Backend Developer
- Backend Engineer
- Tallinn
- 03.02.2022
- 20 € - 23 € /hourly
- Freelance
- Featured
Responsibilities:
- Write, test, maintain and document reusable code in PHP using Lumen/Laravel and MySQL.
- Develop enterprise-quality, horizontally scalable code using best practices, quickly and according to spec.
- Develop APIs, outputting JSON or XML for use by frontend interfaces.
- Participate fully in code reviews and work with internal designers, developers and QA to ensure quality code.
- Collaborate daily with other backend developers, frontend developers, writers and our data team across the full software development lifecycle.
Technical Skill and Experience Requirements:
- Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures and algorithm design, and complexity analysis
- Software development fundamentals, including testing, troubleshooting and using version control (we use GitHub).
- 4+ years of professional development experience.
- Familiar with and/or have experience with Agile development under the SCRUM methodology.
- Grasp of object-oriented programming principles, including data modeling and class development.
- Demonstrated achievement in backend development technologies using PHP and API development (portfolio required).
- Ability to work with databases, such as MySQL and third-party APIs.
- Ability to create component-based reusable and testable APIs.
- Experience using data interchange formats, such as JSON or XML.
- Understanding of networking, platforms, caching layers, proxies, or other web services used in the system.
- Basic Linux server and environment experience.
- Team player with excellent communication skills.
Nice to Have Skills and Experience:
- Experience with any of the following: Composer, Vagrant, PHPStorm, docker,or PHPUnit.
- Working knowledge of PSR standards.
- Ability to write unit tests using BDD or TDD.
