Senior Backend Infrastructure Software Engineer - PHP & LAMP

3 Months ago • 8 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Senior Backend Software Engineer needed for a leading social casino game. Must have expertise in PHP, LAMP/LEMP, and building highly scalable applications. Experience with caching, queues, locking, and database design is essential. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills are required.
Must have:
  • PHP expertise
  • LAMP/LEMP stack
  • Scalable backend
  • Database design
Good to have:
  • OpenAPI & AsyncAPI
  • Cloud security
  • Serverless architecture
  • Java development
Perks:
  • Robust benefits
  • Global opportunities

Job Details

We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer (LAMP/LEMP) to work on the backend infrastructure of one of the largest and most successful ($250M+) social casino games to date. The ideal candidate lives and breathes writing highly scalable code, and has a proven track record of profiling, optimizing, and supporting a high concurrency application. Our backend team is small, and each member has a large amount of ownership and impact on how the game is scaled.  

What You'll Do

 

  • Design, implement, and deploy game platforms with emphasis on uptime, scalability and security 

  • Profile and tune highly-scalable backends 

  • Develop APIs for other development teams to consume 

  • As part of a rotating on-call duty, provide the first-line defense in troubleshooting production issues 

What We're Looking For

  • 8+ years professional experience in software development 

  • Expert level understanding of PHP including using object oriented design patterns, class inheritance, etc. to write highly reusable and clean code 

  • Solid understanding of how highly scalable web applications work including caching (APCu, Memcached, Redis, etc), queues, locking, etc. 

  • Experience with the entire software development life-cycle from gathering requirements to launching 

  • Comfortable operating on a Linux command line 

  • Basic knowledge of networking, DNS, protocols 

  • Database design and SQL knowledge (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc) 

  • Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills 

  • Detail-oriented, motivated, self-starter who can work without supervision 

  • Container experience using Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, etc. 

  • Cloud experience on any cloud provider (We use Google Cloud Platform) 

  • Experience with CI/CD including building pipelines, automated deployments, etc 

 

Preferred Skills and Experience  

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). 

  • Experience using OpenAPI and AsyncAPI for defining APIs, and exercising them through appropriate tooling (e.g., Postman). 

  • Experience with security best practices and compliance standards in cloud-based environments. 

  • Understanding of serverless architecture and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). 

  • Understanding of Java development with Spring (e.g., Boot, Cloud, Framework). 

  • Familiarity with Domain Driven Design (DDD) and its application in software development. 

  • Knowledge of API management, scaling strategies, and performance optimization for large-scale backend systems. 

  • Certification in Agile Product Ownership or related field. 

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. We offer a range of flexible working options through all.flex, our flexible hybrid work model and invite you to have a conversation with us about flexible working. EEO M/F/D/V

  • World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

  • Robust benefits package

  • Global career opportunities

Our Values

  • All about the Player

  • Talent Unleashed

  • Collective Brilliance

  • Good Business Good Citizen

The US based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.

Travel Expectations

None

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About The Company

Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an ASX20 listed company and one of the world’s leading providers of gaming solutions. We’re licensed in over 300 jurisdictions and operate in over 90 countries around the world. We’re also proud to have a team of over 7000 employees that deliver outstanding results by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity and technology each day. We offer a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, social gaming and casino management systems, but it doesn’t stop there. Despite our global presence and exponential growth, we remain an ideas company at heart that is committed to delivering outstanding results for our customers and players and an unparalleled experience for our employees, who have the opportunity to grow, be inspired and be the best they can be.


Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us to live our mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play – every day.  


Come and join us – let’s play!


𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 @𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵.𝘤𝘰𝘮, @𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮, @𝘱𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝘮, 𝘰𝘳 @𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵.

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