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Montreal, QC · On-site

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What is the difference between Senior Php Developer vs PHP Developer?

AspectSenior PHP DeveloperPHP Developer
Required Experience5+ years, leadership skills1-3 years, foundational skills
CertificationsOptional, but preferred (e.g., PHP certifications)Typically not required
Work EnvironmentLeading projects, mentoring juniorsDeveloping features, fixing bugs
ResponsibilitiesArchitecting solutions, code reviewsWriting code, testing

The main difference between a Senior PHP Developer and a PHP Developer lies in experience, responsibilities, and leadership. Senior PHP Developers typically have more experience, take on leadership roles, and handle complex projects, while PHP Developers focus on coding and implementing features. Both roles are essential in web development teams, but the senior position involves more strategic and mentoring duties.

What Is a Senior PHP Developer?

A senior PHP developer is a software engineer who creates websites, programs, and applications using PHP, a programming language. Job duties may include working with deployment tools, writing code, and supervising other developers. People in this career often work for an IT firm or software development company. Qualifications for a senior PHP developer include years of experience in the field in addition to a bachelor’s degree in computer science.

What are Senior PHP Developers?

Senior PHP Developers are experienced software professionals who specialize in building and maintaining web applications using the PHP programming language. They are responsible for designing complex backend systems, writing efficient code, and ensuring the scalability and security of web solutions. In addition to coding, they often mentor junior developers, lead project teams, and contribute to architectural decisions. Senior PHP Developers typically have several years of experience and a deep understanding of frameworks, databases, and best practices in web development.

What are some common challenges Senior PHP Developers face when working on large-scale projects?

Senior PHP Developers often encounter challenges such as maintaining code quality in legacy systems, ensuring application scalability, and managing tight deadlines while coordinating with cross-functional teams. Balancing new feature development with refactoring older code can be demanding, especially in fast-paced environments. Effective communication with front-end developers, DevOps engineers, and project managers is essential to overcome these challenges and deliver robust, high-performance solutions.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Senior PHP Developer, and why are they important?

A Senior PHP Developer should have advanced proficiency in PHP, strong understanding of OOP principles, and significant experience with web development frameworks, typically supported by a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field. Familiarity with tools such as Composer, Git, Docker, and frameworks like Laravel or Symfony, as well as knowledge of SQL and RESTful APIs, is usually required. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills help in mentoring junior developers and collaborating across teams. These skills ensure the delivery of robust, scalable applications and foster a productive, innovative development environment.
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Senior PHP Developer - Backend (Remote)

Rivalry

Montreal, QC • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Posted 27 days ago

Job description

Description
Rivalry has been pushing the boundaries on what an esports betting product can be, and we’ve been doing it well. As our user base grows and we enter new global regions, the demand to create new and better products is increasing. We're focused on having the best product in the gambling space. We aren’t willing to accept being marginally better.

We are working hard to create something leaps and bounds above anything else out there. We are investing heavily into our product development team and are looking to hire a Backend Developer to join us on this journey.

Does that sound fun? Keep reading! 

The Role
This is a senior role working alongside the current backend software engineering team; however, you will also work alongside both experienced and junior frontend developers, as well as, various other disciplines in order to share and learn from one another as well as lead projects yourself. 

This role is one part planning tasks and knowledge sharing with the team, one part solo coding work, and one part team resource where people can lean on you for support.

We pride ourselves on keeping up with a modern stack, focusing both on web performance and developer quality of life. We work where we get our best work done. Be it in our Toronto office, remote or a hybrid of both. We're still a team that Pair Programs often, holds regular standups and plays games together regularly. We are a rapidly changing organization and are always open to discuss what we're focusing on and how we're getting there. We expect that you'll be a part of our feature planning, as well as helping vet our implementation options.

You will also be a part of
  • Leading a small team with a singular focus for the sprint, where you can report back to the CTO and Lead
  • Brainstorming sessions where you will contribute ideas to future features
  • Sprint Planning, where you will break down large epics into smaller actionable tasks with details
  • Code Reviews, providing feedback and direction to others
  • Pair Programming over Tuple, providing support to team members
  • Prototyping concepts as a part of idea exploration

Skills, knowledge and expertise
Our challenges involve consuming disparate data sources and transforming the data into usable normalized data sets to be actioned within our application. For instance, we have many sources of data for matches and odds. We need to take these data sources and transform them into a normalized set of matches and data. Each provider has its own scheme for organizing data. Additionally, we are always looking to optimize the real-time notifications of odds to users through web sockets and push notifications. Our core platform has a lot of the same challenges that a forex or stock trading system would have.
On a more technical level, your job will be to architect, develop and maintain our backend application code. Experience with high concurrency systems, load balanced applications, role-based access control systems, geographic and data residency patterns, clean tested code, performance optimization and instrumentation are very important for success in this role. You should have a strong understanding (4 or more years experience) of one or more of the following:
  • Relevant experience as an engineer with a good understanding of backend technologies
  • Proven development background in the following: PHP, NodeJS, Rails
  • Extensive knowledge of some or all of the following: Docker / Containerization, Kubernetes, Security Design, Queuing, Automated testing, Data pipelines
  • You feel comfortable diving into existing code and interacting with developers at all levels of seniority
  • Proven track record of shipping products in an iterative manner 
  • A commitment and drive for quality, technical excellence and result

Our stack is a makeup of
  • Laravel (backend API)
  • NodeJS (microservices and frontend)
  • VueJS (frontend)
  • Websockets (Extensive use of pusher)

Why work here
  • We offer a competitive salary and total rewards package including a comprehensive benefits package and stock options (we believe it's important for everyone on our team to own a piece of the company and share in our success).
  • A chance to work in one of the most exciting and rapidly growing industries.
  • Work with an extremely talented team who share a love for video games and esports on truly innovative projects; we’re not your typical online gambling site -  we’re a tech company first, and a gambling company second.
  • Work where you get your best work done. Whether that’s in an office (when it’s safe enough) or in the comfort of your own home. Our offices are located in Toronto, but a large portion of our company works remotely across 17 different countries.
  • Free video games! Every Rivalry employee gets a monthly stipend.