Back-end, PHP developer $900-1800 Offline

Odessa based IT company has an opening for a responsible, independent, and easy going expert in PHP development.

Requirements:Back-end skills:MySQL: maintenance, optimization, knowledge of complex queries (JOIN, UNION, subqueries), understanding of InnoDB engine; experience in working with large databases is desirable (over 10 million records);PHP: deep understanding of OOP (classes, objects), MVC models and ORM techniques, Laravel and Symfony experience is a big plus, ability to work with other developers' code;Experience with building REST API and using JSON is desirable;Expertise in building scalable real-time applications would be a good plus;Experience with inter-process communication, caching and message queues, knowledge of Redis could be a plus;Front-end skills:JavaScript: basics + strong knowledge of AJAX requests and how to build and optimize them; basic knowledge of Node.js is preferred, but not required;Ability to produce performant and memory-effective front-end code and to improve existing code base;HTML/CSS: basics; advanced expertise in CSS and/or experience with Uikit, ability to optimize styles is desirable;Knowledge of modern js frameworks like Vue.js (preferably) and React, is a plus but not required;Other skills:Must be a true team player and great communicator;Experience with working in a team using GIT;Experience with writing unit tests is desirable;Linux/Unix: SSH/SFTP, bash commands, cron, Nginx/Apache web server;English technical writing level is sufficient.Responsibilities:Write complex, clean, well-documented, reusable code;Optimize existing databases;Write complex yet optimal requests for extracting data;Protect good performance, stability, and security of the systems;Improve User Interface and Experience;Apply bugfixes and improvements based on users and QA reports;Allocate tasks and priorities for the team;Understand project goals and convert them into clear tasks for developers.Conditions:Job location options: Office or partialy remotelyWorking hours: mostly aligned with the U.S. Holidays and US Eastern Time business hours.