries between platform components.

Data Layer Optimization:

• Design efficient data models and storage strategies.
• Optimize MySQL queries and ORM performance under heavy production workloads.
• Work with large datasets and contribute to analytical solutions using ClickHouse.

Event-Driven Architecture:

• Design and maintain asynchronous processing solutions using Apache Kafka.
• Build reliable integrations between internal services and external systems.

Observability & Reliability:

• Integrate telemetry into applications using OpenTelemetry-based solutions.
• Analyze application performance and identify bottlenecks.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents.
• Contribute to monitoring, logging, and tracing practices.

Engineering Excellence:

• Conduct meaningful code reviews and mentor fellow engineers.
• Promote high development standards and best practices.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, QA Engineers, DevOps, and other stakeholders.