PHP Developer

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to guide our micro-service platform and mentor a fully remote backend team. You’ll blend hands-on technical ownership with people leadership—shaping architecture, driving cloud best practices, and coaching engineers in their careers and craft.

Key Responsibilities:

Area

What You’ll Own

Architecture & Delivery

• Define and evolve backend architecture built on Java 17+, Spring Boot 3, AWS (Containers, Lambdas, SQS, S3), Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Databricks, Redis etc...

• Lead design and code reviews; enforce best practices for testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and cost-efficient cloud operations.

• Drive technical roadmaps, ensuring scalability (billions of events, 99.9 %+ uptime) and rapid feature delivery.

Team Leadership & Growth

• Manage and inspire a distributed team of 6-10 backend engineers across multiple time zones.

• Set clear growth objectives, run 1-on-1s, deliver feedback, and foster an inclusive, high-trust culture.

• Coach the team on AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., GitHub Copilot, LLM-based code review) to boost productivity and code quality.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Act as technical liaison to Product, Frontend, SRE, and Data teams, translating business goals into resilient backend solutions.

• Communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences; influence cross-functional decisions.

Technical Vision & Governance

• Own coding standards, architectural principles, and technology selection.

• Evaluate emerging tools and frameworks (especially around GenAI and cloud-native patterns) and create adoption strategies.

• Balance technical debt and new feature delivery through data-driven prioritization.

Required Qualifications:

● 8+ years designing, building, and operating distributed backend systems with Java & Spring Boot

● Proven experience leading or mentoring engineers; direct people-management a plus

● Expert knowledge of AWS services and cloud-native design patterns

● Hands-on mastery of Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL/MySQL, and Redis for high-volume, low-latency workloads

● Demonstrated success scaling systems to millions of users or billions of events Strong grasp of DevOps practices: containerization (Docker), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), observability stacks

● Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills in a remote-fi rst environment

Nice-to-Have:

● Hands-on experience with Datadog (APM, Logs, RUM) and a data-driven approach to debugging/performance tuning

● Startup experience—comfortable wearing multiple hats and juggling several projects simultaneously

● Prior title of Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or Engineering Manager in a high-growth SaaS company

● Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, CodeWhisperer, Cursor) and a track record of introducing them safely

Job Title: Engineering Manager (Java / Spring Boot, AWS) – Remote

Leadership Role

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

Full Stack Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users.

Your primary focus will be the development of all server side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the frontend elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of frontend technologies is necessary as well.

We are looking to recruit a candidate for a role that will require:

• Create and consume restful APIs
• Design, develop, and maintain internal and external applications
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules
• Write high quality, structured application/interface code and documentation
• Identify solutions through research and collaboration that resolves the root of problems as they arise
• Define functional and technical requirements for application software to develop skills and knowledge
• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

Requirement

∙ Proficient in Node.JS and ReactJS development stack

∙ 2+ years’ experience designing, querying, and updating databases in MySQL/nosql

∙ Basic understanding of web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX etc.

∙ Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

∙ Good to have knowledge of AWS, Redis, ElasticSearch

Full Stack Development:

● Develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions across front-end and back-end stacks.

● Implement responsive and dynamic web applications using JavaScript, Angular, or React. 

● Ensure backend services and APIs are well-structured and optimized for performance. 

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management: 

● Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to define technical requirements. 

● Participate in code reviews and provide technical mentorship to junior developers. 

Technical Expertise:

● Implement and maintain secure, scalable, and high-performance applications. 

● Ensure applications meet non-functional requirements such as security, reliability, and performance.

 Agile Execution & Continuous Improvement: 

● Contribute to Agile development practices, including iterative releases and continuous integration. 

● Identify opportunities for technical improvements and optimize existing features  

 Required Skills and Qualifications 

● Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. 

● 6+ years of professional experience in Full Stack Development. 

● Strong proficiency in Java, JavaScript, Angular, React, and RESTful APIs. 

● Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools for continuous deployment.

 ● Knowledge of containerization and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. 

● Proficiency in databases such as MongoDB, SQL, and NoSQL. 

● Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills. 

● Experience with Agile frameworks like Scrum or Kanban.  

PHP Developer:

Responsibilities:

• Gathering & Understanding customer requirements.
• Design, code, test, debug and document software according to the functional requirements.
• Write clean, well structured code with proper abstraction and reusability.
• Work independently and deliver projects under tight deadlines.

What makes you the best fit:

• Exceptional programming skills with strong fundamentals in OOPS, MVC and ORM.
• Good knowledge of PHP, Core PHP, Laravel, CodeIgniter, zend, Shopify, HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, JSON and Rest APIs.
• Proficient with code versioning tools like GIT.
• Must have experience in payment gateway, video streaming and image manipulation.
• Basic knowledge of any JS frameworks like Vue, React, Angular.
• Must be able to work independently and perform under strict deadlines.
• Must be a good team player and has good problem solving skills.

COMPANY INTRODUCTION

NEST® [NESTECH]

NEST® works with a range of international clientele in the development of bespoke software solutions. NEST® specializes in data and direct engagement structures, digital marketing, data with blockchain security and much more.

NEST® founders have had decades in the visual arts, architecture, sculpture as well as inking the human canvas. More mundanely, from fifteen countries our formal training is in law, philosophy, international logistics and technology. There are currently NEST® branch offices in England, Singapore, USA and India. What happened yesterday isn’t important. We believe what you privately achieve tomorrow is.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Title: Mean Stack Developer 

Location: Pune (Remote)

You should be able to quickly understand and support initiatives that will contribute to the goals and success of operations. You would also be working with various departments to coordinate and develop digital CRM solutions including bespoke in-house software. 

EXPERIENCE:
 

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience 
• Write clean, manageable code and maintain proper documentation
• Excellent command over Data Structures and Algorithms 
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills 
• Knowledge of benchmarking and optimization 
• Security mindedness in development practices 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features
•  Ability to work independently in small teams 
• Responsible and capable of meeting tight deadlines 

SKILLS + QUALIFICATIONS :

• Experience using web services (HTTP, REST,) using JSON. 
• Good Knowledge of Angular, NodeJS, and MongoDB. 
• Good Knowledge of Docker, CICD pipeline. 
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. 
• Good in Writing effective APIs 
• Developing front-end and back-end website Architecture. 
• Accurately estimate development timelines and deliver per set schedule. ● Test Software to ensure the responsiveness and efficiency of applications. ● Experienced in Unit Testing with frameworks like Mocha and Chai. 
• Meeting both technical and consumer/client needs. 
• Expertise in optimizing app performance. 
• Experienced in using Agile principles and methodologies 
• Write technical documentation. 
• Troubleshoot, debug, and review the code. 

NEST® OFFERS:

• Competitive Salary
• Flexible Hours
• Paid Vacations
• Fun & Creative Environment / Projects
• Quarterly Performance Reviews
• Generous Bonus Schemes
• Oversea Working Placements
• Dynamic International Clientele
• Multiple Learning Opportunities
• Control And Work On Full Product Life-Cycle
•  Research and Implement Multiple New Technologies

About the role 

We are looking for strong experience in understanding HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Core PHP, MySQL. Must have outstanding coding skills, Strong understanding of business logic and has a good learning curve. 

Responsibilities

• Basic Knowledge in PHP Frameworks like CodeIgniter, Core PHP, Laravel, Symphony etc. 

• Hands-on experience in Apache, Xampp, and Wamp Servers. 

• Basic CMS Knowledge if any (Joomla/WordPress/Drupal).

• Strong Knowledge if OOPS Concepts in PHP. 

• Implementing Payment Gateways as per project requirements like (E.g.: PayUMoney, PayPal, Paytm, Razor Pay)Capturing values to database, email notifications for pending/Failed and success payments. 

• Knowledge of different Project Lifecycles.  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or software engineering. 

• Minimum 2+ year of experience developing projects/applications using PHP. 

• Good communication verbal skills along with Process oriented. 

• Strong debugging skills and the ability to easily and quickly read and modify existing code. 

Location & Commitments 

Permanent full-time role based at our Ahmedabad, Gujarat office Monday – Friday. 

Salary Package 

No bar for the right candidate. 

• Experience in Java/J2EE, JavaScript is a must.
• Open source framework experience such as Angular (1.* & 2), Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, jQuery, MySQL, and Linux is required.
• Experience in applying modern Agile Software Development practices.
• Experience in development in a CI/CD environment and familiarity with CI/CD tools is required.
• Good interpersonal and facilitation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Adaptability is a must, including the ability and enthusiasm to learn new technologies quickly.
• Must be able to write technical designs and build documentation for all aspects of technical infrastructure.
• Experience in Microservices development

• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
• Own code for the products with responsibilities including but not limited to designing, developing, testing, maintenance of products.
• Building RESTful services and do DevOps.
• Talking to customers and business teams to suggest improvement areas in product flows.
• Create peer learnings for team members and build context for new teammates
• Help with building the company's tech team and iterating on the hiring framework.
• Provide regular feedback to your team (peers and managers) to ensure continuous improvement.
• Keeping abreast with the latest technologies and working on your skills regularly.

Skills & Requirements

• Good knowledge and experience of working with backend systems; designing server-side architecture, including production maintenance experience are must-haves.
• At least 1-8 years of experience in any programming languages like Java, Ruby, PHP, Python, and Node.js(Node.js preferred).
• Understanding of micro-services-oriented architecture.
• Experience with Databases design (SQL, NoSQL) and analytics
• Experience in driving and delivering complex features/software modules from technical design to launch.
• Expertise with unit testing & Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Have empathy for the users you build for

Good to have

• Experience in the fintech industry
• Experience leading design and implementation of robust and secure web services