Middle+ BackEnd PHP Developer

About the Work:

Within the RFA initiative, we develop ProjectUA — a national IT platform for the Government of Ukraine that enables planning, monitoring and evaluation of policy implementation. ProjectUA consolidates government priorities, delivers real-time progress monitoring, and supports transparent, data-driven decision-making. 

Primary tasks are: 
● Design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend solutions in PHP
● Review and improve the existing codebase with focus on security vulnerabilities and performance bottlenecks
● Write and maintain unit and integration tests
● Prepare and maintain clear technical documentation

Formal Eligibility Requirements (Mandatory):

Please note: due to project, contracting, and donor requirements, candidates must meet all of the criteria below in order to be considered:

● Ukrainian citizenship (mandatory)
● Registered Ukrainian Private Entrepreneur of the 3d group (consultancy services) or readiness to register as Private Entrepreneur prior to contract signing
● Legal ability to provide consultancy services under Ukrainian law
● Availability for full-time engagement (Monday–Friday)

Required Qualifications: Experience:
● 4+ years of professional experience with PHP
● Strong knowledge of PHP 7.4 and PHP 8.x
● Proven production experience with Yii2
● Solid knowledge of MySQL, including schema design and query optimization (EXPLAIN, indexes)
● Strong background in API design (REST/JSON) and backend architecture
● Hands-on experience with performance measurement and optimization: profiling code execution, analyzing bottlenecks (slow requests/queries), improving runtime and memory usage
● Practical experience with debugging and troubleshooting: working with logs, reproducing issues, root-cause analysis, and delivering reliable fixes
● Hands-on experience writing unit and integration tests using Codeception
● Good understanding of OOP, SOLID, and clean code practices

What We Value Most:
● Engineering mindset focused on long-term product health, not short-term hacks
● Personal responsibility for correctness, security, and reliability
● Proactive and independent approach: ability to propose improvements and drive them to completion

As a plus:
● Experience with Vue.js (and understanding how frontend integrates with APIs)
● Experience with Redis / caching
● Experience with Symfony and/or Laravel
● Experience with Docker/CI on a basic level
● Experience refactoring monoliths and improving performance/memory usage

Please note: Alinea International does not provide exemptions from mandatory military service requirements for consultants engaged under Private Entrepreneur (PE) contracts.