PHP Developer

Role: Senior Software Engineer – Backend                                            Location: Bangalore / Gurgaon / Pune

About the Role

The successful backend engineer will work closely and collaboratively with cross functional teams during all phases of the software development lifecycle.

The incumbent should be competent to provide quick solutions to problems and taking a product or a product’s component through the entire life cycle, optimize the space / time complexity and improve on usability and reliability.

What you’ll be doing:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field from top notch colleges 
• 4 + years of software development engineering.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles (including MVC).
• Good hands on in AWS scalable environment.
• Experience with different RDBMS and No SQL databases like MySQL, mongo, etc.
• Experience in designing scalable micro-services required.
• Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithm design and complexity analysis.
• Proficiency in one language that emphasizes class abstractions (for e.g. Java) and have coded in it for at least 4 years.
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and work with clients with great efficiency.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills and the ability to express thoughts logically and succinctly.
• Open minded, Team builder, Good communicator and ability to lead and inspire teams.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment.
• Experience in dealing with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly

What are we looking for?

• 4 to 10 years of hands on design / development experience. 
• Tech / M.Tech Computer Science or equivalent field from a premier institutes. 
• Proficient in Java OR C/C++, data structures, algorithms and OO design / design patterns. 
• Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals. 
• Technical depth in OS, computer architecture and OS internals. 
• Ability to write scalable and maintainable code. 
• Self-starter and goal-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Must be able to work cooperatively within a strong diverse technical community to expedite development tasks.
• Experience in Machine Learning is a plus

 
What we offer

• Competitive salary and excellent benefits, in a diverse working environment with inspiring and hardworking colleagues
• A positive, get-things-done workplace.
• An inclusive environment that ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions.
• Ability to learn cutting edge concepts and innovation in an agile start-up environment with a global scale.
• A flexible working environment where you can drive your outcomes.

About us

At PayU, we are a global fintech investor and our vision is to build a world without financial borders where everyone can prosper. We give people in high growth markets the financial services and products they need to thrive. Our expertise in 18+ high-growth markets enables us to extend the reach of financial services. This drives everything we do, from investing in technology entrepreneurs to offering credit to underserved individuals, to helping merchants buy, sell, and operate online. Being part of Prosus, one of the largest technology investors in the world, gives us the presence and expertise to make a real impact. Find out more at www.payu.com

Our Commitment to Building A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and safe environment, for all our people, communities, and customers. Our leaders are committed to create an inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility, and unbiased attention to every PayUneer so they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color, or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities, or the LGBTQ communities.

• PHP Developer Exp 6 + Years Openings:
• Candidate should have excellent communication skill.
• Object-oriented programming in PHP.
• Front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Complex SQL queries and database schema design.
• MVC frameworks (Laravel, Yii2, Any Framework).
• Working in a collaborative team environment using tools like JIRA and Git.
• Consuming and creating web services.
• Stable work history and an ability to collaborate effectively.
• Demonstrable knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, MYSQL,JQuery,Bootstrap ,Web services etc..
• Consuming and creating web services.
• Stable work history and an ability to collaborate effectively. ,

What will you do?

• Website development using LAMP technologies.
• Responsible for the development of new applications and enhancements in an existing application.
• Responsible for testing of the application, performance analysis, etc.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong Analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines while staying focused.
• Attention to detail and ability to work with 100% efficiency.

What does it need?

• This is a role for a talented and ambitious PHP Developer. Experience in web development preferred with graduation in a similar field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience.
• Knowledge of PHP & MySQL is a must.
• Should be capable of deploying application on Apache Web Server.
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
• Knowledge of Linux/Ubuntu etc will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of jQuery and Ajax will be an added advantage.

Preferred Skills: 

We want to really emphasize Spring Boot (2+ years although 1+ if candidate particularly strong) Using Redis as a caching technology with Spring Boot would be a strong plus 

Using Redisson (a particular java client library that can be easily configured with Spring Boot) would be a strong plus 

Knowledge of event based messaging systems (Amazon SNS, Amazon MQ, or Kafka (in AWS) Data Cleaning tools and techniques in CSV and Excel 

Strong Knowledge of Spring Boot Dependency Injection and Configuration 

Experience with APIs for popular e-commerce platforms (Magento, Shopify, Big Commerce, etc.) 

SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) Tools in the context of AWS. (Tools classified under DevOps) 

Experience with managing AWS EC2 VM instances and using AWS managed Services (like S3, MySQL, VPC/Networking, Lambda, etc) 

Performance Analysis Tools (Code Profiling) on Java VM and particularly Spring Boot 

Nice to Have: 

Experience with Cassandra or MongoDB with Spring Boot 

Horizontal Scaling with Spring Boot (considerations running multiple instances of Spring Boot instances) 

Experience with placing Spring Boot applications in Docker/Kubernetes container ecosystems (especially in AWS) 

• Design of the overall architecture of the web application.
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges.
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
• Learn and use core AWS technologies to design and then build available and scalable backend web services and customer-facing APIs.
• Troubleshoot and debug support issues and code blues autonomously.
• Assure quality of the solutions being developed within the team.
• Maintain technical mastery of the products being developed.
•  Person with a track record of delivering innovative solutions in the field of algorithm development.

• Strong knowledge of PHP frameworks such as Laravel Symfony etc. depending on your technology stack.
• Experience in working with MySQL database and analyzing the efficiency of queries.
• Worked with real time web applications and event driven architectures like Node.js or jQuery.
• Full-cycle PHP code development experience including debugging and performance analysis.
• Building scalable and performance oriented services with caching techniques and systems like Memcached, redis.
• Experience with NoSQL and distributed database like MongoDB, Cassandra or Redis.
• Comfortable with search engines like Solr or ElasticSearch.
• Working understanding of NGINX and Apache web servers.
• Working knowledge of RESTful paradigms and to build API for our front services and mobile applications.
• Passion for products, empathy for users, and aspiration to make big impact.
• Strong database design and query writing skills with a commitment to performance and efficiency.
• Solid engineering principles and clear understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Knowledge of service-oriented architecture, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills, algorithmic skills, and data structures.
• Experience in agile methodologies like Scrum.
• Good understanding of branching, build, deployment, continuous integration methodologies.