Senior Back-end Engineer (Laravel)

Are you a Laravel expert who thrives on solving real challenges? At Trading Space, we’re building systems that scale — and we want you to help shape them. Join us and let’s create something legendary.

💪 YOUR QUEST-LINE:

• Improving current and implementing new features to enhance the user experience;
• Integration with 3rd party tools and services (payment providers, etc.);
• Creating clean, flexible and reliable code;
• Continuous code quality improvement;
• Performance optimization;
• Monitoring and eliminating technical debt;
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our products.

👨‍🚀 YOUR IN-GAME SKIN:

• 5+ years experience with PHP (8.1+) and 2+ years of experience with Laravel (9.0+): console commands, jobs, horizon, writing APIs;
• Understanding the architecture of modern web applications, knowledge of SOLID principles;
• Experience with MySQL/MariaDB (complex queries, optimization, database design, indexes and optimizations); query profiling should be easy;
• Redis (or other caching, queues and event bus), understanding of process synchronization and atomic locks;
• PHPUnit: writing unit and feature tests, cover existing modules with tests;
• Experience with Git, Composer, NPM;
• Basic Linux server administration skills: setting up Nginx, MySQL, PHP, viewing logs to debug problems;
• Strong knowledge of the PHPStorm IDE (work in other IDEs is not considered);
• Experience of refactoring other developers’ code and systematic codebase improvements.

🚀 WILL BE YOUR BOOST:

• You can headshot anyone in CS:GO! Joking, but we expect that you will have gaming experience (CS2, Dota2, Rust);
• Experience in the development of high-load projects;
• Experience with SteamAPI;
• Experience with web application security practices;
• Knowledge of basic algorithms and data structures;
• Ability to analyze, architect, and decompose complex tasks;
• Desire to build complex systems and constantly searching for better approaches;
• Experience in front-end development: Vue.js, JavaScript (jQuery), knowledge of CSS (SCSS), webpack;
• Knowledge of modern approaches in layout (flexes, grids, beams) and experience in adaptive layout based on Figma;
• Experience with websockets;
• Experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipeline setup.

🧞‍♂️ YOUR POWER-UPS SOURCE:

• Start working at a time that’s comfortable for you;
• Spontaneous weekend from the CEO;
• People Partner who will always support you in word and deed;
• Rewards for cool work;
• Input on project direction in a bureaucracy-free environment;
• Regular performance reviews and personal feedback sessions;
• 20 paid vacation days and 7 sick leave days;
• Support for professional development, including events (we went on a MAJOR trip to Copenhagen, for example), certifications, and educational materials;
• Assisting with the accounting and tax management for individual entrepreneurs;
• English language and Well-being benefit — so that you can improve your mental health the way you want. We make sure that our spacers are surrounded by comfort from all sides;
• Anniversary and performance bonuses;
• No time tracking;
• We purchase CHARGING STATIONS for our spacers.
• We help Ukraine: every month the company supports AFU and transfers donations for ammunition and supplies

If you read everything carefully and exclaimed, then we are already looking forward to your resume and portfolio!

Send them as soon as possible! 🚀