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Backend PHP engineer for high-load products

In short

Senior Backend PHP Developer role at a fully remote cybersecurity company building privacy and anonymity products for millions of users worldwide. The role involves developing, refactoring, and optimizing a high-traffic Laravel-based product, integrating third-party services, and occasionally creating new projects from scratch. Requires 5+ years of commercial PHP experience, strong Laravel/SQL/OOP knowledge, experience with high-load systems, queues and caching (Redis, Memcache), and written English at B2 level or higher. Work is fully remote, restricted to GMT+1–GMT+5 time zones.

About the Role
Join a fast-growing cybersecurity company specializing in world-class privacy and security solutions. Operating as a fully remote global team, we are on a mission to protect digital lives and ensure anonymity for millions worldwide. We are vocal advocates for civil rights, digital freedom, and an uncensored online culture. We are looking for an experienced Backend PHP Developer who thrives on solving complex challenges and is ready to make a massive impact on a high-traffic product at the intersection of security, massive scale, and digital freedom.
Responsibilities
•Understand the existing codebase
•Independently solve tasks of varying complexity
•Conduct research tasks to find optimal solutions
•Develop new features and integrate third-party services (API projects and admin panel)
•Refactor and optimize existing code in Laravel (no heavy legacy)
•Occasionally work with Blade templates
•Document code and implemented tasks
•Create new projects from scratch
Requirements
•5+ years of commercial experience in PHP development
•Experience in team development and writing clear, well-documented code
•Experience working with high-load projects
•Excellent knowledge of PHP and OOP principles
•Excellent knowledge of SQL and query optimization
•Good knowledge and hands-on experience with Laravel
•Experience with queues, Redis, Memcache, Nginx, Node.js, Git, Composer
•Experience working with *nix CLI
•Attention to detail in code writing and Git management
•Self-organization
•Written English level B2 or higher
Nice to Have
•Providing a link or archive with representative examples of your work will be a big plus
•Experience in developing fault-tolerant applications
•Knowledge of network design principles
•Understanding of Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code
•Knowledge of Golang
Conditions
•Build personal AI agents using our premium infrastructure
•Absolute freedom to work from any location (GMT+1 – GMT+5)
•Internal R&D opportunities
•Paid time off and sick leave
•Direct impact on a massive, world-class B2C product
•A collaborative environment with some of the best minds
•Hardware upon completion of your probation

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