Canada Hybrid Employment $100,000 - $120,000

Kano is hiring a PHP Developer (Games)

About the Role

What You'll Do

Take full ownership of developing and refining game features that serve a global audience, from concept through deployment and beyond. You'll work across the stack to build scalable, reliable systems that support real-time gameplay for thousands of concurrent users. Performance is critical—your focus will include optimizing load times, memory usage, and CPU efficiency to ensure smooth experiences across diverse devices.

Collaborate closely with product, design, and analytics teams to shape roadmaps and deliver impactful updates. You'll write clean, maintainable code within complex environments, while actively identifying and resolving technical debt. Monitor live systems using dashboards, logs, and metrics to maintain 24/7 uptime and responsiveness.

Integrate AI-powered tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Codex into your workflow to accelerate development, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance code quality through intelligent suggestions and preliminary reviews.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years of recent, hands-on software development experience
  • Deep proficiency in PHP and JavaScript within full-stack applications
  • Proven experience building large-scale web systems using HTML5, JS, and modern front-end technologies
  • Solid command of Object-Oriented Programming and software design best practices
  • Strong skills in database architecture and optimization with MySQL and MongoDB
  • Expertise in Git and version control workflows
  • Experience designing systems that support high availability and concurrent user loads
  • Demonstrated ability to improve performance in legacy codebases
  • Track record of using AI-assisted development tools to streamline coding and debugging

Preferred Qualifications

  • Background in game development or SaaS platforms
  • Familiarity with game-specific optimization techniques
  • Experience with AWS or equivalent cloud services
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and build systems
  • Comfort working in Unix/Linux environments
  • Exposure to native mobile development (iOS/Android) or hybrid frameworks like Cordova

Benefits

  • Competitive salary based on market benchmarks
  • Uncapped profit share program
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Three weeks of paid vacation from day one
  • Paid holiday break in December
  • 12 annual paid Care Days
  • Yearly allowance for professional development
  • Remote-first culture with occasional in-person gatherings (2–6 per year)
  • Direct access to leadership for idea sharing and decision-making
  • Opportunity to impact games played by millions worldwide
Required Skills
PHPJavaScriptHTML5CSSJSONAJAXMySQLMongoDBGitAI frameworksOOPfull-stack developmentweb applicationssoftware design PHPJavaScriptHTML5CSSJSONAJAXMySQLMongoDBGitAI frameworksOOPfull-stack developmentweb applicationssoftware design
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Kano
Since inception, Kano has released twelve gaming titles (seven of which are live serviced today), with over 35 million downloads and close to $100M in sales. Bootstrapped in 2008, and achieving profitability in 2009, Kano continues to grow its team, game portfolio and player base as an independent gaming studio, with hit games like Mob Wars, Idle Distiller and Monster Country. Canadian owned and full-remote, we believe in giving small teams of talented people challenging problems and getting out of their way. That’s why we look for the best and brightest to join our team; people who have talent, vision, and commitment.
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Department Xwars Team
Category fullstack
Posted 2 hours ago