Java Developer

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.

Job Description – Lead Full Stack (Javascript) Engineer 

 About Freespace* (a.k.a. Workplace Fabric)  

Workplace Fabric develops solutions that makes workplaces intelligent. Our solutions help increase productivity of office workers while helping to lower the cost of real estate. Our Flagship 

product Freespace is installed in over 40 cities around the world and serves over 30,000 people every day. Starting with the first deployment in March 2016 we have rapidly grown with our solution being rolled out globally while continuing to stay cash positive. With successes at several blue-chip clients Workplace Fabric has carved a unique leadership position in workplace management and employee engagement SaaS solutions. 

*To find out more, follow us on social media – LinkedIn & Facebook @ workplace-fabric 

What is on our offer?  

• An absolutely action packed, fun, and demanding workplace lets our employees to thrive in a team-based environment with passion, fun, pride and teamwork as our core values. 
• We can offer you career opportunities to challenge, develop and exceed your aspirations with training and development throughout your career. 
• Life is never dull at Freespace as there is always something to learn, constantly pushing you to develop your skills and take on the next exciting challenge. 

 Profile Brief:  

You will be an experienced Full Stack Javascript Engineer with an interest in data and analytics, developing our fast growing Analytics Team. Working closely as an active team member, having ownership & accountability to develop analytics stories, in delivering timely projects through Scrum. Working with product owners and team leads to clarifying requirements, challenge assumptions in order to ensure successful executions and push the client analytics to its best.  

Key Skills and Experience  

Required Skills: JavaScript (ES6+), SQL, Nodejs, React 

Good to have: AWS (Lambda, Athena, S3) & AWS Certification, TypeScript, IoT, amCharts, D3.js (or industry equivalent) 

Experience: 6-10 years  

• Data processing and manipulation expert 
• Able to easily comprehend and write complex & efficient SQL queries  

• Ability to understand, design and fully document end-to-end scalable IoT systems 
• Expert in in building Well-Architected solutions using AWS Services (eg Lambda, Athena, S3 etc) 
• Experience in developing frontend analytics dashboards using .js charts 
• Hands-on and well-versed with at least one of React (preferred), Angular or Vue  
• Master in JavaScript with excellent understanding of asynchronous patterns  

• Comfortable with of ES6+, TypeScript & emerging web technologies  
• Experience of building REST APIs with Spring Boot & Express  
• Hands-on programmer 

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Key Behaviours  

• Be passionate about understanding the business problem and using data to tell the stories in delivering solutions which drive client decisions. 
• Lead by example by demonstrating best practice and mentoring of team members 
• Clear thinker with a systematic problem-solving approach, breaking the problem down into simple achievable and realistically estimated steps 
• Seeing a project through from conception into production and support ensuring quality throughout. 

• Ensure high standards by instilling  data quality checks, code reviews and documentation in work and team practices. 
• Able to challenge solutions and processes in creating the best products and environment to work. 
• Unafraid to own mistakes  
• Customer focussed 

• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to understand the business context
• Take responsibility for developing product features
• Implement development best practices

• Rich experience in Javascript and front end frameworks like React, Angular or Vue
• Build a backend APIs using Java, Node, Python or GoLang
• Proficiency in leveraging Cloud Native components in AWS, Azure or GCP
• Experience in building scalable applications using Microservices principles is a plus
• Experience in designing for performance is a big plus
• Ability to write high quality code
• Experience in polygot persistence using databases like relational (MySQL, Postgres) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Redis etc)
• Familiarity with DevOps tools and technologies is a plus
• Passion for continuous learning of new technologies

• Proficiency with NodeJs, ES6, Express;
• Experience in Source Control (Bitbucket/GIT);
• Experience in developing and scaling B2B applications.
• Knowledge and experience with using Restful API;
• Must be able to design components to drive reusability and performance;
• Must be able to build responsive design;
• Design, develop, and maintain code that meets requirements, is high quality, and performs efficiently and effectively to provide a great customer experience;
• Write production quality and thoroughly tested code.

• Producing clean, efficient code based on specifications.
• Fixing and improving existing software
• Integrate software components and third-party programs
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Gather and evaluate user feedback
• Recommend and execute improvements
• Create technical documentation for reference and reporting

• Must have good experience on Asp.Net, MCV, C#, Java script, Jquery etc.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment
• Knowledge of coding languages (e.g. C#,VB, JavaScript) and frameworks/systems (e.g. AngularJS, Git)
• Experience with databases and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies
• Excellent communication skills