Backend PHP Developer

Role Overview

• Building and maintaining REST API endpoints
• Designing and optimizing MySQL queries across multiple database connections
• Integrating with social media platform APIs (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Amazon)
• Working with Elasticsearch for creator/content search and indexing
• Building async processing pipelines with RabbitMQ consumers/publishers
• Writing unit and integration tests with meaningful coverage

Requirements

• 8+ years of modern professional PHP development
• Strong experience with MySQL , complex queries, indexing strategies, multi-connection setups
• Familiarity with Slim Framework
• Experience with Elasticsearch
• Working knowledge of message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka, or SQS)
• Understanding of RESTful API design and OpenAPIS specification
• Comfort with Git workflows (GitLab, feature branches, CI/CD pipelines)
• Solid grasp of design patterns: Repository, Factory, Controller-Group, Consumer-Publisher
• Experience with AI assisted programming
• Thirst for learning and improving work flows. The development space is evolving fast!
• Work independently but ask when stuck

** Nice to Have **

• Experience with social media platform APIs (TikTok, Meta, Google/YouTube)
• Familiarity with AWS services (S3, EC2, deployment pipelines)
• WebSocket experience (Ratchet)
• Firebase/push notification systems
• Twilio/SMS integration

Tech Stack

• AWS
• EC2
• ElasticSearch
• Firebase
• Kafka
• MySQL
• PHP
• RabbitMQ

Benefits

• Work remotely Monday
• Friday, 40 hours a week (no weekends)
• Did we mention it's REMOTE?!!

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