Middle/Senior PHP Developer Hybrid Remote in Georgia

Work at Exadel – Who We Are:
Since 1998, Exadel has been engineering its products and custom software for clients of all sizes. Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Exadel has 2,800+ employees in development centers across America, Europe, and Asia. Our people drive Exadel’s success and are at the core of our values.

About Our Customer:
The customer is an educational technology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the developer and publisher of a web-based learning management system and a massive open online course (MOOC) platform. Millions of students and teachers around the world use the customer’s products.

Project Team:
Joining our team means working with full-stack engineers with experience building web-scale services in a loosely-coupled but highly-integrated system. We work with such technologies as PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React and PostgreSQL on Linux, and our platform runs on AWS.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional software development experience using PHP (both 7.x and 8.x)
• Knowledge of REST API and REST Design principles
• Background in cloud-hosted, high-traffic applications
• Preference for action, desire for ownership, and love for problem-solving
• Demonstrated excellence in programming, debugging, architecture, and DevOps — the customer’s engineers design, build, and deploy their own code

Nice to have:
Experience with Docker and AWS

English level:
Intermediate+

Responsibilities:

• Moving codebase elements from from PHP version 7.x to 8.x and implementing new robust solutions
• Ensure products can operate in the cloud at the scale needed by clients
• Apply software development best practices for development (e.g. SOLID, Design Patterns, TDD, BDD) and configuration management tasks
• Constructively discuss, challenge, and negotiate the best solution to deliver value to the client
• Work in an Agile software development environment with distributed teams using Scrum

Advantages of Working with Exadel:

Transparent Career Roadmap

• The HR manager accompanies each employee on their first steps in the company and assists them in achieving future professional goals
• Exadel is a global company with 30+ offices in 15+ countries. Employees have the chance to discover new places to live and work, and can transfer to any location that has an Exadel production office. The HR manager and the Global Mobility specialist accompany the employee and assist throughout the relocation process
• Your career growth is in your hands, so each Exadeller decides when to level up and initiate performance assessments. The management team supports career planning and the discovery of new tech stacks and languages

Learning & Development Opportunities

• Each Exadeller is given a $1,000 yearly budget for self-education, which includes certifications, training sessions, meetups, conferences, and educational materials
• Employees participate actively and benefit from the knowledge-sharing environment across seven practice units: Digital Marketing Technologies, Content Marketing, AI, QA, QAA, Agile, and DevOps
• Employees can find recordings from meetups and trainings on Exadel’s Internal Learning System

Work & Life Balance

• Each Exadeller is in charge of managing their workflow independently without being micromanaged at every step; it is, however, important that an employee always attends meetings, logs their time, and meets deadlines
• Operating from the office, or remotely, depends on which mode the employee prefers. Hybrid or remote mode staff will receive the necessary equipment before their first working day. For those who prefer to work in-office, the office network  offers up-to-date equipment, good facilities, and a warm collaborative environment
• The team meets at two annual team-building events across locations; in addition there are team events such as Pizza Days, Programmer’s Day, informal meetups, board game parties, and sports initiatives

Employee Perks & Bonuses

• The Exadel referral program covers all regions and involves recognition for hired recommended professionals. Depending on the location and the position, an employee receives a monetary bonus for recommending a candidate to Exadel who ends up being hired
• Employees collect coins for numerous project activities, exchanging them for products or services of their choice available on the Exadel store
• Volunteers for mentoring, interviewing, performing assessments, and participation in community meet-ups, get additional monetary bonuses
• Location-dependent, Exadellers can access benefit platforms with vouchers for online stores, medical insurance reimbursement, sports membership fees, vacations, and childbirth bonuses