PHP Backend Developer

Remote

Nekki is a game development studio with over 20 years of experience. We create games for mobile, PC, and consoles, focusing on product quality and player experience.
The Shadow Fight series and Vector have been downloaded over 1 billion times, and we continue to grow and support these franchises. At the same time, we’re building new titles: SPINE and Fight Me.

We are currently looking for a PHP Backend Developer to join the development team for our flagship project – Cascadeur.

Cascadeur is a program designed for creating realistic action animation in films and games. Cascadeur has been utilized in the development of popular game series such as Vector and Shadow Fight, boasting a combined installation base of around 400 million. The high-quality animation produced by Cascadeur is a key factor contributing to the popularity of these games.

The program is an exclusive creation of the Nekki company and, until recently, was used exclusively within the company. You can find more information in articles on dtf and habr.

Responsibilities:

Development and support of the company's internal systems and media projects
Optimizing, documenting, and refactoring of existing code
Working with the PHP – Yii2 framework

What we are looking for:

Profound knowledge and experience with PHP
Experience working with the Yii2 framework or similar ones
Ability to design databases, optimize queries, understand transactions (mysql/mariadb)
Understanding of OOP, SOLID principles, knowledge of basic patterns
Understanding of the REST concept
Understanding of HTML + CSS (LESS/CSS) + JS (jQuery)
Technical level of English