PHP Developer

At BigThinkCode, our technology solves complex problems. We are looking for talented back-end (node.JS) engineer to join our at Chennai.

Please find below our job description, if interested apply / reply sharing your profile to connect and discuss.

Company: BigThinkCode Technologies

URL: https://www.bigthinkcode.com/

Experience required: 3-4 years

Work location: Chennai

Joining time: Immediate – 4 weeks

Work Mode: Work from office / Hybrid

A skilled Node.js Developer with experience in building scalable applications using event-driven architecture within distributed systems. The ideal candidate should be comfortable in high-performance backend services and have a strong understanding of asynchronous programming patterns.

Experience or exposure to knowledge embedding and vectorization techniques is a strong plus, especially in the context of modern data-driven or AI-powered systems.

Must have skills:

• Hands on expertise in OOJS, node.js, distributed systems.
• Event drive architecture (EDA) microservices project experience MUST.
• Any programming: Typescript or nodeJS or Golang
• Hands on experience using docket containers and Kubernetes.
• Aware about Asynchronous and Loose Coupling.
• Familiar with API’s gateway and microservice design patterns.

Required Skills

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Node.js
• Strong understanding of event-driven architecture and non-blocking I/O
• Experience working with distributed systems and microservices architecture
• Proficiency in RESTful API design and implementation
• Experience with databases such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or MySQL
• Experience with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain server-side applications using Node.js
• Build and optimize scalable, event-driven systems in distributed environments
• Implement asynchronous workflows, message queues, and pub/sub architectures
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver backend solutions

Good to Have 

• Experience with knowledge embedding and vectorization techniques
• Familiarity with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS)
• Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Why Join Us:

• Collaborative work environment.
• Exposure to modern tools and scalable application architectures.
• Medical cover for employee and eligible dependents.
• Tax beneficial salary structure.
• Comprehensive leave policy
• Competency development training programs.

Strong Engineering Manager / Lead Profiles

Mandatory (Experience 1) - Must have 8+ years of overall Software Engineering/Development experience

Mandatory (Experience 2) - Must have 3+ years of experience as Engineering Manager / Team Lead role, with ownership of technical direction, delivery, and people management

Mandatory (Experience 3) - Must have hands-on Backend development experience using Python or Java, with frameworks such as FastAPI / Django / Spring / Express (Node.js)

Mandatory (Experience 4) - Must have Frontend development exposure using ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Mandatory (Experience 5) - Must have experience designing and building APIs, services, and integrations, including system design, PR reviews, and architectural decision-making.

Mandatory (Experience 6) - Must have experience leading engineers end-to-end – mentoring, code reviews, execution planning, and improving team productivity/quality

Mandatory (Company) - Must be from Product Companies / Startups (early to growth stage), B2B SaaS + Fintech industry is highly preferred

Mandatory (Note) - This role will be 80% team management and 20% IC (hands on coding required)

As a PHP Laravel Backend Developer at Chhayakart, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining the backend infrastructure of our web applications. Your expertise in backend development and API development & integration will be vital in ensuring the seamless operation of our product

Qualification :

 Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field is preferred.

Experience :

  Minimum 1 year experience in PHP, Laravel Also API Integration profile.

Technical Skills Required:

 Laravel , PHP (oops Concept Also), JavaScript, React.js, HTML5, CSS3.

Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the frontend development team to understand the requirements and design APIs that align with the frontend components developed in React.
• Proven experience as a Backend Developer with a strong focus on PHP Laravel development.
• Strong understanding of database design and management, including SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with unit testing, debugging, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Design, develop, and maintain efficient and reliable PHP Laravel backend systems that support the functionality of our web applications.
• Build RESTful APIs that enable smooth communication between the frontend and backend, ensuring optimal performance and responsiveness.
• Implement data storage solutions, including databases, caching mechanisms, and other data persistence technologies.
• Write clean, modular, and reusable code while adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Ensure the security and data protection of the backend systems, implementing necessary authentication and authorization measures.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and responsiveness through techniques such as caching, query optimization, and load balancing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve backend-related issues and bugs in a timely manner.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and advancements in backend development and technology.

You will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining highly scalable websites
• All aspects of the project development cycle using PHP and strong OOPS concepts
• Code review and walkthroughs
• Sprint planning and effort estimations

You have in-depth experience in: 

• Developing complex web-applications
• Frameworks such Laravel, CakePHP , React.js
• RDBMS such as MySQL, SQL

You add value with exposure to:

• Flutter Development
• Cloud hosting & Auto Scaling: AWS, Azure, Google cloud
• Unit testing: PHPUnit, PEST
• Cache / Data structure 
• CI/CD: Bitbucket pipelines, AWS Codepipeline, Jenkins

Job Brief:

- Proficient in object-oriented programming and distributed systems

- Some experience with Web Programming and TypeScript

- Ability to speak and write in English fluently

- A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks

- Experience with TypeScript and NodeJS

- Experience with the language server protocol

- Experience with JavaScript

- Experience with the Pub-Sub pattern

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the backend systems for our first product
• Build reliable, secure and performant backend systems
• Drive test coverage and continuous delivery automation within the team
• Mentor and provide feedback to teammates

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Deep and wide knowledge of Java ecosystem
• Can write code that is readable, maintainable, secure and performant
• Know the importance of tests and how to approach writing different types of tests
• Good intuition for REST API design
• Deep understanding of relational databases, transactions, entity-relationship modeling
• Comfortable writing highly concurrent systems
• Experienced in using profilers, tuning garbage collection, optimizing SQL queries

Desired Skills and Experience

• Golang , Java , Python , Ruby

Perks

• Best hardware and software to help you get the job done in the best way possible
• Remote office allowance to support you regardless of where you work
• Learning and development allowance to help you grow your career
• Flexible leave policy to give you more control over your time.
• Health insurance for your family and you to keep you well.

Required experience and skills

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Bonus: Masters degree.9+ years of total full-time work experience, preferably shipping SaaS applications.
• Startup experience strongly desired.
• Played a pivotal role in scaling a company and led teams in an agile environment where iteration has led to perfection.
• Proven track record of on time project deliveries with balanced calls on technical designs and tech debt.
• Expert proficiency in:
• 1. Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Mysql, Linux, Git, AWS, CI/CD, NewRelic.
• 2. broad range of internet technologies and applications.
• 3. interacting, building, and improving the performance of systems end-to-end.
• 4. architecting/designing complex systems
• Strong collaborator and thought partner to Product team.Driven by outcomes more than output.
• Have led projects with small, dynamic, and fast-paced teams (3-5 engineers), with great flexility and adaptability on large projects, delegating working effectively.
• Viewed by the team as their evangelist, role model and bar raiser.
• Past teams and co-workers attest to your prowess & agility in building great products, and driving sound technical decision making.Mentored engineers within and outside own team.
• High on EQ, humility, curiosity and self drive.

Responsibilities

We use a rubric / career ladder as a framework to help our engineers grow in their careers. Please refer to the SDE IV section in the rubric (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z_51E1mZ3qf0MBuAyfHjKE1HN6h_yghAx2WMaB1z-Ms/edit?usp=sharing">click to view) to understand our expectations on your role and responsibilities.

Your responsibilities include:

• Leading completion and delivery of multiple concurrent projects with clear deliverable timelines and milestones
• Providing key input and guidance in helping to solve our most difficult and challenging issues, and providing recommendations for preventing or mitigating the effects of the issues in the future
• Identifying inconsistencies caused by lack of best practices and patterns, and proactively collaborate with the team to gather input to define and rollout new best practices
• Mentoring other engineers on increasing their impact both within and outside of their team, including identifying opportunities for them to do so
• Participate in shaping longer term technical and architectural goals in consideration of product/company strategy, organizational growth, scalability, security, and other factors

• Support existing code of PHP webserver
• Proficient in PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, and MySQL
• Hands-on any PHP-based framework/CMS like Laravel, CakePHP, Zend, CodeIgnitor, Yii.
• Must write efficient code with documentation.
• Any Database: MySQL, MongoDB, NoSQL DBs, postgresql.
• Has experience debugging code.
• Analysis of current DB structure and change table structures as and when required
• Implementation of visual representation of DB data in the form of charts and graphs
• The eventual implementation of a new UI theme with customizations such as drop-down menu data, as well as linking the UI theme front-end with the back-end MySQL
• Implementation of new PHP web services for functions such as analytics, and new modules to existing services
• Ensure cross-platform compatibility of information retrieved from web services on
• Android and iOS platforms, in terms of Push Notifications, platform-specific issues, etc.
• Implementation of SSL security to all web services, logins, and API calls
• Familiar with XMPP would be a plus point.