Middle Back-end Developer (PHP, Laravel)

abz.agency®

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Relevant as of November 7, 2024, 2 months Company Bootcamp period.

We are looking for a PHP Developer with 5+ years of experience and solid speaking skills in the Russian language.

Would you like to work with TOP technical stack? Would you like to learn from colleagues with broad expertise? Do you want to get off the treadmill and develop your skills? So, complete the test assignment, pass a couple of interviews and go through a Two-month Company Bootcamp period and youll open the door to new opportunities. It is not going to be easy, we require employees to work hard and develop their skills at a fast pace.

You will work closely with other back-end developers, front-end developers, QA engineers, designers, PMs and other employees. Our PM will make every effort to make you feel comfortable working in the company. The company has introduced an PDP (Personal Development Plan) for each employee. Our full-time English teacher will provide support and improve your English skills.

Why we're seeking new team members:

Due to our company's growth and the successful conclusion of new contracts for the year 2025, we are actively searching for talented and motivated professionals ready to join our team. Currently, 1 vacancy is open.

Our working conditions

First two months will be a paid Company Bootcamp;
Company Bootcamp period paid as fixed monthly payment;
Always stable and on time salary;
Official employment (by contract);
Salary is calculated in €/h, with loads of 160 to 200 or more hours per month (all spent time is payd);
Additionally: company pays Bench as 75% from rate and FuckUp pays as 50% from rate;
Revision of the hourly rate every six months by +50% (according by regulations);
Quarterly bonus, project performance based;
English classes 2 times per week (groups of two people, after work hours);
Notebook, 4K monitor, stand, mouse, keyboard, headphones, comfortable chair, company branded T-shirt and mug;
Working day from 8:00 to 17:00 (The plan for the day is made at the stand-up meeting and must be accomplished (considering common sense) within the day according to the checkpoints. After accepting the work, the PM finalizes the working day);
Breakfast, lunches and other things in the kitchen at the expense of the company (coffee, tea, cookies, sweets, yogurts and drinks in the refrigerator).

Opportunities/benefits

Personal Development: Employees develop their Personal Development Plan (PDP), focusing on skills and knowledge enhancement;
Regular Salary Review: Salaries are reviewed biannually based on PDP accomplishments and other performance indicators;
Opportunity to learn/improve skills in NodeJS, modern frontend frameworks like Vue/React or browser extensions development as part of the PDP (personal development plan) program;
Depending on your PDP direction and (if you like to) you can switch later to fullstack developer role, pure frontend developer role or browser extension developer role;
Complex and interesting, sometimes non-trivial, or large-scale projects with modern architecture and technology. We do not work with Wordpress and other CMS as a matter of principle;
Team Support and Collaboration: Work alongside experienced colleagues and project managers who provide guidance and assistance with complex tasks;
Technically savvy PMs who do task decomposition and know how to work with both the client and developers. No broken telephone game and no estimates handed down from the top;
Code review: Mandatory peer code review, efficient QA process and task acceptance procedures;
Learning New Technologies: Employees are encouraged to systematically explore and learn new technologies in the field (s) relevant to their roles;
Kanban Methodology for Task Management: The company uses «Scrumban» (our own flavor of Kanban system with Scrum elements) for effective planning and execution of daily tasks.

Requirements

5+ years of commercial experience;
Strong knowledge of LAMP/LEMP: PHP 7+ (preferably PHP 8);
Experience with modern PHP frameworks (preferably Laravel);
Strong knowledge of SQL;
Knowledge of GIT;
Ability to quickly search for information on the internet («googling»).

Nice to have

Basic understanding: HTML5/CSS3, Bootstrap/AMD, Javascript/Typescript, Vue/Angular/React;
Experience in writing REST API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger/RAML);
Experience in writing automated tests;
UX (usability) and interface testing experience.

Current technology stack

PHP projects: LAMP/LEMP, Laravel 58+;
NodeJS: NestJS, TypeORM, etc.;
Other technologies: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Kubernetes, Bitbucket Pipelines, ArgoCD, etc.;
Hosting: Digital Ocean, AWS (including serverless services like Lambda, SQS, SES, API Gateway, etc),Heroku, GCP/GKE, Cloudflare, etc.;
Local development: Docker.

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Additional information: + Bonuses

Location

Estonia

Time of work

Full-time

Skills

PHP Laravel

Languages

English
Russian

Contact person
Igor_V HR

abz.agency® is a software development company and trusted outsourcing partner, with a focus on custom web application, website and browser extension development.

Since 2005 abz.agency® has been working in the area of web development and work with clients from all around the globe. As a global outsourcing provider we have 65+ employees across our offices in Tallinn (Estonia) and Kiev (Ukraine).

The main activities of the company is the development of complex and custom web applications. The company also develops web sites. Providing a full cycle of work from the development of technical documentation, design, full-stack development to implementation and support. In recent years, the company has mastered the development of browser extensions. That allows you to actively expand the range of services.

The main technical stack in development is: PHP, Laravel, Node.js, React.js, Vue.js, Angular.js. In design, we actively use wireframing and mockuping: WireframePro, Sketchapp, PhotoShop, Figma. The company also actively uses paid services and licenses for work: Google, Jetbrains, Adobe and other providers. The offices created good conditions for productive work: modern equipment, including Mac Books Pro and 4K monitors, meeting rooms, a kitchen, staff lunches.

The company continues to grow with its employees. Mastering new versions of the current technical stack. Learning new technologies. The application of best practices and the use of technical specifications. All this creates the foundation for a quality product, which the customer then receives.