Lead Backend Engineer

Company - Free VPN Planet

Lead Backend Engineer

Remote | GMT+1–GMT+5 | Full-time | English B2+

Candidate location - Europe

Salary 4500-5500 USD gross

Contract type: B2B / contractor

We are looking for an experienced Backend PHP Developer who thrives on solving complex challenges and is ready to make a massive impact on a high-traffic product at the intersection of security, massive scale, and digital freedom.

We have several projects, with the main tech stack

PHP 7.4 / 8.*

Laravel 7 / 8 / 11

MySQL 8

Redis / Memcache

What you will do

• Managing a backend development team and performing code reviews.
• Working with and understanding existing codebases.
• Collaborating closely with the team to define and prioritize tasks.
• Independently solving tasks of various complexity.
• Conducting research tasks to identify the best possible solutions for different problems.
• Developing new features and integrating various third-party services into existing projects (we have both API-based projects for client software and admin panels).
• Refactoring/optimizing existing Laravel code (we do not have heavy legacy code).
• Grooming, task decomposition, and estimation, managing active and planned tasks in YouTrack Dashboards and Gantt Chart.
• Occasionally working with Blade templates (we have frontend developers for layout and major features).
• Documenting code and completed tasks (for cooperation with other departments).
• Creating new projects from scratch.

What we are looking for

• 7+ years of commercial PHP development experience.
• Experience working in a team environment (you should be able to write self-documented and readable code).
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience working with high-load projects (you should understand what server resources your solution consumes and how).
• Excellent knowledge of PHP and OOP principles.
• Excellent knowledge of SQL & Eloquent.
• Solid knowledge and experience with Laravel.
• Knowledge and experience working with queues, Redis, Memcache, Nginx, Node.js, Git, Composer.
• Knowledge and experience with *nix CLI.
• Accuracy and cleanliness in writing code and managing Git.
• Self-organization skills.
• Written English at B2 or higher.

What we offer

• Build personal AI agents using our premium infrastructure.
• Absolute freedom to work from any location (GMT+1– GMT+4).
• Internal R&D opportunities.
• Paid time off and sick leave.
• Direct impact on a massive, world-class B2C product.
• A collaborative environment with some of the best minds.
• Hardware upon completion of your probation.

Apply here: https://freevpnplanet.peopleforce.io/careers/v/200740-lead-backend-php-engineer

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Author: @DinkaR77