PHP Developer

Job Title: Associate Backend Engineer

Job Summary:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Associate Backend Engineer with 1 to 2 years of experience to join our growing engineering team. Whether you're a recent graduate or have some industry experience, this role offers a strong foundation to grow your skills in real-world backend development. You’ll work closely with experienced engineers and contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of scalable backend systems that power our products.

This position is ideal for individuals who are eager to learn, write production-grade code, and grow into a high-performing backend engineer.

Website: https://www.thealteroffice.com/about

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in building and maintaining backend services and APIs for web and mobile applications.
• Work with both relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis) databases for data modeling and storage.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code under guidance.
• Contribute to authentication, authorization, and other core backend features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, frontend, and QA to deliver complete features.
• Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback to improve code quality.
• Debug issues, write unit/integration tests, and help maintain service reliability and performance.
• Learn to work with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and deployment workflows.
• Use tools like Docker, basic cloud services (AWS/GCP/Azure), and optionally explore monitoring/logging tools.
• Explore new technologies such as GraphQL, WebSockets, or message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) when relevant.

Requirements:

• 1 to 2 years of backend development experience, including internships, academic projects, freelance, or open-source work.
• Familiarity with at least one backend programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, JavaScript, etc.).
• Basic understanding of RESTful APIs, HTTP, databases, and server-side logic.
• Exposure to SQL and NoSQL databases and understanding of CRUD operations.
• Familiarity with Git and fundamental development workflows.
• Willingness to learn and apply best practices in scalability, security, and asynchronous programming.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and eagerness to take feedback and grow.
• Good communication and collaboration skills in a team environment.

Responsibilities :

●     Designing and developing robust and scalable server-side applications using Python, Flask, Django, or other relevant frameworks and technologies.

●     Collaborating with other developers, data scientists, and data engineers to design and implement RESTful APIs, web services, and microservices architectures.

●     Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code, and reviewing the code of other team members to ensure consistency and adherence to best practices.

●     Participating in code reviews, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting to ensure the quality and reliability of applications.

●     Optimising applications for performance, scalability, and security, and monitoring the production environment to ensure uptime and availability.

●     Staying up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in web development, and evaluating and recommending new tools and frameworks as needed.

●     Mentoring and coaching junior developers to ensure they grow and develop their skills and knowledge in line with the needs of the team and the organisation.

●     Communicating and collaborating effectively with other stakeholders, including product owners, project managers, and other development teams, to ensure projects are delivered on time and to specification.

You are a perfect match, if you have these qualification :

●     Strong experience in Python and server-side development frameworks such as Flask or Django.

●     Experience in building RESTful APIs, web services, and microservices architectures.

●     Experience in using database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.

●     Familiarity with cloud-based platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

●     Knowledge of software development best practices such as Agile methodologies, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).

●     Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to work effectively with other stakeholders in a fast-paced environment

• At least 4 years of experience as a Node.js developer.
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.
• Mandatory experience in MongoDB and MySql.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.
• Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.

-Previous experience working as a Shopify developer.

-Strong knowledge of liquid programming language
-Generate custom – tailored Shopify theme and altering pre – existing template.
-Act as Shopify expert, specializing in all facets of the ecommerce platform.
-Strong hands to Install & Customize new Shopify theme.
-Clear concept of HTML5, CSS3, javascript/Jquery.
-Knowledge in other ecommerce platforms like Magento, woocommerce, BigCommerce will be preferred.
-Strong hands to Install & Customize new Shopify theme.
-A proficiency in working with different Shopify JS APIs (storefront, AJAX Cart, Sections etc.
-Excellent troubleshooting skills.
-Good project management skills

What you will be doing

You will join our team as our Senior PHP Developer (Laravel) and your main responsibilities will be to:

• Write clean and maintainable code with good test coverage.
• Implement new features in collaboration with our design team.
• Optimize existing code to perfection with special attention to performance and maintainability.
• Do a code review of your colleagues work.

You and our future-proof stack

• We seek a balance between sticking with what works and fearlessly exploring the new.
• We use the latest stable version of PHP 7|8 because it allows us to write better code using features like strict type declarations, typed class properties and arrow functions.
• We leverage the elegance, simplicity and readability of the latest Laravel version.
• We want to spend our precious time on things that matter the most; that's why we perfect our easy to run the development environment with Homestead and custom scripts.
• We write and run tests with PHPUnit and http://cypress.io/">JavaScript End to End Testing Framework.
• We have a great set of tools to maintain the code quality and run on CI/CD (psalm (error level 4), rector, phpcs, php-cs-fixer, phpcpd etc.)
• We use Rector to maintain our code quality.
• We’re constantly refactoring our front-end code intending to reach front-end heaven:
• Laravel Blade template engine.
• PostCSS to maximize the power of modern CSS.
• Webpack for perfect control over front-end assets.
• Latest JS with support for ES2020 features. To accomplish this we use the latest Babel releases.

We ❤ CI (Continuous Integration) and CD (Continuous Delivery) so we usually deploy a few releases per day: Zero downtime. Just a few buttons to push. No sweaty palms.

We care deeply about the Developer Experience (DX) of our codebase and tools. DX and DevOps is our middle name: Git, GitHub, HTTP/2, Assets CDN, AWS, Enterprise SSDs on our high-spec servers, and much more.

About you

• You have expert knowledge of PHP.
• You have expert knowledge of Laravel.
• You have experience with test-driven development (TDD).
• You have 6+ years of experience working professionally with OOP.
• Your work is based on a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals from data structures and algorithms to design patterns.
• You are an engineer by mindset and always try to understand how things work under the hood.
• You have substantial experience working with RESTful web services and ORM concepts.
• You love to learn through doing. You’re ready to put in some hard work to expand your skills.
• You speak and write acceptable English – not perfect English, just acceptable
• You are a team player and you don't bring your ego to work. 
• You are self-motivated and self-disciplined and thus work well in a flat hierarchy with lots of freedom.
• You love to have creative freedom, make independent judgments and live up to the responsibility that comes with that freedom.
• You love to create tangible results—every hour and every day.
• You love to make a positive impact on the world and the lives of others.

- B.E/M.C. A Or B.C.A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, Or Similar Relevant Field

 - Strong Knowledge of PHP Web Frameworks E.G Laravel

 - Understanding the Fully Synchronous Behaviour Of PHP

 - Understanding of MVC Design Patterns

 - Basic Understanding of Front-End Technologies, Such as JavaScript, HTML5, And CSS3 - Knowledge of Object-Oriented PHP Programming.

 - Strong Knowledge of The Common PHP Or Web Server Exploits and Their Solutions

 - Understanding Fundamental Design Principles Behind A Scalable Application.

 - Integration of Multiple Data Sources and Databases into One System

 - Familiarity With SQL/NoSQL Databases and Their Declarative Query Languages

 - Proficient Understanding of Code Versioning Tools, Such as Git, Bitbucket.

 - Understanding Fundamentals of Cloud Technologies E.G AWS

-  Knowledge of Node.js And React.js Should Be an Advantage.
-  Knowledge of HealthCare and e-Commerce domain will be good.