Backend (PHP) Developer

Online group buying platform that helps people connect with likeminded people who want to buy the same item/product at a discounted price.

• Overlook development of all consumer products in JAVA and
• Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and
• Focus on code maintainability and performance of
• Provide technical advice and assists in solving programming
• Continuously create new and interactive features that would help to improve user experience and user engagement.
• Assist with troubleshooting of issues as
• Lead the design and architecture of software
• Assist in developing and maintaining continuous integration.

• Skills required: JAVA, Python (Flask and Django), Spring/Spring Boot, React, Hibernate,
• 2+ years of experience in Java and Python
• Linux, REST, Kafka, Mysql,, AWS, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch), CI/CD
• Good experience in Java and/or Python based
• Experience in designing databases and system
• Experience in building products from scratch at well-funded start-ups

We are looking for an experienced Senior API Developer with expertise in Python to join our talented development team. The candidate should have over 8 years of hands-on experience in designing and developing APIs, with a strong emphasis on performance and scalability. Proficiency with Swagger/OpenAPI specifications is required. This role is pivotal to our mission of delivering top-tier solutions that power our core business functions.

Key Responsibilities:

• API Development: Design, develop, and maintain high-quality APIs using Python frameworks such as Django Rest Framework or FastAPI.
• Documentation with Swagger/OpenAPI: Employ Swagger/OpenAPI tools to produce clear and thorough API documentation.
• Integration: Implement and manage integrations between APIs and various internal and external services.
• Optimize Performance: Monitor and enhance the performance of APIs to ensure fast response times and low latency.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with other developers, product owners, and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver optimal solutions.
• Code Quality: Uphold best practices in code quality, testing, and deployment. Participate in peer code reviews.
• Debugging and Support: Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, test, and production environments.
• Continuous Learning: Stay informed about emerging technologies and methodologies in Python and API development.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Experience: At least 8 years of professional experience in API development with a focus on Python.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Python programming language.
• Strong experience with API design, development, and RESTful services.
• Expertise with Swagger/OpenAPI specifications.
• Familiarity with Python frameworks like Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
• Experience with ORMs such as SQLAlchemy or Django ORM.
• Knowledge of version control systems, particularly Git.
• Experience working with relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a team and across departments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins or GitLab CI.
• Understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Compensation: Reflective of your experience and the value you bring.
• Growth Opportunities: Support for professional development, training, and certifications.
• Flexible Work Environment: Remote work options and flexible hours to promote work-life balance.

Task:

• Develop, record, and maintain cutting-edge web-based PHP applications.
• Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team
• Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications.
• Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools.
• Utilize backend data services and contribute to increase existing data services API.
• Lead the entire web application development life cycle right from concept stage to delivery and post launch support.
• Refactor, optimize, and improve the existing codebase for maintenance and scale.
• Use test driven development and acceptance tests to ensure feature quality
• Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues.
• Document the development process, architecture, and standard components.
• Coordinate with co-developers and keeps project manager well informed of the status of development effort and serves as a liaison between development staff and project manager.
• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development.

We wish:

• Previous working experience as a PHP Developer for 4 year(s)
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Proficient in PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery Expert
• Experience with PHP MVC frameworks (Symfony, Laravel, Yii, CodeIgniter, Zend, etc.)
• Excellent relational database skills with MySQL
• Experience with building restful JSON web services
• Knowledge of API’s, such as Twitter, Facebook, Google maps, Instagram, etc.
• Understanding of responsive design frameworks such as bootstrap

Desirable:

• Should have problem-solving skills
• Good experience in oops concept
• Good experience  in MVC
• Good experience in jQuery & JavaScript
• Learn & work on new technologies/ frameworks.
• Knowledge of bootstrap

We Offer:

• Freedom to realize your ideas & individual career & development opportunities.
• A motivating work environment, flat hierarchical structure, numerous company events that cannot be forgotten, and fun at the workplace with flexibilities.
• Professional challenges and career development opportunities.

• Contribute to the architecture, design and implementation of major components for OrchestrationandDay2operations management solution
• Document software design and implementation
• Innovate – stay on top of new technologies
•  Recommend and maintain technical design methodologies, processes, and standards
• Identify and resolve key technical and customer issues

• Strong programming skill in golang
• Strong understanding and experience working with grpc
•  Experience working with mongodb, redis and etcd
•  Experience delivering and consuming cloud native solutions
•  Experience writing Helm Charts and Kubernetes operator is a plus
•  Excellent Understanding of Operating System concepts and exposure working with networking constructssuchas sockets, database management, multithreaded applications
•  Solid understanding of computer architecture such as multi-core CPU scheduling, virtual memory, andcaching
•  Knowledge and experience with network and technologies is a plus (e.g. SSL/TLS, TCP/IP, HTTP, X509, PKI etc)
• Experience with container technologies like Docker, Docker-compose and Kubernetes
• Experience with cloud technologies, AWS, Azure, VMware vSphere is a plus
• Experience working with development tools and process including Git, CI/CD.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 5+ years of related experience: or equivalent experience
• Outstanding interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills - seriously we want people whocancodebut also be on a team

• Deep understanding of technology and passionate about what you do
• Background in designing high performant scalable software systems with strong focus to optimize hardware cost.
• Solid collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic environment
• Strong commitment to get the most performance out of a system being worked on.
• Prior development of a large software project using service-oriented architecture operating with real time constraints.

• You will get a chance to work on cloud-native and hyper-scale products
• You will be working with industry leaders in cloud.
• You can expect a steep learning curve.
• You will get the experience of solving real time problems, eventually you become a problemsolver.

• Competitive Salary
• Health Insurance
• Open Learning - 100% Reimbursement for online technical courses
• Fast Growth - opportunities to grow quickly and surely
• Creative Freedom + Flat hierarchy
• Sponsorship to all those employees who represent company in events and meetups.
• Flexible working hours
• 5 days week
• Hybrid Working model (Office and WFH)

• Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process as follows (subject to successful clearing of everyround)
• Initial Resume screening call with our Recruiting team
• Next, candidates will be invited to solve coding exercises.
• Next, candidates will be invited for first technical interview
• Next, candidates will be invited for final technical interview
• Finally, candidates will be invited for Culture Plus interview with HR
• Candidates may be asked to interview with the Leadership team
• Successful candidates will subsequently be made an offer via email
• As always, the interviews and screening call will be conducted via a mix of telephonic and video call.

GlobalShaala aims to build a decentralised learning system for children that enables garnering inspiration for learning from educators and industry leaders alike. A personalised platform that grows with the child and helps him/her to engage in experiences that unravels his/her competences and interests. 

We are building India's first platform where children of K-12 can engage in:

* Destination-based educational experiences, which involves curriculum mapped experiences at global destinations where kids can apply their learning.

* Virtual educational experiences by interacting directly with industry leaders. Children get to discuss the ‘Why?’, ‘How?’ and ‘Where?’ of current classroom topics directly with industry leaders and understand how the fundamentals they are dealing with are being used to solve problems with real world applications.

Qualifications:

- B.Sc/B.Tech in Computer Science or a related field.

- Strong coding, data structures and algorithms.

- 1+ year experience in PHP (Laravel).

- Experience or keen interest to take ownership of code deployment in Linux based servers, Docker, Jenkins.

- Hands-on experience with relational databases like MySQL, Postgres.

Responsibilities:

- Design and develop software for given requirements.

- Involvement in the full software development lifecycle within broadly defined parameters and providing software solutions keeping into consideration the software quality needs.

- Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimisation and functionality.

- Communicate cross-functionally, collaborate with business teams, engineers to plan, own and deliver solutions on time.