Full Stack PHP Developer

Founding Engineer:

As a Founding Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and launching our product to customers. Specifically,

• Since our team is lean and we plan to keep it that way - you’ll be one of the first five engineers in leading the zero-to-one journey of a product our customers are hungry for
• Lead technical design and implementation of the frontend and backend of the product with coaching and mentorship from world-class technical architects
• Have knowledge of (or learn) how to work with Shopify’s CLI
• Iterate quickly to create delightful user experiences, working closely with customers/ design partners
• Help us hire a world-class engineering team in the months ahead
• Our team is currently fully remote (with offices to be opened in Bangalore and Mumbai over next few months) and cross-border across San Francisco, Boston, and India - help us cultivate a remote-first, inclusive, diverse, and friendly culture
• Work directly with the founders with an ownership mindset

Skills and Experience:

• Prior experience working with backend tech stacks (e.g. Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel)
• Experience with service service-oriented architecture, writing REST APIs, unit testing, and architectural design
• Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Mysql, Redis, Kafka)
• Prior experience working with frontend tech stacks (e.g. React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Prior experience working with frontend UI frameworks (e.g. Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS)

We are seeking a skilled PHP Developer with expertise in Laravel and WordPress to join our team. As a PHP Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining web applications using PHP frameworks, primarily Laravel, and working with WordPress for content management system (CMS) projects. You will collaborate with a cross-functional team of designers, developers, and project managers to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop and maintain web applications using PHP frameworks, primarily Laravel.
2. Collaborate with the team to gather and define project requirements, specifications, and technical designs.
3. Write clean, well-structured, and efficient code that follows best practices and coding standards.
4. Implement and integrate third-party APIs and services as needed.
5. Customize and extend WordPress functionalities using plugins and themes.
6. Optimize application performance and ensure scalability.
7. Troubleshoot and debug issues, perform testing, and provide timely resolutions.
8. Collaborate with designers to implement UI/UX designs and ensure a seamless user experience.
9. Stay updated with the latest trends, tools, and technologies related to PHP, Laravel, and WordPress.
10. Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and maintainability.
11. Document technical specifications, processes, and procedures.

Requirements:

1. Proven experience as a PHP Developer, preferably with Laravel and WordPress.
2. Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks, specifically Laravel, and experience with WordPress development.
3. Proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
4. Familiarity with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis).
5. Experience working with version control systems, such as Git.
6. Understanding of MVC design patterns and OOP concepts.
7. Ability to write efficient SQL queries and optimize database performance.
8. Knowledge of RESTful web services and API development.
9. Familiarity with front-end frameworks/libraries (Vue.js, React) is a plus.

1. Proven experience as a Laravel Developer with a strong portfolio of past projects.
2. In-depth knowledge of Laravel, PHP, and MySQL.
3. Experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
4. Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
5. Understanding of RESTful API development and consumption.
6. Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
7. Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
8. Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
9. Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., PHPUnit) is a plus.
10. Knowledge of other PHP frameworks and CMS (e.g., Symfony, CodeIgniter, WordPress) is a plus.

Role: Application Architect

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

1. Understand requirements, functional and non-functional requirements, and devise end to end approach and strategy to modernizeapplications
2. Plan, Design, and develop architectures for highly available, scalable, and secure enterprise systems
3. Ideate and drive automation, lead PoVs point of view / PoCs Proof of concept/lead in the development of minimal viable product
4. Identify risks, and issues, and work on a mitigation plan
5. Able to review enterpriseapplicationportfolios and be able to provide application rationalization and modernization strategies
6. Provide functional and/or technical expertise to plan, analyze, define, and support the delivery of future functional and technical capabilities for anapplicationor group of applications.
7. Assist in facilitating impact assessment efforts and in producing and reviewing estimates for work requests.

Technical Experience:

1. Highly experienced withapplicationarchitecture capabilities with cloud-native architectures, microservices, and serverless architectures
2. Understanding of Domain-driven design, Event-drivearchitecture
3. Equipped with in-depth experience in developingapplicationswith either PHP/Python or databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.

Professional Attributes:

1. Candidate should have good communication skills
2. Candidate should have good documentation and presentation skills
3. Candidate should be a team player and must be able to collaborate and network with different teams
4. Highly motivated and should work with minimum supervision and unclear requirements

The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing high-quality applications. They will also be responsible for designing and implementing testable and scalable code.

Responsibilities

• Develop quality software and web applications
• Analyze and maintain existing software applications
• Design highly scalable, testable code
• Discover and fix programming bugs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
• Development experience with programming languages Python, Javascript, NodeJS
• At least 2-3 years of experience in Python and React
• SQL database or relational database skills
• Strong understanding of the software development cycle
• Self-motivation and the ability to work under minimal supervision are a must
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to interact with all levels in the organization

Role Description

Responsible for developing web applications as per the product requirements with a pre-approved design across multiple platforms using programming tools for Web development and Mobile application development. Work collaboratively with ML scientists, engineers, product managers, and Business SMEs in seeking details on the requirements, writing up technical specifications, proposing the tools and methods for the solution, developing the application after necessary approvals, unit testing the solution, providing testing support, and troubleshooting support for testers, participating in deployment plan, deployment and post-deployment support. Application development will involve wrapping the deep learning algorithms to provide a smart and engaging user experience.

General Requirements

• Should be familiar and have a working knowledge of different databases like MySQL, MongoDB, web servers (e.g. Apache)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
• Fluent with multi-tier systems, client-server concepts.
• Experience in debugging application programs, troubleshooting techniques, root cause analysis of problems.
• Must possess the good understanding and proven techniques incorporating Data Security concepts in application development.
• Knowledge and experience with applications running on on-premises data centers and on Cloud services.
• Experience working in a Project Team and exposure to test-driven development, different project methodologies such as Agile.
• Very good communication skills with collaborative, positive, can-do, user-centered attitude in a team environment.
• Innovative thinking capabilities, ability to multitask, maintain attention to detail in pressure and time sensitive situations.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret requirements and deliver reliable, scalable, tested solutions.
• Fluent in English, reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Key Requirements

• BS / B. Tech / BE degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in building on web technologies and frameworks (JavaScript / TypeScript / HTML / CSS / AngularJS / Electron / ReactJS) database (MySQL or MongoDB ) and backend Technologies (Python, NodeJS, Java etc)
• Experience developing desktop and mobile application

• • 3+ years of web development experience using LAMP stack or Node.js or similar web technologies 
• • Well-versed with front-end code in HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, React.js with familiarity in various frameworks and template languages 
• • Possess strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming, especially in PHP 
• • Proficient with database design, optimization and tuning in MySQL or MongoDB 
• • Experience in design patterns, unit testing, automation techniques (Selenium WebDriver) 
• • Exposure to Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, SQS, Redshift, etc.) 
• • Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes 
• • Exposure to collaborating tools like GitHub, JIRA, Confluence 
• • Experience in frameworks such as Symfony 2, Express.js, or proven ability to learn on the job 
• • Experience in Microservices and REST architecture 
• • Exposure to Scrum methodology and XP technical practices such as unit testing, pair programming, test-driven development, continuous integration or continuous delivery 
• • Self-motivated, fast learner, detail-oriented, team player and a sense of humor