<p>We are seeking an experienced<strong> Software Engineer (</strong><strong>PHP</strong><strong>)</strong> to join our friendly team. If you like to dig into complex systems and you're great at troubleshooting, you are exactly who we're looking for!</p><h3>Work at Exadel - Who We Are</h3><p>We don’t just follow trends—we help define them. For 25+ years, Exadel has transformed global enterprises. Now, we’re leading the charge in AI-driven solutions that scale with impact. And it’s our people who make it happen—driven, collaborative, and always learning.</p><h3>About the Customer</h3><p>The history of the customer started as a boutique IT company in 2008. In less than three years, it grew to become a leading IT company with 100+ employees, serving clients from around the globe. Today, the customer is the digital health lab that aims to improve and save lives through technology.</p><h3>Requirements</h3><ul><li>PHP web application development background using Laravel 9+</li><li>Proficiency in both Eloquent & Doctrine</li><li>Understanding of the application design patterns (service oriented, microservice, rule-of-thumb lines of code and complexity, e.g. 5-10-20) and good data-model design</li><li>Knowledge of Git Flow branching & Experience working with GIT in a dynamic team environment</li><li>Competency in working with Webservices, APIs and in integrating applications with 3rd party services. e.g. payment gateways, social media logins, fraud detection services, other REST services</li><li>Awareness of the OpenAPI standard + excellent practical experience with Swagger</li><li>Experience with caching technologies - e.g. Memcached, Redis</li><li>RDBMS skills (using MySQL/MariaDB/Percona or similar)</li><li>Practice in Nginx, working understanding of the Linux command line</li><li>Skills in secure coding practices</li></ul><h3>Nice to Have</h3><ul><li>Skills in Python 3.9+</li><li>Experience with Symfony 4 (or another serious PHP frameworkJ), high-traffic applications that “operate at scale”</li><li>Knowledge of ElasticSearch, AWS, JWT, NodeJS</li><li>Ability to take written business requirements and translate into technical requirements;</li><li>Ability to assess and use community modules (e.g. composer packages) where sensible to achieve more practical results in less time spent</li><li>Ability to assess and profile an application’s performance and recommend areas to optimize/improve</li><li>Experience in web application security & high scalability</li><li> HTML5/CSS3 and JavaScript skills (be able to write optimized pure JS code when needed)</li></ul><h3>English level</h3><p>Upper-Intermediate+</p><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Create and implement very custom applications using Laravel on top of PHP 8.1/8.2, store on MariaDB, cache on Redis and deploy via Docker J</li><li> We expect developers to be aware of standard DB architecture principles and able to write optimized queries. The nature of some projects makes them require high traffic spikes (50K+ requests/min), so developers need to know how to make use of caching layers and write performant code and queries</li><li>Be part of the team decisions related to the architecture and technical implementation</li><li>Develop Custom software</li></ul>