Senior Backend Developer (PHP)

Gamingtec; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gamingtec is seeking a skilled PHP developer to advance a project built on Laravel/Symfony/React. You will contribute to high‑quality RESTful services and APIs, work with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Docker, and collaborate in an international team.

The role requires 5+ years of PHP experience, strong English, and a proactive, self-organised attitude. You will join a company with flexible learning opportunities and career growth in London.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience in PHP 7, 8 and an ability to demonstrate skills and competence in REST APIs.
• Experience with Laravel/Symfony framework.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis.
• Experience with RESTful services.
• Experience with Docker.
• Experience with Git / GitLab.
• Level of English language – upper-intermediate.

Responsibilities

• Analyse, design, develop, as well as implement and document RESTful services and APIs.
• Troubleshoot software and product databases to ensure functionality.
• Write object-oriented, clean, and maintainable code.
• Implement common APIs based on architecture guidelines and frameworks.
• Identify potential process improvement areas.
• Work in a self-testing paradigm without dedicated manual QA engineers.

Skills

PHP

REST APIs

Laravel

Symfony

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Docker

Git

GitLab

English

Tools

Git

GitLab

Job description

Are you ready to take your PHP skills to the next level?

We are dedicated to providing ongoing support for an existing project built on Laravel/Symfony/React technologies. Our approach to implementing features is characterised by a high level of responsibility and attention to detail.

All you need is:

5+ years of development experience in PHP 7, 8 and an ability to demonstrate skills and competence in:

• Experience in building REST APIs;
• Experience with Laravel/Symfony framework;
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis;
• Experience with RESTful;
• Experience with Docker;
• Experience with Git / GitLab;
• Level of English language - upper-intermediate.

Also, it will be great if you have:

• Self-organised, proactive attitude;
• Experience with ELK.

Your daily adventures will look like:

• Analyse, design, develop, as well as implement and document RESTful services and APIs;
• Troubleshoot software and product databases to ensure functionality;
• Write object-oriented, clean, and maintainable code;
• Implement common APIs based on architecture guidelines and frameworks;
• Identify potential process improvement areas;
• Work in a self-testing paradigm without dedicated manual QA engineers.

So, why Gamingtec?

If you are a person with passion, ideas, and a thirst to advance your career, you will love our corporate culture.We are an international team that treats each other with respect and moves towards the same goals. We believe in freedom and flexibility and trust our employees to do their jobs in a way that works for them.We have an ambitious and rewarding work environment, a flat organisational structure and almost zero bureaucracy. Our employees’ ideas are what move the company forward. Everyone has equal opportunities in every aspect of work, learning and development!

Why you will love working here:

• Being a part of an international team, where everyone treats each other with respect and moves towards the same goal;
• Freedom and responsibility. You do not need to be told what to do;
• Competitive salaries. We want only the top performers, so we offer the appropriate remuneration for their experience and knowledge;
• Flexible work schedule. We do not track time, we measure performance;
• Unlimited paid vacation and sick leave days. We believe that everyone should have a good work-life balance and no one should burn out;
• Constant career development & learning opportunities!
• Enjoy the corporate atmosphere with awesome parties and team-building events throughout the year;
• Refer your friends and get rewarded with a bonus, after they pass their probation period;
• Find the right private medical insurance that works for you and receive compensation for it. Compensation (full/partial) depends on the cost;
• Flexible Benefits plan. Decide which of your activities/expenses you want the company to compensate you for. For example; gym subscription, language courses, Netflix subscription, a spa day, etc;
• Education foundation in learning something new. Be part of our biannual ruffle that gives you the chance to learn something new, unrelated to your job.

And this is how our interview process goes:

• A 30-minute interview with a member of our HR team to get to know you and your experience;
• A 1.5-hour technical interview to assess your skills and abilities;
• A final 1-hour interview to gauge your fit with our culture and working style.