PHP Backend Developer (m/f)

Description

We are currently looking for a PHP Backend Developer (m/f)

Goodgame Studios is Europe’s fastest growing gaming company and one of Germany’s most successful technology businesses. With more than 900 employees at our headquarters in Hamburg we develop innovative online games which are played by more than 200 million players in 25 languages across 200 countries. Our talented, motivated team of experts and newcomers forms the basis of our success. Become a part of the success story and apply now!

As a PHP Backend Developer (m/f) you will work with our PHP team on programming and maintaining our backend systems, including our payment shop. You will be responsible for devising, implementing and optimizing our systems as well as upgrading and remodeling them and securing high availability.  In addition, you will play a part in designing and optimizing the software architecture.

We are looking for colleagues,

• who consider object-oriented programming in PHP 5.4 a passion and not just a job
• who are experts in extensive software projects, ideally in game development
• who are experienced users of MySQL and ideally als NoSQL
• who can appreciate the advantages of frameworks (e.g. ZF2) and design patterns
• for whom test automation and quality assurance are not just vague theories
• who find developing web services, in particular REST and RPC, no trouble at all
• who don’t think Linux is an animal
• who don’t treat front end technologies like HTML/CSS and JavaScript (primarily jQuery) as poor relations
• who know the difference between ‘agile’ and ‘chaos’
• who have an excellent written and spoken command of German and/or English

We offer:

• An exciting job where you can assume responsibility and develop professionally
• A dynamic team with friendly, highly-qualified colleagues from all over the world
• Strong, sustainable growth and fresh challenges every day
• Flat hierarchies and short decision paths
• A culture of mutual respect and an outstanding working environment
• Further training with workshops, language courses and technical reference works, a healthy work-life balance, regular team events, sporting and leisure activities and much more!

Hamburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and provides a fantastic range of leisure activities as well as a great nightlife. A maritime atmosphere and its Hanseatic cosmopolitan flair enable an especially high quality of life – and safety. We will make relocating simple, help you find a flat, offer you a German course, and make it easy for you to get to know your new home town.