Senior PHP Backend Developer (Laravel) - Freelancer

About us We're a Digital Company, fully remote and office-less. We are passionate about designing and developing cloud-based applications and scalable, performant micro-services that very often integrate with APIs.

The Role: We are looking for a contractor to work within 3 months with one of our clients. Possibility of extension. The position will involve: Design and development of critical engineering projects. Communicate transparently throughout all phases of the product development lifecycle regarding your ongoing and upcoming work. Develop high-quality code and tests. Develop features and respect the roadmap. Develop APIs to be used both for our frontend and mobile applications. Continuously improve the quality of software by innovating and working on performance optimization Review pull requests from your team members in order to conduct a constructive code review. Actively contribute to teammates’ work via code reviews and design discussions in a way that improves the team’s shared understanding of our systems and improves our technology.

Our Expectations for the ideal candidate: Experience working with complex systems 6+ years of programming experience* 4+ years of commercial PHP and Laravel v.9+ (preferably last years of experience)* Experience with REST API Architecture, designs and implementation Experience working with Linux, Docker and Kubernetes Working experience with another programming language: Go, Python Strong history of cross-functional collaboration Expertise in large system design, database performance and working with billions of data points Experience building, improving and maintaining large-scale APIs. Knowledge of and curiosity about multiple languages of different types is helpful, but it is a big advantage if some of this experience is with PHP. Excellent knowledge of development best practices such as SOLID, DRY, KISS, design patterns, object design Experience with testing code (unit, integration, functional) Understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable applications Good Knowledge of MySQL (MongoDB is a plus) Good knowledge of GitHub/GitLab Problem-solving, decision making and effective communication skills Italian speaking skills is a plus

• We believe in the quality of skills rather than the number of years in a certain position.

What we offer?: We love what we do and working at Jagaad is a chance to be a part of something big! We value our employees tremendously and do what we can to help them stay happy and healthy both at work and away from it. In addition to a supportive and healthy environment, we offer: We value growth and education, and offer reimbursement for classes and conferences (Personal /Educational Development Days per year) Flexible work schedule Working from home Our core work hours are 9 am-6 pm CET (flexible format, based on the time zone). We are always looking to make our team more diverse. Individuals of all genders, race, sexual orientation, nationality, ability and educational background are strongly encouraged to apply.

Key Skills

• Laravel
• Python
• REST APIs