PHP Developer

Job Title: Principal Backend Engineer

Experience: 7+ Years

Location: Panchkula (Onsite)

📍 Office will move to IT Park, Chandigarh from February

Work Mode: Onsite | 5 Days a Week

About the Role

We are looking for a Principal Backend Engineer to architect, scale, and lead the development of robust backend systems. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll drive technical decisions, mentor engineers, collaborate closely with clients and product teams, and help modernize platforms using scalable architectures and emerging technologies, including AI/ML where relevant.

Tech Stack

• Backend: PHP (Laravel / CodeIgniter), Node.js
• Databases: MySQL, MongoDB
• Architecture: Microservices / Modular Monolith
• Cloud (Good to Have): AWS / GCP

Key Responsibilities

Backend Architecture & Development

• Own and evolve backend architecture across PHP and Node.js services
• Design and review scalable, maintainable systems (microservices or modular monoliths)
• Manage and optimize integrations across MySQL and MongoDB (data modeling, indexing, performance tuning)

Technical Leadership

• Lead system design discussions, architecture reviews, and code quality initiatives
• Establish backend development standards, best practices, and documentation
• Mentor mid and senior engineers on design patterns, testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines
• Drive decisions around refactoring legacy systems and platform modernization

Client & Stakeholder Communication

• Act as the technical SPOC for backend architecture and integrations
• Translate business and product requirements into technical solutions
• Explain trade-offs, constraints, and backend workflows to non-technical stakeholders
• Present PoCs and technical approaches confidently to clients

AI & ML Integration (Strategic / Optional)

• Identify backend use cases for AI such as personalization, recommendations, fraud detection, or data enrichment
• Design backend APIs, services, or cron jobs that interact with AI/ML models
• Collaborate with data teams and stay updated on AI tools/APIs (e.g., OpenAI, LangChain)

Scalability, Security & Performance

• Ensure API security, role-based access control, and rate limiting
• Optimize system performance using caching, queues, and query optimization
• Plan and support horizontal/vertical scaling on cloud infrastructure

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of backend development experience in PHP and/or Node.js
• Strong expertise in database design (MySQL & MongoDB)
• Proven experience leading architecture decisions and mentoring engineers
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to clients and stakeholders
• Proactive mindset toward scalability, performance, and system resilience
• Bonus: Experience or curiosity around AI APIs and real-world AI integration

Why Join uEngage?

• Work on high-impact systems used by thousands of users
• Collaborate with product, design, data, and client teams
• High ownership and freedom to architect and innovate
• Competitive compensation and a collaborative work culture

We are seeking an exceptional Lead Shopify Developer to join our incredible team. You'll be a critical participant in projects working closely with designers, performance managers, our creative team, and the Technical Director. To optimize our Shopify Plus store. Fluency in HTML5 and JavaScript, experience with custom theme development, Shopify Plus experience, and familiarity with Next and React are essential. The ideal candidate would also be expected to help manage core Shopify platform integrations such as Klavyio, Zendesk, and other vital Shopify applications.

Qualifications:

Strong proficiency in Shopify Plus and Shopify Scripts

Experience with custom theme development for Shopify Plus (advanced customer fields experience)

Fluency in HTML5, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery Experience with Shopify app integrations (integrating third-party APIs)

Familiarity with Github

Strong understanding of SEO and web development Experience with Server and DNS management Understanding cross-browser compatibility problems and the ability to offer solutions

Experience with user testing and usability analysis

Familiarity with UX/UI concepts and best practices

Responsibilities:

Actively involved in all phases of the site development

Manage our Shopify Plus store Work with the marking team to create landing pages Change website content to improve the customer journey Help manage third-party integrations and applications Optimize page load times Resolve cross-browser issues (troubleshooting server and site issues)

Familiarity with design software such as Photoshop to customize visuals and media on sites Attend group meetings and offer recommendations to improve the optimization of customer journey and conversion

Communicate regularly with team members through channels such as Slack and Asana 

Around 4 years of experience in creating and implementing Web-based products using PHP,

MySQL, Ajax, and JavaScript.

Ability to work in an Agile, fast-paced environment, and learn rapidly.

Bachelor degree in computer science, computer engineering or similar.

Expert in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, JSON.

Experience in any PHP framework Laravel, CodeIgniter or Zend.

Writing clean, readable, and easily maintainable code.

Must have knowledge of project/task management tools like Jira,

Familiarity with Version Control Tortoise Bitbucket, Git etc.

Understanding of UI, cross-browser compatibility and web standards.

Good English communication skills, written and spoken.

Able to work with minimum supervision as well as perform under pressure and meet

Deadlines.

We are seeking a skilled PHP Developer to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining web applications using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain web applications using PHP and MySQL
• Create and maintain code documentation
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize new features
• Ensure the performance, security, and scalability of the web applications
• Troubleshoot and debug issues as they arise
• Stay up-to-date with new web technologies and programming languages
• Develop and integrate APIs with third-party applications
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to other developers

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• At least 3 years of experience in PHP development
• Strong knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Familiarity with MVC frameworks such as Laravel, CodeIgniter, or CakePHP
• Experience with version control systems such as Git or SVN
• Understanding of responsive design principles and mobile development
• Knowledge of RESTful API design and implementation
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication skills

If you are a passionate and talented PHP Developer looking for an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, please submit your application today.

Responsibilities

• Help define Technical Roadmap and own the entire product delivery end to end
• Work very closely with various business stakeholders to drive the execution of multiple business plans and technologies
• Improve, optimize and identify opportunities for efficient software development processes
• Hire, Develop and Retain a strong team of engineers
• Keep abreast of the changes in the industry and champion new technologies and development processes within the team
• Thinking backwards from a customer POV and relentlessly pursuing customer's cause in tech and product decisions

Apply If You have:

• Graduation/Post Graduation degree in Computer Science (IITs, IIITs and NITs preferred)
• 6-10 years of strong experience in JAVA(Spring/Hibernate/JPA/REST), JavaScript, NodeJS with good exposure to MySQL
• Experience with AWS, Microservices, Caching, Performance Optimization, Nginx, Solr, Redis, Redshift
• Experience working with agile teams and making rapid decisions in dynamic and disruptive environment
• 2+ years of leading and managing a team consisting of backend, frontend and QA.
• Hands on writing and reviewing code
• Exceptional design and architectural skills
• Strong communication skills
• High motivation to work in a fast paced, dynamic, collaborative team environment