PHP Backend Developer

Mayflower is a technology company building highload products used by millions of people worldwide. Operating at the scale of one of the world's top-50 websites, we solve complex engineering challenges and create solutions that power real-time entertainment for a global audience.

We are looking for an experienced Backend developer who will join our team of a highload (200k RPS) project in Limassol office.

Conditions

We know that great talent deserves great conditions, so here's what you can expect when joining us:

- EU-based employment contract and a 3-year Cyprus work visa with full support for your relocation and visa processes, including assistance for your family.
- EU passport. Opportunity to obtain an EU passport after 4 years of residence
- Full relocation package: flights to Limassol for you and your family, a company-covered apartment for the first month, and full relocation support to make your move smooth and hassle-free.
- Provident fund (Cypus): a long-term savings plan co-funded by you and the Company together (available after probation) that grows throughout your time with us in Cyprus.
- Transparent performance reviews twice a year, with bonus opportunities and salary adjustments.
- Private medical insurance for you and your family
- Corporate mobile plan (unlimited in Cyprus with roaming included)
- Mindfulness & well-being support, including psychological assistance with 50% coverage.
- 50% coverage of school and kindergarten fees for your children.
- Fully covered sports benefits, and also access to in-house electric scooters and bike rentals
- Professional growth support: language courses, conferences, training programs, and coaching.
- Peer recognition program: receive and share kudos for great work.
- A fully equipped office in Limassol’s city center, with everything you need for deep work and collaboration.
- Free breakfasts and lunches in the office and an in-house coffee bar with high-quality drinks and a health bar stocked with nutritious snacks.
- A strong engineering culture: international teams, corporate events, team buildings, and hackathons — because great work happens in great communities.

Recruitment process

- HR interview (45 min);
- Technical interview (1,5 hour);
- Live-coding (1,5 hour);
- Final interview (1 hour).

Responsibilities

Development and support of business tasks,; Work on infrastructure tasks,; Profiling and optimizing solutions,; Unit and API code coverage with tests,; Search for scaling solutions.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in PHP/Go development (the current version of PHP in the project is 8.2),; Proficient in PHP and MySQL,; REST API - design and implementation,; Unit and functional tests - understanding why they are needed, the ability and desire to write them,; Debugging, profiling, optimization of PHP/Go code - practical experience,; Sharding, replication - understanding the principles, pros and cons.; Data structures - to be able to choose the right one for solving a specific task.

Nice to have

Experience with Elasticsearch, Redis, microservices, Golang.