
Job Description: PHP Developer (Laravel/Symfony)
Location: Bengaluru – Kalyani Neptune, Bannerghatta Road
Work Mode: Work from Office (Full-time)
Experience Required: 3+ years
Joining: Immediate Joiners Preferred
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced PHP Developer with hands-on expertise in Laravel or Symfony (preferably Symfony), who can contribute to full-cycle project development. You will be responsible for building robust backend solutions and integrating with multiple services while following best practices of object-oriented design and RESTful architectures.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, enhance, and maintain web applications using PHP frameworks (Laravel/Symfony)
- Collaborate with product managers and business analysts to understand requirements
- Create scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using MVC architecture
- Implement and maintain microservice-based architecture
- Integrate third-party APIs, libraries, and services
- Work with relational databases like MySQL/PostgreSQL using ORM tools such as Doctrine or Eloquent
- Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and overall software development lifecycle
- Troubleshoot production issues and provide long-term solutions
Required Skills:
- Strong programming knowledge in PHP with at least 2 years of experience
- Hands-on experience in Symfony or Laravel (Symfony preferred)
- Solid understanding of OOP and MVC design pattern
- Strong experience in creating and consuming REST APIs
- Experience working in service-based architectures or microservices
- Familiarity with Doctrine or Eloquent ORM
- Proficiency in MySQL/PostgreSQL
Good to Have:
- Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Familiarity with cloud services such as Lambda, S3, and RDS
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

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We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Backend Developer with strong expertise in Node.js and AWS to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have solid backend development experience, with additional working knowledge of PHP and Python. Exposure to frontend frameworks like React.js and Angular will be considered a strong advantage.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs using Node.js.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, product, QA) to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Ensure application performance, security, and scalability.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following industry best practices.
• Work with databases (SQL/NoSQL) to design efficient data models and queries.
• Integrate third-party services and APIs when required.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and mentoring of junior developers.
• Support continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing applications.
Requirements
• 4+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong expertise in Node.js and hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.).
• Good working knowledge of PHP and Python.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB).
• Working knowledge of React.js and Angular is preferred.
About the Organization:
WeMakeScholars is an organization funded and supported by the Ministry of IT, Government of India under the 'Digital India Campaign'. We offer international education finance via scholarships and education loans, to study abroad aspirants. We are currently a 120 members team. Last financial year, we disbursed 2200 Cr in education loans to 8300 students across India.
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.
As a full-stack engineer, you will be working to create scalable, maintainable, bug repellent state of art web applications.
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 full lifecycle development
- Work closely with product managers and UI/UX designers to analyze requirements
- Review peer code changes
- Make recommendations for design and implementation improvements
- Integrating the Frontend UI with Backend APIs.
- Design and implement APIs for web/mobile (both Android & IOS) applications.
- Work with the Product team in prioritizing development activities for weekly sprints
Experience & Skills Required
- Prior experience- not mandatory
- Ability to quickly learn - PHP, MySql, JQuery, Ajax, Git
- Have familiarity with- HTML, CSS, JS
- Strong team player with an open mindset to learn new technologies and Knowledge of common SDLC.
- A passion for solving problems and providing workable solutions
Preference will be given to those with
- Internships experience
- Worked on own projects
- Experience in PHP, MySql
Strong knowledge of Core PHP and frameworks like CakePHP, and Laravel
Good Knowledge of MySQL and Mongo DB databases.
To deliver good quality code efficiently in allocated time for PHP projects involving the design, development, and deployment of Websites & Web Applications
To perform effective code reviews
To regularly write a unit test case.
Strong experience in Core PHP (PHP7) and OOPs Concepts
Hands-on experience in Version Controlling Using SVNandGit (optional
1) Worked with or Knowledge of Core PHP 5.0 or above
Strong OOPS Concept
2) Strong MYSQL Database (Tables, Views, Store Procedures, Functions)
3) Must Know HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, Laravel, Jquery, CMS
4) Cake PHP, Codeignitor, laravel will be added advantage.
5) Ready to learn and work with different technologies.
6) Ability to work individually as well as in team.
7) Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
8) Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
FinCRM is a cloud-based Customer Relationship Management Solution with enhanced Office Management capabilities. It helps companies and individuals manage their sales, marketing, and support efforts all from a single place. It is equipped to help businesses of all sizes build excellent customer relationships.
Technical Experience:
- 2+ years' experience in creating applications using a framework such as CodeIgniter, Zend, Laravel, Bootstrap.
- Proficient in PHP, MySQL/SQL, CSS, HTML, Apache server, Java script, AJAX, jQuery, JSON, XML, APIs, Version Control/Git.
- Linux server Handling - Min 3 years experience
- LAMP, PHP & MySQL, OOP's, CodeIgniter - 3 to 4 years experience
- Experience with Version Controlling Tools - SVN, Mantis & Git
Skills:
- Able to create Solution Architecture and design based on requirements.
- Should possess excellent problem-solving skills and be a team player.
- Can identify technology trends and advances that may support the success of the project.
- Should have the ability to learn new tasks outside the immediate range of skills.
Responsibilities:
- Brainstorm with the team to come up with ideas regarding the development requirements.
- Determine the feasibility of ideas and identify the best way and tech stack to move ahead.
- Build products and api's as per the requirements with optimized code.
- Develop products considering scalable architecture and security.
- Testing and maintenance of different server environments.
- Handle code deployment on testing and production environments.
- Maintain code versioning and administer the database properly.
Work Experience: 2 or More than 2 Years
Education: Min. Graduate
Technical Skills:
Backend: PHP (Laravel Framework), Web Service / Web API, Rest API, Google Firebase
Database: MySQL
Requirements:
1. Should be able to complete projects in Back end
2. Should have experience in integrating payment gateways
3. Knowledge of third Party Integration
4. Knowledge of Database Architecture
5. Should be able to deploy the website on the main server
6. Strong PHP programming skills
7. Good database skills preferably Firebase or MySQL
8. Able to create restful API's for mobile apps & knowledge of Google Firebase will be a plus point
9. Understanding of latest Google algorithms
10. Knowledge of frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap & jQuery will be a plus point








