Backend Engineer PHP

LegionFarm is a platform created for gamers by gamers. This is a place where you can hire PRO players for in-game coaching and assistance services in a variety of games loved by millions

Funded by Y Combinator, Twitch co-founder, and dozens of VCs and Angels.

The Legionfarm platform is used by gamers from 50+ countries around the world. We are a USA-based company, headquartered in San Francisco, with an operating team in Istanbul, Amsterdam and Singapore.

We are currently looking for a proactive, forward-thinking and results-driven Backend Engineer to join LegionFarm. 

What You Will Do:

- Develop with PHP 7+(Yii, Symfony), PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS;

- Write clean, maintainable code, keeping performance and observability in mind;

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan, build and ship high-quality features;

- Promote best practices to improve the quality of our code and processes;

- Share your knowledge and experience with other engineers.

What We Expect From You:

- 5+ years of PHP web application software engineering experience;

- Experience with one or more modern PHP frameworks (Yii, Laravel, Symfony);

- A strong business sense and ability to collaborate with leadership and non-technical stakeholders on highly visible projects;

- Expert knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, indexing, and searching technologies

- A passion for data-driven decision-making (metrics, experiments, prototypes, …); 

- Strong knowledge and a passion for software best practices, design patterns, and testing; 

- Passionate about agile practices and continuous improvement.

What we offer:

- Relocation assistance to Istanbul, Turkey: tickets, help with accommodation search, residence permit;

- Fair market salary paid in $;

- Comfortable office in Istanbul, community and events;

- Team of professionals and passionate gamers :)