Backend Developer

Your Impact 

We’re looking for passionate and self-driven folks who can combine technical depth with strategic product thinking. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with modern backend stacks, brings strong critical thinking to the table, and can balance short-term delivery with long-term technical vision. 

• Build scalable and reliable backend services and APIs that power the product.
• Design, implement, and maintain databases, ensuring data integrity, security, and efficient retrieval. 
• Implement the core logic that makes applications work, handling data processing, user requests, and system operations. 
• Contribute actively to system architecture, proposing enhancements and leading design discussions for new features and services.
• Working closely with product managers and designers to turn ideas into reality and shape the product roadmap. 
• Optimize systems for performance, scalability, and security 
• Stay up-to-date with new technologies and frameworks, contributing to the advancement of software development practices 
• Drive code quality through writing unit tests, code reviews, and documentation.
• Take ownership of end-to-end feature development — from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Mentor junior developers, setting high standards for engineering excellence within the team.

What skills do you need? 

• Extensive (Must have) hands-on experience in JavaScript / TypeScript, backend development using Node.js and Express.js, and database management with MySQL.
• Strong command of JavaScript and understanding of its quirks and best practices
• Exposure to system design and interest in building scalable, high-availability systems.
• Experience from a high-growth product-based startup is a must-have.
• Ability to think strategically when designing systems—not just how to build, but why
• Prior work on B2C applications with a focus on performance and user experience
• Ensure that applications can handle increasing loads and maintain performance, even under heavy traffic 
• Work with complex queries for performing sophisticated data manipulation, analysis, and reporting. 
• Knowledge of Sequelize, MongoDB, and AWS would be an advantage. 
• Experience in optimizing backend systems for speed and scalability. 
• Experience building teams and operating in high-paced environments

Why choose a career at RockED? 

• Build from Day One: Work in small, fast-moving teams solving real problems and building products from the ground up.
• Learn from Industry Leaders: Collaborate directly with leaders who’ve held senior roles at global companies like Adobe, Microsoft, Walmart, and more.
• Global Exposure: Be part of a diverse, high-calibre team working closely across the US and India.
• People-First Benefits: ₹10 lakh health insurance coverage for you and your family—fully sponsored by RockED.
• Freedom with Responsibility: Unlimited leave policy built on trust and ownership, used responsibly by our team so far.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and APIs using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, jQuery, and JavaScript.
• Build and optimize REST APIs and integrate with third-party services.
• Ensure high performance, scalability, and security of WordPress applications.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, QA, and DevOps to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve WordPress-related technical issues.
• Stay updated on WordPress and web technology trends.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience in PHP and WordPress development.
• Strong expertise in custom theme and plugin development.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Solid experience with MySQL and database optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Git and Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of WordPress security best practices, SEO, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) is a plus.
• Experience with multisite or headless WordPress is an advantage.
• Experience with Laravel, Symfony, Yii, and other PHP-based frameworks is a plus.

Nice to have 

• Cloudflare Workers (Wrangler, KV/R2, Durable Objects) 
• Salesforce OAuth/API experience; HubSpot Forms event hooks; middleware patterns. 
• AWS basic understanding 
• Cloudflare basic understanding 
• Uptime/transaction monitoring via Checkly or other automated systems. 
• Entry-level DevOps/networking understanding: HTTP/TLS, CORS, DNS, proxies, caching, request/response debugging (HAR). 

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.), but equivalent work experience in a technology-related area may substitute.
• Proven track record in building and maintaining large-scale WordPress platforms.

Role and Responsibilities

● Work on improvements to be made to Tikitoro’s Shopify website

● Fix any bugs, detect and troubleshoot theme related issues

● Use Shopify liquid, JS, CSS and HTML to deliver interfaces as required

● Work with the website maintenance agency to ensure that all maintenance tasks are done correctly and on time

● Run periodic tests of the site to check that everything is in order

● Integrate 3rd party APIs as and when required

● Implement changes for SEO and also CRO best practices, as and when required

Requirements and skills

● Min 2 years of professional experience in working with Shopify

● Strong knowledge of Liquid

● Ability to create new Shopify themes and modify existing theme templates

● Experience with top Shopify apps and the ability to configure them

● Good working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JS

● Working knowledge of SEO and experience in making site improvements from an SEO perspective

● Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills

● Dynamic and self-driven

● Ability to adapt and grow in fast-paced start-up environment

Are you a skilled and experienced PHP Developer looking for a challenging role in a dynamic and innovative environment? Look no further! oCode Technologies is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Senior PHP Developer.

About oCode Technologies: oCode Technologies is a leading technology firm specializing in software development and digital solutions. We work with clients from various industries, delivering cutting-edge solutions to help them achieve their business objectives. We pride ourselves on our commitment to quality and client satisfaction.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient PHP code.
• Develop high-quality web applications and APIs using PHP frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, or CodeIgniter.
• Ensure code quality through unit testing, code reviews, and continuous integration.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in existing applications.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices in PHP development.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a PHP Developer, preferably in a senior role, with a strong portfolio of completed projects.
• Proficiency in PHP frameworks such as Magento, Wordpress, Laravel, Symfony, or CodeIgniter.
• Sound understanding of object-oriented PHP programming and MVC design patterns.
• Experience with front-end technologies including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript/jQuery.
• Familiarity with relational databases and SQL.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
• Stimulating and supportive work environment.
• Exciting projects and exposure to cutting-edge technologies.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Flexible work hours.

Job Description:

We are looking for Tech geeks having hands-on experience and in love with building scalable, distributed and large web/mobile products and tech solutions. He/She must be an excellent problem solver with passion to self-learn and implement web technologies (frontend + backend). He/She would be responsible for the architecture design, code review, and technology build and deployment activities of the product. 

    Responsibilities:-

• Own the product development from scratch.
• Architect scalable, distributed and large-scale web and mobile solutions from scratch.
• Code for fresh development and to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
• Able to learn & implement new technology/framework/library at God Speed.
• Customer-focused, react well to changes, work with teams and be able to multitask.
• Experience and knowledge of open-source tools and frameworks, broader cutting edge technologies around server side development. 

   Desired Candidate Profile:-

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field(or combined with related experience)
• Strong Expertise in Node.js/Javascript
• Hands-on experience in writing Node.js applications
• Deep knowledge of Restful APIs, Web Services, command-line programs and solid design principles.
• Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks like Express.js,Sails.js,StrongLoop, Meteor,Loopback.js, etc
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL database(MongoDB)
• Knowledge of tools like Docker, Git, Postman, JSdocs, etc.
• Well versed with front-end technologies - HTML5, and CSS3, AWS, GCP, Azure, Good hold on CLI command, OS
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages, both dynamic(Javascript, Python, Ruby, etc.) and strongly typed object-oriented language.
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Must be a proven performer and team player that enjoys challenging assignments in a high energy, fast growing and start-up workplace.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

We are looking to hire a talented PHP developer to manage our back-end services and ensure a seamless interchange of data between the server and our users. As a PHP developer, you will be responsible for developing and coding all server-side logic. You will also be required to maintain the central database and respond to requests from front-end developers.

To ensure success as a PHP developer, you should have in-depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming, an understanding of MVC designs, and working

Knowledge of front-end technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Ultimately, a top-level PHP Developer can design and build efficient PHP modules while seamlessly integrating front-end technologies.

• Analyzing website and application
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized
• Troubleshooting application and code
• Integrating data storage
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web
• Updating and altering application features to enhance

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP
• Previous experience creating scalable
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL
• Ability to project
• Good problem-solving skills