JR/SR PHP DEVELOPER

Job Title: Senior Backend Developer – Ecommerce Marketplace

Company: Bharat Agrolink

Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (On-site)

Job Type: Full-time

Experience Required: 3+ Years

About Bharat Agrolink

Bharat Agrolink is a fast-growing agri-tech ecommerce marketplace focused on connecting farmers, vendors, and distributors across India. Our platform is built to simplify agricultural commerce and bring quality agri-products closer to farmers through technology-driven solutions.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer who can take ownership of backend architecture, scalability, and performance of our ecommerce marketplace platform.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and optimize backend applications for ecommerce and multi-vendor marketplace platforms.

Design and build secure and scalable REST APIs for web applications, mobile apps, and third-party integrations.

Architect and maintain clean, modular, and scalable backend systems.

Integrate and maintain payment gateways, shipping APIs, and external services.

Design, manage, and optimize MySQL and MongoDB databases.

Ensure backend performance, scalability, and security best practices.

Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex backend issues.

Collaborate with frontend, SEO, and operations teams to ensure smooth platform performance.

Implement automation workflows and backend improvements.

Manage deployments and server configurations.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Strong experience in PHP frameworks such as Laravel or CodeIgniter.

Hands-on experience with Node.js.

Strong command over MySQL, SQL, and MongoDB.

Solid experience in REST API development and third-party integrations.

Experience working on ecommerce or multi-vendor marketplace platforms.

Understanding of server management and deployment processes.

Knowledge of SEO-friendly backend architecture.

Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment.

Good to Have

Experience building scalable ecommerce marketplace systems.

Experience with Docker-based deployments.

Knowledge of caching mechanisms and performance optimization.

Familiarity with Git or other version control systems.

Why Join Bharat Agrolink

Opportunity to work on a rapidly growing ecommerce marketplace.

Take ownership of backend architecture and core platform systems.

Be part of a performance-driven and growth-oriented startup culture.

Strong career growth opportunities while working on real-world scalable products.

What You’ll Do:

• Work closely with the core team to understand their needs and ensure that our products are meeting the needs of the market.
• Designing database structure that are easy to maintain, improves data consistency and are cost effective in terms of disk storage space
• Identify, prioritise and execute tasks in the software development life cycle
• Develop tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
• A 5+ years of experience in developing desktop and mobile web applications
• Strong knowledge of core PHP with experience of working with MVC framework such as CodeIgniter & Laravel
• Experience with object-oriented PHP programming
• Experience with third party API integration
• Experience in managing AWS services
• Previous experience creating scalable applications
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)

What you need to have:

Role: Senior Software Engineer – Backend                                            Location: Bangalore / Gurgaon / Pune

About the Role

The successful backend engineer will work closely and collaboratively with cross functional teams during all phases of the software development lifecycle.

The incumbent should be competent to provide quick solutions to problems and taking a product or a product’s component through the entire life cycle, optimize the space / time complexity and improve on usability and reliability.

What you’ll be doing:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field from top notch colleges 
• 4 + years of software development engineering.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles (including MVC).
• Good hands on in AWS scalable environment.
• Experience with different RDBMS and No SQL databases like MySQL, mongo, etc.
• Experience in designing scalable micro-services required.
• Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithm design and complexity analysis.
• Proficiency in one language that emphasizes class abstractions (for e.g. Java) and have coded in it for at least 4 years.
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and work with clients with great efficiency.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills and the ability to express thoughts logically and succinctly.
• Open minded, Team builder, Good communicator and ability to lead and inspire teams.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment.
• Experience in dealing with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly

What are we looking for?

• 4 to 10 years of hands on design / development experience. 
• Tech / M.Tech Computer Science or equivalent field from a premier institutes. 
• Proficient in Java OR C/C++, data structures, algorithms and OO design / design patterns. 
• Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals. 
• Technical depth in OS, computer architecture and OS internals. 
• Ability to write scalable and maintainable code. 
• Self-starter and goal-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Must be able to work cooperatively within a strong diverse technical community to expedite development tasks.
• Experience in Machine Learning is a plus

 
What we offer

• Competitive salary and excellent benefits, in a diverse working environment with inspiring and hardworking colleagues
• A positive, get-things-done workplace.
• An inclusive environment that ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions.
• Ability to learn cutting edge concepts and innovation in an agile start-up environment with a global scale.
• A flexible working environment where you can drive your outcomes.

About us

At PayU, we are a global fintech investor and our vision is to build a world without financial borders where everyone can prosper. We give people in high growth markets the financial services and products they need to thrive. Our expertise in 18+ high-growth markets enables us to extend the reach of financial services. This drives everything we do, from investing in technology entrepreneurs to offering credit to underserved individuals, to helping merchants buy, sell, and operate online. Being part of Prosus, one of the largest technology investors in the world, gives us the presence and expertise to make a real impact. Find out more at www.payu.com

Our Commitment to Building A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and safe environment, for all our people, communities, and customers. Our leaders are committed to create an inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility, and unbiased attention to every PayUneer so they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color, or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities, or the LGBTQ communities.