PHP Developer (+ React skills)

Muse Group

Muse Group empowers music makers. We create the world’s most popular apps for playing, recording and composing music.

Through our innovative learning tools, expansive music catalogs and free open-source software, we make it easier for millions — from beginners to experienced musicians — to be creative every day.

Our talented team of music lovers collaborates all over the globe, from Limassol to Seoul and Boston to Berlin. We’re an ambitious company with the drive and culture of a startup, with many more exciting Muse Group developments to come.

We are seeking a Backend Developer to take a pivotal role in driving the SEO traffic growth of our flagship products.

Key responsibilities:

• Identifying and implementing quick improvements for SEO (both backend/frontend)
• Assisting other teams in implementing SEO-related tasks
• Reviewing SEO-related code changes made by other teams
• Participating in product-related tasks of other teams when necessary
• Supporting and improving the functionality of Slack bot that check for SEO errors on website pages

Required experience:

• Extensive experience with modern PHP (we use PHP 8.0), with the ability to leverage the strengths of the language.
• Ability to design and optimize relational databases (we use MySQL).
• Experience with React, the ratio among backend/frontend tasks would be around 80 to 20 respectively
• Capability to manage projects independently, from design to release and support.
• Skill in estimating deadlines, promptly flagging issues, and focusing on results.
• Understanding of which tasks can be solved "quickly" and which require a more "perfect" solution.
• Experience in optimizing PHP applications under load.
• Knowledge of design patterns in OOP and FP, with a focus on React/Redux applications. Architectural thinking and an understanding of SOLID principles
• Strong understanding of JS (ES2019 specification) and TypeScript
• Understanding web application debugging and profiling using Chrome DevTools
• At least B2 level of English

Nice to have:

• Experience with high-load projects that have a long development history.
• Experience working with Yii2
• Experience sending analytical data to services/storage (Clickhouse).
• Experience working with search systems (Elasticsearch).
• Experience delivering large-scale video content.