Backend Developer

WeMakeScholars is an organization funded and supported by the Ministry of IT, Government of India under the 'Digital India Campaign'. We offer international education finance via scholarships and education loans, to study abroad aspirants. We are currently a 220 members team. Last financial year, we disbursed 2200 Cr in education loans to 8300 students across India.

We are looking for a PHP Developer who is keen to work in a startup environment esp. a product-based company. 

Job Overview

We are hiring developers (from 0 to 10 experience) with relevant knowledge and experience with the development and deployment of large-scale cloud-native enterprise systems on PHP, REST APIs, Node Js, Flutter, AWS & MySql. 

About Tech Department:

• Our internal tech team is responsible for end-to-end in-house tech support which includes and is not limited to design, development & deployment. 
• We are continuously developing and improvising our products to enhance customer and team experience.
• As we are in the Fintech space, our team has to ensure the database security of the application.

Job Summary 

• Participate in the full development life cycle, working within broadly defined parameters including design, development, testing, and maintenance of the existing application with minimal supervision.
• Work on optimization and performance improvement activities. Instrument and test performance metrics.
• Participate in peer-to-peer code reviews to improve the quality and maintenance of the codebase.
• Collaboration with multiple internal/external stakeholders such as product, business, DBA, and Dev Ops.
• Design and implement APIs for web/mobile (both Android & iOS) applications.
• To be available on call for the projects or features developed by you. Things break, and you will be responsible to fix it when it does.

Experience & Skills Required

• 2+ years of experience (we are hiring freshers too for junior positions)
• Hands-on experience and knowledge of engineering end-to-end systems.
• Understanding of the complete software development life cycle, including coding standards, and code reviews.
• Familiarity with multiple software development practices and tools
• Ability to write clean, modular, and loosely coupled code by the use of design patterns.
• Proficiency in the implementation of algorithms and the use of advanced data structures to solve problems in computing.
• A solid foundation and implementing principles of computer science are a must. Ex: object-oriented programming, concurrency, fundamentals of computer science, SQL databases. 

Our company is looking for php developers based in Dhanbad, Laravel is must to apply. Kindly apply if you think you are suitable for this role in and you are currently in Dhanbad only.

• Conducting analysis of website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.
• Hands on experience to develop Plugins, Theme Customizs.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.

The ideal candidate will efficiently and quickly write PHP in a timely and scalable way in order to improve the code-base of the company's products in meaningful ways. This candidate will be able to test the code and make adjustments where necessary. They should also have experience in contributing to the whole software design lifecycle. Minimum Experience Required 5-7 Years. 

Primary requirement: 

• Wordpress Theme Development 
• Wordpress Plugin Development 
• JS, AJAX, HTML, CSS 

Skills Required: 

• Have thorough knowledge of PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 
• Possess the ability in Angular js, React js 
• Top-notch programming skills, ability to produce quality code that is maintainable, efficient, reliable and secure. 
• Development of APIs as required. Rest or Soap API integration. 
• Strong knowledge of MVC is required 
• Must Know Framework like Laravel, CodeIgniter, Cake Php,Yii 
• Have experience in MySQL, MariaDB databases. 
• Distributed version control and regular deployments. 
• Have Good Communication skills. 

Responsibilities: 

• Write clean, well-designed code 
• Troubleshoot and test core product software to ensure strong optimization 
• Contribute to all phases of the development life cycle 

Qualifications: 

• MSC degree in computer science or related field 
• Experience of 5-7 years in Wordpress development and Application Development 
• Strong knowledge of relational databases, tools and PHP skills 

Things you’ll do: 

• Deliver stable and scalable solutions in PHP, HTML, and JavaScript 
• Update existing components to support changing needs. 
• Improve the internal team culture of high-quality software development. 
• Cooperate with team members on maintaining existing solutions beyond means of Code development. 
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance. 
• Provide Tech Support to client 

What we offer: 

• Competitive Pay Package 
• 6 days working + Alternate Saturday Off 
• Regular increments 
• ESOP (Employee Stock Options) for exceptional candidates working with us for 5+ years 
• Work from home as per applicable limits set by management 
• Senior position to manage a team 
• Be a part of a super start-up ecosystem 

Employment type: Full-time

Location: Ahmedabad

Salary: as per company standards

Key Skills

• In depth knowledge of Node.js
• Knowledge of integration with front-end JavaScript libraries and frameworks like react js
• Should be experienced with Micro-services.
• Knowledge of both SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB
• Working experience of Git preferably bitbucket.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD preferably using bitbucket pipelines and Jenkins.
• Working knowledge of agile methodologies and techniques