Senior Full Stack Engineer (m/f/d) - Focus on PHP and JavaScript

<p>We are a digital media and games company. On a daily basis, we reach millions of users with our content, projects and games, such as the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Nametests-192875528281228/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Nametests Instant Game</a> on Facebook. We are a creative team pursuing our mission to “make people smile”; we are committed to entertaining people and aim to inspire their world.<br/></p><p>We use the latest technology in order to be highly adaptive in modern online business. Combined with our agile spirit and great teamwork, this allows us to achieve:</p><ul> <li>More than 500 million people who played our games</li> <li>More than 120 million fans on Facebook</li> <li>Content and mini-games translated into more than 40 different languages</li> </ul><p>The Social Sweethearts are looking for passionate and dynamic colleagues who want to join us in continuing to create a more colorful and entertaining world.</p><p><br/></p><p>The position of <strong>Senior Full Stack Developer (m/f/d) - Focus on PHP and JavaScript</strong> will have the following responsibilities;</p><ul> <li>Refactoring, rebuilding, and updating our services in multiple programming languages, with a focus on PHP (Laravel) and JavaScript (React, Vue, and plain Vanilla)</li> <li>You will work on our core product: The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/App-Page/Nametests-192875528281228/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">Nametests Instant Game</a> on Facebook, with more than 100 million active users</li> <li>You will join a team of technical experts, and share the responsibility to work on the public product to ensure a no-downtime, performant and stable quality game for millions of users globally</li> <li>You will conceptualise and implement new features for our in-house services, such as our CMS and custom-built analytics tool, with our editorial teams being your "audience" and the users of your product</li> <li>In your team, the highest goal is quality software, with a strong focus on maintainability, efficiency, performance and solid software architecture</li> </ul><p><br/></p><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><ul> <li>Stong technical experience in multiple programming languages, with a focus on PHP and JavaScript</li> <li>Expert-level understanding of performant database design and querying, with either PostgreSQL or MySQL</li> <li>Strong experience writing unit tests, TDD is a plus</li> <li>Expert-level understanding of quality software architecture and design principles like SRP, OCP, LSP, ISP, DIP (SOLID)</li> <li>Strong experience building, using and maintaining deployment pipelines and CI/CD, with an appreciation of DevOps principles</li> <li>Follower of OOP principles</li> </ul><p>Nice to have:</p><ul> <li>Experience with Python</li> <li>Experience in the development of Facebook applications (Graph API)</li> <li>Experience in microservices infrastructure and Docker containerisation</li> <li>Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB, ElasticSearch or Cassandra</li> <li>Big Data project experience involving Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics or AI</li> </ul><p><br/></p><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><ul> <li>Friendly, collegiate atmosphere and colleagues who complement and support each other</li> <li>Down-to-earth founders and management, who understand their role as servant leaders</li> <li>Flat hierarchies with direct and transparent communication</li> <li>English office language and an international, multicultural and diverse team</li> <li>Emphasis on a healthy work-life balance and flexible working hours</li> <li>Learning, growth and development opportunities via trainings and knowledge sharing</li> <li>Fun and exciting team events on a regular basis</li> </ul>