Senior Backend Developer (PHP)

We’re growing the Sheet Music Plus team and looking for a Backend Developer to build a dynamic, powerful ecosystem that empowers millions of creators worldwide through the world’s largest sheet music selection.

What’s in it for you?

• High-impact work: Build tools used by millions of musicians globally—from hobbyists to professionals.

• Remote-first culture: Work from anywhere.

• Growth & autonomy: Work directly with product and design teams, own your results.

• Creative synergy: Collaborate with passionate technologists, musicians, and designers in a mission-driven environment.

• Musical passion encouraged: If you play, sing, compose, or just love music—this is your place.

‍Key Responsibilities:

• Developing new features for product ecosystem and e-commerce projects

• Debugging and resolving technical issues

• Writing unit and integrational tests

• Deal with technical debt and improve the current codebase

Required Experience: 

• Extensive experience with modern PHP (we use PHP 8.0), with the ability to leverage the strengths of the language

• Ability to design and optimize relational databases (we use MySQL)

• Experience working with Yii2

• Capability to manage projects independently, from design to release and support

• Skill in estimating deadlines, promptly flagging issues, and focusing on results

• Understanding of which tasks can be solved "quickly" and which require a more "perfect" solution

• Experience in optimizing PHP applications under load

• Proven ownership mindset—taking initiative, solving problems proactively, and driving solutions forward

• At least B2 level of English

• Ability to work overlapping hours with US colleagues is required (till 12 pm EDT)

Nice to have:

• Experience with high-load projects that have a long development history

• Experience sending analytical data to services/storage (Clickhouse)

• Experience working with search systems (Elasticsearch)

• Music background or passion for music

Hiring process:

• HR Interview

• 1st Technical Interview

• 2nd Technical Interview

• Final Interview with the Hiring Team

• Reference check