Junior Software Engineer (php)

Blaze - Madurai is looking for PHP Web Developer with below skill set:

• Good understanding of core PHP
• Experience in any one MVC framework (Yii, Laravel or Codeigniter)
• Code customization skills in WordPress or Magento.
• Hands-on experience in GIT
• Ability to consume and create apis.
• Ability to write complex SQL queries.

Experience Required: 1 - 3 Years

Job Location: Madurai

Why Blaze?

• Blaze - Madurai has an excellent reputation among employees for friendly management & attractive perks and benefits. Join Blaze if you want to work on interesting international projects. Blaze gives enormous opportunities to take your career and skills to next level.

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Responsibilities:

• Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms
• 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
• 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 liaison between development staff and project manager
• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development

Qualification:

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS or similar relevant field
• In depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP and Laravel 5 PHP Framework
• Hands on experience with SQL schema design, SOLID principles, REST API design
• Software testing (PHPUnit, PHPSpec, Behat)
• MySQL profiling and query optimization
• Creative and efficient problem solver

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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. 

PHP Developer Responsibilities:

• 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.

PHP Developer Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Laravel, MySQL, API Development, OAuth, JWT, Git.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git.
• Familiarity with MySQL databases.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.

We are looking for a PHP Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Desired Technical Skills :

- Excellent skills in PHP, MySQL  and Javascript

- Knowledge of any MVC framework Laravel, Codeigniter etc.

- Strong object-oriented programming skills

- Good understanding of both front-end and back-end web development.

- Knowledge of eCommerce is a plus point.

Professional Skills:

- A team player with good communications

- Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently

- Great aptitude and attitude towards learning

- Take full responsibility for task/project execution

- Ability to prioritize own work and respect deadlines

Benefits:

Work From Office Only

Flexible day shift

5 Days Working

Paid Leave

Roles & Responsibilities:

• 4+ years of experience as both a hands-on architect and a software engineer
• Leadership experience in creating, deploying, and iterating excellent software
• Extensive problem-solving skills
• Good written and vocal communication skills (in English)
• Proficiency in the following skills and technologies is mandatory: Core PHP, CodeIgniter, WordPress(CMS), MVC Framework, MYSQL(Database), OOP, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Laravel 5, Opencart, AngularJS, GIT, SVN
• Capture high level requirements quickly from client or the sales team
• Be able to estimate with limited information by guesstimating based on some logical reasoning and assumptions
• Be able to clearly state the assumptions for the estimate
• Has good command over presentations and be able to quickly create a pre-sales presentation for the sales team
• Strong understanding of technology
• Ability to research out potential products / technologies for the proposed solution