Laravel Developer

About Astra:

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 9300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview:

As a back-end engineer you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the platform/dashboard backend. This would involve developing & maintaining RESTful services for vulnerability management, scan orchestration, inventory management and platform features such as on-boarding, trust centers, certificates, payment integrations, vulnerability ingestion, authentication etc. 

You should have a strong background in backend programming (Symfony preferred, or Laravel) and have experience with an event driven, async & distributed architecture. 

During the first 6 months of your role, you will be involved in the 0->1 journey of two of our upcoming products in our platform along with the respective product owners.

Love solving hard problems? Want to build high impact products rooted in first principles? Is coding your poetry? Join us in shaping the future of cyber security.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Symfony PHP framework. What you create is also what you own.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Collaborate with scanner teams to orchestrate scans, ingest vulnerabilities, configure scanners etc.
• Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code.
• Optimize and refactor existing code to improve performance and reliability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Triage, troubleshoot and upgrade existing systems.
• Ship code to production multiple times a day/week.
• Ensure timely delivery of the features.
• Test your own features, and write test cases for continuous automated testing.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices and standards.

What we are looking for:

• 3 years experience in a similar role or similar working experience.
• Strong background in PHP backend programming. Symfony preferred, or Laravel.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns.
• Experience with an event driven (subscribers/listeners), async (MessageHandlers & job queues) & distributed (load-balanced) architecture.
• Experience with PostgreSQL database and data modeling.
• Understanding of concepts such as Dependency Injection, ORM, data validation, error handling etc.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions (good to have).
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional remote teams.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in software development, security, and compliance.
• Knowledge of application & infrastructure security - helps you stand out. 

What We offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company, and working on hard problems that matter.
• Fully remote, agile working environment.
• Good engineering culture with full ownership in design, development, release lifecycle.
• A wholesome opportunity where you get to build things from scratch, improve and ship code to production in hours, not weeks.
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business.
• Experience with the security side of things.
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (next one is to Wayanad).
• Open and supportive culture.
• Health insurance & other benefits for you and your spouse. Maternity benefits included.

Key Responsibilities:

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS.
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture.
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible.
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability.
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required:

1. At least 3 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
2. Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
3. Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
4. Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
5. Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
6. Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
7. Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
8. Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
9. Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
10. Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
11. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
12. Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
13. Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.
14. Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.

• Previous working experience as a MySQL Developer for at least 3 years
• Identify opportunities for improved performance in SQL operations and implementations
• Oversee the operations of the production and staging environments databases
• Give design recommendations for database functions that meet business operating standards while improving the efficiency of business processes
• Train and mentor junior personnel on best practices

Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience as a database programmer
• Excellent MySQL/PostgreSQL/MS-SQL development skills
• Experience in writing stored views, procedures, triggers etc.
• Excellent knowledge in RDBMS (important features)
• Strong problem-solving skills, technical troubleshooting, and diagnosing
• Solid knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL technologies
• Experience in developing back-ends for enterprise systems
• Knowledge of debugging, performance and optimization techniques
• Experience in RDBMS technologies like MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.
• Experience in No SQL technologies like MongoDB, Cassandra etc.
• Knowledge of Caching DB like Redis, Memcached etc.
• Knowledge of Search DB like Solr, Elasticsearch etc.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment.

Job Title: PHP Developer laravel

Salary package: Upto 6Lpa per annum

Experience: 1.5 years - 2.5 years

Location: Bangalore

Mandatory Skills:

Candidate must have Laravel experience

Skills:

• Strong proficiency with Laravel.
• Extensive knowledge of jQuery, JavaScript, Core PHP, MySQL, Bootstrap and Rest API.
• Good understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
• Good understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

Skills Required :

• Previous Working Experience As A PHP / Laravel Developer For 1-4 Years.
• In-Depth Knowledge Of Object-Oriented PHP And Laravel 5 PHP Framework.
• Hands-On Experience With SQL Schema Design, SOLID Principles, REST API Design, Etc. MySQL Profiling And Query Optimization. Excellent Troubleshooting Skills.
• Good Project Management Skills. Creative And Efficient Problem Solver.

Roles & Responsibilities :

• 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 Increasing Existing Data Services API.
• 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.

• Expertise in building web applications and APIs.
• Strong knowledge in PHP core and web framework Laravel
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, Bootstrap, AJAX.
• Familiar with MYSQL query language
• Knowledge of frontend backend integration
• Knowledge in Linux based OS like Ubuntu is an added advantage
• writing well designed, testable, efficient code
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Willingness to own a responsibility
• Ability to work in a team as well as an individual
• Ability to work under pressure and maintain deadlines
• Good to have worked on end to end in projects