Senior Backend PHP (Yii2) Developer
1w ago
SeniorRemoteB2phpyii2kubernetesapiscloud infrastructure
Senior Backend PHP Developer needed to join a rapidly growing product company with 6.5M monthly users, focusing on faster feature delivery, scalability, and proactive contributions.
About the product
- Our product grew from 1.5M to 6.5M monthly users in one year.
- Current backend load is handled by one developer who can't keep up, so we need to increase team throughput and scale without friction.
Responsibilities
- SEO (indexing, catalogs, search discoverability)
- Recommendation systems
- Public-facing API (design, build, document)
- Integrations with external systems (audio distribution platforms)
- Rapid prototyping: ideate → implement → validate
- Optimize search ranking and sorting algorithms
- Solve A/B testing infrastructure performance challenges
- Implement new approaches to content storage and monetization
- Work with BASSAB cloud infrastructure
- Operate in Kubernetes (dedicated cluster)
Requirements
- Initiative — you find and implement improvements yourself, don't wait for tasks.
- Product company experience — no agencies or outsourcing.
- Russian — fluent (team language).
- English — sufficient for international communication.
- Strong PHP — real-world depth.
- Kubernetes + cloud infrastructure — hands-on.
- Integrations with external systems and APIs.
Nice to have
- Highload systems experience
- Streaming / media / content products background
- Recommendation systems
Conditions
- Fully remote (any country, taxheavy jurisdictions not preferred)
- Russian-speaking team internally + English for external communication
- Team processes: Daily standups, 1week sprints, Annual goals → quarterly OKRs → monthly initiatives → weekly execution
- Team-driven ideas, fast experiments, no long approvals
Other
- Tech stack: PHP (Yii2), Kubernetes (dedicated cluster), BASSAB cloud, internal & external APIs.
- Team structure: 1 Backend Lead, 2 Frontend Developers, Designers + Analysts, QA (~8 hours/week), Audio recording software development team (English required)
- Key people: Backend Lead, Frontend team, Audio software team.
- Why join us? Rapid growth, real impact, fast execution, ownership, friendly and proactive culture.
How to apply
- Apply by telling what you improved in your past product and what you'd change in this one.
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