Tech Stack
SymfonyDockerMicroservicesPHPLaravelAPISQL
Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
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About the Position
Hi! We’re Applyft, a product IT company building mobile and web solutions for millions of users. Starting our path with Geozilla, we’ve grown into an ecosystem of 8 products. Our portfolio spans across several niches: Family Safety, Parental control, and AI Spheres.
We’re looking for a Middle PHP Developer to strengthen our team and drive the global scaling of our products.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend services in a high-load microservices environment.
- Integrate third-party services, including payment gateways and marketing analytics platforms.
- Ensure backend systems' security, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Collaborate closely with Mobile, Frontend, DevOps, and QA teams.
- Write and maintain unit tests using PHPUnit.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize backend applications.
- Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to system evolution.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in backend development with PHP (Symfony, Laravel, Yii).
- Strong experience with Docker.
- Hands-on experience with microservices architecture in production environments.
- Experience integrating payment systems (Stripe, PayPal, etc.).
- Experience integrating marketing analytics systems.
- Strong knowledge of REST API development and integration.
- Solid SQL knowledge and experience with MySQL or other relational databases.
- Understanding of testing principles and hands-on experience with PHPUnit.
- English level: Intermediate+.
Nice to Have
- Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis).
- Understanding of Event-Driven Architecture and CQRS patterns.
- Experience with caching tools (Redis, Memcached) for performance optimization.
- Experience with message brokers/queues (RabbitMQ, AWS SQS) for asynchronous processing.
We Offer
- Remote-First culture: We provide a flexible working schedule and you can work anywhere in the world.
- Health taking care program: We provide Health insurance, mental health support (psychologist compensation), sport compensation, and 20 paid sick days.
- Personal Equipment Policy: We provide all necessary equipment for your work. For Ukrainian employees we also provide Ecoflow.
- Vacation Policy: Each employee in our company has 20 paid vacation days and extra days on the occasion of special events.
- Knowledge sharing: We are glad to share our knowledge and experience in our internal events.
- English Lessons: We provide corporate English lessons to support your professional and personal growth.
- Professional Development: Annual learning budget for courses, training, certifications, and conferences.
- Public Holidays: You receive days off according to the official public holidays of your country of residence.
- Coworking Compensation (Ukraine): We provide coworking space compensation for employees located in Ukraine.
About the Company
We’re Applyft - an IT product company which creates value-driven mobile apps. Our journey began with the Geozilla family locator product, but now our portfolio consists of four apps in Family Safety, Entertainment, and Mental Health Spheres. We’re proud to have a 5M monthly active users base and to achieve 20% QoQ revenue growth.