PHP Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and APIs using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, jQuery, and JavaScript.
• Build and optimize REST APIs and integrate with third-party services.
• Ensure high performance, scalability, and security of WordPress applications.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, QA, and DevOps to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve WordPress-related technical issues.
• Stay updated on WordPress and web technology trends.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience in PHP and WordPress development.
• Strong expertise in custom theme and plugin development.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Solid experience with MySQL and database optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Git and Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of WordPress security best practices, SEO, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) is a plus.
• Experience with multisite or headless WordPress is an advantage.
• Experience with Laravel, Symfony, Yii, and other PHP-based frameworks is a plus.

Nice to have 

• Cloudflare Workers (Wrangler, KV/R2, Durable Objects) 
• Salesforce OAuth/API experience; HubSpot Forms event hooks; middleware patterns. 
• AWS basic understanding 
• Cloudflare basic understanding 
• Uptime/transaction monitoring via Checkly or other automated systems. 
• Entry-level DevOps/networking understanding: HTTP/TLS, CORS, DNS, proxies, caching, request/response debugging (HAR). 

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.), but equivalent work experience in a technology-related area may substitute.
• Proven track record in building and maintaining large-scale WordPress platforms.

Job Description:

Required Skills:

• 3+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relational Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

• Work with business analysts to estimate and design effective, scalable and maintainable solutions that meet business initiatives and objectives
• Develop and unit test software that meets business requirements and technical design
• Troubleshoot pre- and post-production implementations
• Propose new ideas when there is strong business value and stay up to date on the latest technology trends and techniques

Critical Skills & Experiences:

• At least 5+ years of experience developing in Java technologies with equivalent experience in systems analysis, OO design, OO programming and debugging skills
• At least 5 years of experience in Java Spring Boot Framework development
• 2 years of experience in any Cloud platform, preferably AWS.
• At least 3 years of web services and relational database experience (preferably Mysql)
• At least a year of Elastic search experience
• Experience developing RESTful web services (preferably micro services)
• Experience with UNIX/Linux command line and shell scripting
• Experience working in cross-functional Agile/Scrum teams
• Any level of experience with JIRA or any other issue tracking technology
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders
• Experience with Java application profiling and profiling tools
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Drive performance to accomplish team goals in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor’s degree or the above equivalent skills and years of experience

Keywords:

Experience: +5 Years

Technical skills: Java, Spring boot and Node JS  

• 2+ years of experience in Python, Django, Mongo, Express, MySQL, etc
• Have built applications capable of serving high volume with low latency in production
• Following practices of agile development with continuous integration/deployment
• Experience in deploying applications in AWS cloud
• Knowledge in building applications for Fintech/payments domain is a bonus
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS or equivalent from a reputed institution
• Self-starter, hustler, and a desire to achieve greatness is a MUST
• Immediate joining preferred
• You will have the flexibility to design the application and systems from the ground up.
• Your primary responsibility is to implement business logic in the backend and create awesome restful APIs for seamless integration with our mobile front end.

Roles and Responsibilities

• PHP and WordPress development, WordPress CMS Installation, theme customizations.
• Handle Team of developers
• Responsible for plugin development, theme integration.
• Responsible for handling a project independently.
• Developing requirements & planning documentation considering the WordPress framework.
• Customizing and publishing content using existing WordPress themes.
• Collaborate with the designing and programming team.
• Communicating with and managing multiple clients.
• Proactively review WordPress components, widgets, and plugins to keep all solutions at the cutting-edge and maintain security.
• Developing, maintaining and optimizing secure, reusable and scalable websites.
• Work closely with Project Managers and other members of the Development Team to develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables and timelines, and to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
• Communicate to the Project Manager with efficiency and accuracy of any progress or delays Engage in outside-the-box thinking to provide high value-of-service to the clients.

Ideal skills and experience required

• 3+ years experience in PHP and WordPress development, WordPress CMS Installation, theme customizations.
• Leadership quality to run the tech team on website on WordPress, UIs and technical efficiency towards improving and tracking the faults on daily basis and resolving abilities
• Projection towards campaigns from the technical (website) point of view
• Experience of at least 2 international projects.
• Ability to work in an Agile /SCRUM environment.
• Should have problem-solving, prioritizing tasks, and multi-tasking abilities
• Knowledge of consuming and creating Web Services is a plus.
• Good time-management skills.
• Great interpersonal and communication skills.
• Should possess strong knowledge of SEO, Secure sites, WordPress, Web Design
• Good knowledge of WordPress development and life cycle (theme hierarchy, plugins, etc.
• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development. Experience in front-end technologies like HTML5,CSS3,Bootstrap4,JavaScript,PHP.
• Basic Knowledge of Core PHP, MySQL Database.
• Experience in designing and developing responsive design websites.
• Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers.

1. Develop and manage e-commerce websites, web applications & web sites.
2. Analyze, design, code, debug, test, document & deploy applications.
3. Participate in project & deployment planning.
4. Must be a self-starter & be able to work with minimum supervision
5. Exp. In modules/extensions development/customization.
6. Exp. In Theme integration/customization.
   
7. Exp. In API creation/integration.
   
8. Exp. In Migration from Magento1 to Magento2
9. Extensive experience of PHP and MySQL.
10. Exposure on Magento 2, CMS and JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery.
    
11. Demonstrable knowledge of XML, XHTML, CSS, Modules i.e. API integration,
12. Payment Gateways, XML with a focus on standards.
    
13. Demonstrable source control experience
    
14. Two or more published websites in E-Commerce