Lead PHP Developer

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in professional Web Development
• Proven software development experience in Core PHP, Codeigniter, WordPress; Laravel is a plus.
• Must have 2+ yrs experience in VueJs.
• Experience in ReactJs, NodeJs is a plus.
• Excellent Software Design and Architecting capabilities
• Complete familiarity with client-side scripting and Angular JS, Ember JS , JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery.
• Complete familiarity and expertise in web markup, including HTML5, CSS3.
• Expertise in third party API integration - payment gateways, Storage, Streaming services, etc.
• Complete familiarity and experience working with JSON / XML and REST API structure
• Familiar with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment technologies such as Bitbucket, Jenkins and Git
• AWS/Google Cloud Deployment is a must; Devops capability is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and of developing web services.
• Sound Database experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL experience
• A sound knowledge of Object-Oriented (OOPS) Programming & Design Pattern.
• Agile and Iterative (TDD) development expertise.

Company Description

We are an SF-based stealth mode AI startup, building AI agents and automation tools for Marketing use-cases. We are ex-Big Tech, currently bootstrapped and working with a few design partners/early customers. We will be starting a fundraise in Q3 2024.

Role Description

This is a part-time remote role for a Founding Engineer (first engineering hire). This is an equity-only role, meaning compensation will be in the form of equity rather than a salary.

This role will be 30% applied research and 70% product engineering. The expectation is that you will be able to commit 15 hours per week for this role to begin with.

You will -

• Experiment with the latest AI technologies and research and put them into implementation.
• Have the freedom and responsibility to design and own projects from start to finish.
• Have opportunities to directly talk with customers and solve their problems!

About you

• Love to keep up with and dive into latest technologies in AI
• Move fast, ship quickly, has high urgency
• Energized about going from 0 to 1
• Enjoy high ownership and responsibility
• Familiar with no-code tools and frameworks
• Excited about working on AI-native user experiences

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science or a related field (Also open to university students for the right candidate)
• Knowledge of gen-AI systems (LLMs, model training/fine-tuning, agent frameworks, evaluation frameworks, vector DBs, RAG, etc)
• Experience in building and scaling backend systems and infrastructure
• Strong generalist, skilled with Python, cloud infrastructure (AWS).

What we offer

• Technical Ownership: You will own high level (and lower level) technical decisions for an early-stage startup, with mentorship from seasoned Engineering leaders from Silicon Valley.
• Equity: As a key initial hire, you will receive significant founding equity and ownership in the company.
• Growth: You will have a natural on-ramp to come onboard as a full-time, salaried Founding Engineer after a fundraise event.

• Be involved in full-fledged product development.
• Build New Features, Push them to production fast.
• Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack
• Build services or APIs which will for easy application integrations at Sokrati to develop applications faster.
• Build scalable/fault-tolerant backend systems that process and analyze billions of data points every day.
• You will use every aspect of computer science you have learned or heard of. We believe in experimenting to facilitate more efficient systems.
• You will become an owner in no time. The company aspires in creating effective owners.
• You will participate in every aspect of Software Life Cycle. From inception, to design, to coding, to testing, to deployment and maintenance.

Job Description:

In this role, you will:

• Be responsible for building APIs, coding, documenting and maintaining scalable web/mobile applications in a fast-paced environment
• Be involved in conceptualization of IOT product features & AI Model Integrations, designing, development and debugging in the real-time environment
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to deliver products in an agile environment
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment

Required Skills :

• Good understanding of Data Structures &Algorithms with strong analytical skills.
• Deep understanding of javascript and web fundamentals like HTML, CSS3, Boostrap 3, SDKs, cookies, Sockets,
• Experience in programming languages: nodejs, python, java, Angular/React JS,
• Knowledge of Relational and Non-relational Databases and Cache like MySQL, Mongo, Elasticsearch, Redis etc
• Knowledge of RESTful paradigms and to experience building/consuming APIs, microservices & system design architecture
• Experience in client side technologies like JavaScript, jQuery, Typescript and React JS.
• Good in Building UI/UX of web application and integration of backend and frontend
• Capable of hosting AI model on AWS cloud by developing APIs

Desired Skills:

• Ability to break complex projects into modules and propose effective solutions in view of capabilities of existing platforms and infrastructure.
• Experience in managing build/deployment pipelines for continuous integration and continuous delivery to improve the quality and availability of products & services.
• Understanding of cloud architecture and cloud deployments - AWS SQS, Lambda, EC2, S 3, Azure, other cloud technologies

Responsibility :