Senior PHP Developer

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🕒 July 27

🇨🇿 Czechia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Talentgrator

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2020

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

🎲 Gambling

Recruitment • HR Tech • Gambling

Talentgrator is a recruitment agency specializing in IT and the iGaming (online gambling/entertainment) sector. It operates a talent marketplace and hiring platform that connects companies and candidates—offering job browsing, vacancy posting, an integrated messaging system, one-click applications, and a database of 30,000+ talents. The site highlights fast matches (300+ weekly), privacy for reviewers in the gambling industry, and tools to streamline hiring for employers and job search for candidates.

📋 Description

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

🎯 Requirements

• - 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. • Technical Skills • - Strong experience with Symfony and/or Laravel. • - Advanced knowledge of MySQL, including: • - Query optimization • - Indexing strategies • - Replication • - Locking mechanisms • - 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. • Soft Skills • - 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• - 20 vacation days and 5 family days yearly • - Flexible start to the workday • - Support from a professional corporate coach and psychologist • - Regular internal and external activities, workshops, trips, and corporate events • - Access to our internal knowledge base, meetups, and team-building activities • - Ongoing training in new technologies and continuous professional development support