About the Organization:
WeMakeScholars is an organization funded and supported by the Ministry of IT, Government of India under the 'Digital India Campaign'. We offer international education finance via scholarships and education loans, to study abroad aspirants. We are currently a 120 members team. Last financial year, we disbursed 2200 Cr in education loans to 8300 students across India.
We are looking for a PHP Developer who is keen to work in a startup environment esp. a product-based company.
Job Overview
We are hiring developers (from 0 to 10 experience) with relevant knowledge and experience with the development and deployment of large-scale cloud-native enterprise systems on PHP, REST APIs, Node Js, Flutter, AWS & MySql.
About Tech Department:
- Our internal tech team is responsible for end-to-end in-house tech support which includes and is not limited to design, development & deployment.
- We are continuously developing and improvising our products to enhance customer and team experience.
- As we are in the Fintech space, our team has to ensure the database security of the application
Job Summary
- Participate in the full development life cycle, working within broadly defined parameters including design, development, testing, and maintenance of the existing application with minimal supervision.
- Work on optimization and performance improvement activities. Instrument and test performance metrics.
- Participate in peer-to-peer code reviews to improve the quality and maintenance of the codebase.
- Collaboration with multiple internal/external stakeholders such as product, business, DBA, and Dev Ops.
- Design and implement APIs for web/mobile (both Android & iOS) applications.
- To be available on call for the projects or features developed by you. Things break, and you will be responsible to fix it when it does.
Experience & Skills Required
- 2+ years of experience (we are hiring freshers too for junior positions)
- Hands-on experience and knowledge of engineering end-to-end systems.
- Understanding of complete software development life cycle, including coding standards, and code reviews.
- Familiarity with multiple software development practices and tools
- Ability to write clean, modular, and loosely coupled code by the use of design patterns.
- Proficiency in the implementation of algorithms and the use of advanced data structures to solve problems in computing.
- A solid foundation and implementing principles of computer science is a must. Ex: object-oriented programming, concurrency, fundamentals of computer science, SQL databases.
Value addition
- Experience with AWS
- Working knowledge of payment gateways
- Good knowledge of Mysql Query optimization and Database design.

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Location : Gurugram (Full-time)
Job Description :
- We are looking for a skilled and experienced Java Engineer to join our dynamic team.
- The ideal candidate will have 4 to 10 Years of hands-on experience in software development, with a proven experience as Java Developer with a strong focus on Spring and Spring Boot, Relational Databases and AWS technologies.
- Strong understanding of monolithic & microservices architecture. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our applications.
- Ensuring their performance, quality and responsiveness.
Key Responsibilities :
● Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications using Java, Spring and Spring Boot.
● Develop and manage relational databases. Should be able to write complex SQL queries.
● Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.
● Have strong debugging skills to identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues.
● Deploy, manage, and scale applications on AWS.
● Conduct code reviews and integration testing to ensure software quality and reliability.
● Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
● Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends.
Qualifications :
● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
● 4 to 10 Years of experience in software development.
● Proficient in Java 8+, Spring and Spring Boot.
● Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL or other relational databases.
● Experience with microservices architecture.
● Understanding of Rest API design and development.
● Hands on experience with Unit Testing frameworks such as Junit, Mockito.
● Experience with version control systems such as Git.
● Solid understanding of object-oriented programming.
● Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
● Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
Preferred Qualifications :
● Strong knowledge of AWS services and best practices.
● Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
● Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Requirements / Experience:
- 4-8+ years of PHP application development experience
- Strong Experience using Laravel/CodeIgniter/ Symfonyframeworks
- Strong experience and theoretical knowledge of PHP
- Front end and back end development expertise
- JavaScript (Vue.js, React, node, Typescript, RequireJS)
- Front end frameworks (Bootstrap, Tailwind, etc.)
- Good background with SQL Databases (writing queries, optimization, query builders usage, ORMs)
- API development and documentation (OpenAPI)
- Troubleshooting (ability to react in the most effective manner to eliminate technical issues)
- Solution-Making (ability to propose the most effective technical solutions)
- NoSQL experience is nice to have
- Ability to work on existing live projects and do the modifications as required.
- Ability to work independently and in a team as well
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We are looking for a skilled and motivated Backend Engineer with 2 to 4 years of professional experience to join our dynamic engineering team. You will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining the backend systems that power our products. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions that align with business and user needs.
This role is ideal for engineers ready to take ownership of systems, contribute to architectural decisions, and solve complex backend challenges.
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- Design, build, and maintain robust backend systems and APIs that are scalable and maintainable.
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions.
- Model and manage data using SQL (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis), incorporating caching where needed.
- Implement and manage authentication, authorization, and data security practices.
- Write clean, well-documented, and well-tested code following best practices.
- Work with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) to deploy, monitor, and scale services effectively.
- Use tools like Docker (and optionally Kubernetes) for containerization and orchestration of backend services.
- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines for faster and safer deployments.
- Monitor and debug production issues, using observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) for root cause analysis.
- Participate in code reviews, contribute to improving development standards, and provide support to less experienced engineers.
- Work with event-driven or microservices-based architecture, and optionally use technologies like GraphQL, WebSockets, or message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ when suitable for the solution.
Requirements:
- 2 to 4 years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer or similar role.
- Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Ruby, etc.).
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design, asynchronous programming, and scalable architecture patterns.
- Solid experience with both relational and NoSQL databases, including designing and optimizing data models.
- Familiarity with Docker, Git, and modern CI/CD workflows.
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and deployment processes (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Exposure to monitoring, logging, and performance profiling practices in production environments.
- A good understanding of security best practices in backend systems.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile environment with evolving priorities.
FirstFiling is a FinTech startup that is managed, operated, and driven by Chartered Accountants, Company secretaries, IT engineers, and Lawyers. We provide registration and financial compliance services to businesses and individuals across India.
Our aim is to simplify the lives of people by helping individuals and businesses with mandatory compliances, filings, and statutory requirements while promoting financial literacy among the masses.
Role: Backend Developer (2 openings)
Technology Profile-
The candidate must have experience in the following technologies (the more the better):
Backend:
Languages and Frameworks: PHP, NodeJS, Python, etc.
Database: MySQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, Neo4j, etc.
Extra: OAuth, Firebase
Requirements:
- Ability to reuse components
- Proven experience in working with Git and Github
- Creating and consuming a RESTful API
- You must have clear concepts of client-server architecture
- Familiarity with MVC (Model-View-Controller) design patterns
- Working experience with NoSQL and relational databases
- Understanding of OOP concepts
Furthermore, the candidate must have built or published any web app or project through which they can demonstrate their experience and knowledge of the aforementioned technologies and requirements.
We are searching for a Laravel developer to build web applications for our clients. In this role, you will design and create projects using Laravel framework and PHP, and assist the team in delivering high-quality web applications, services, and tools for our business.
Responsibilities-
- Discussing project aims with the client and development team.
- Designing and building web applications using Laravel.
- Troubleshooting issues in the implementation and debug builds.
- Working with front-end and back-end developers on projects.
- Testing functionality for users and the backend.
Requirements-
- Experience working with PHP, performing unit testing, and managing APIs such as REST.
- A solid understanding of application design using Laravel.
- Knowledge of database design and querying using SQL.
- Proficiency in HTML and JavaScript.
Additional information-
Job type- Full time- in office
Minimum experience- 1 year
Roles and Responsibilities
SponsifyMe Technologies(EasyLeadz) is looking for a CakePHP/PHP Developer.
- Helping senior developer build bank end and front end services and products.
- You will also be responsible for integrating third party API's into the application. A basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.
- Knowledge of python and mongodb will be an added advantage.
The role is hybrid i.e both in office and work from home for rest of the days.
We have a product EasyLeadz used by over 80000 businesses worldwide, software subscription.
We are expanding our team to grow it further.
Desired Candidate Profile
A minimum of 1 year of experience working in PHP. Ideally MongoDB and Restful API too.
Perks and Benefits
- Market standard salary
- Work from home till covid restrictions are in place, hybrid work environment later on.
- No pressure, only Monday to Friday work
- Working with a fast growing company that already serves 95,000+ customers globally including Microsoft, Amazon.
- Working directly with the founder & CTO of the company.
Responsibilities:-
- Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications
- Integrate software components and third-party programs
- Verify and deploy programs and systems
- Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
- Gather and evaluate user feedback
- Recommend and execute improvements
- Ensure highest standard of performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.
Requirements:-
- Overall 3-7 years of software engineering experience working with web applications and backend systems.
- At least 2 years of experience in production environment working with Ruby on Rails along with common libraries such as RSpec, Sidekiq, Redis.
- Strong understanding of concepts like MVC, ORM, and RESTful
- Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming fundamentals.
- Strong understanding of server-side templating languages like SLIM and CSS pre-processors like SASS.
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
- Strong experience working with Linux like Operating Systems and shell environments like Bash, ZSH.
- Strong knowledge of integrating multiple databases into one system.
- Basic understanding of systems architecture and fundamental design principles behind a scalable web application.
- Ability to understand business requirements, derive database schemas and translate them into technical specifications and code.
- Strong hands on experience of Relation Databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL with ability of benchmarking and performance optimisation.
- Strong knowledge of any NoSQL database like MongoDB.
- Strong experience practicing TDD and writing test cases to achieve highest code coverage.
- Experience working with search engines like Elasticsearch, Solr is a plus.
- Experience integrating third party software and payment gateways is a plus.
- Experience deploying applications to cloud and setting up CI/CD is a plus.
- Experience building container images using tools like Docker is a plus.
- Experience with any popular JavaScript frameworks like React JS, Angular JS is a plus.
- Ability to learn new languages and technologies.
Main Duties
Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
Write well designed, testable, efficient code
Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
Prepare and produce releases of software components
Role & Relationships
We consider ourselves a team & you will be a valuable part of it. You could be reporting to a Senior member or directly to our Founder, CEO
Educational Qualifications
We don’t discriminate. As long as you have the required skill set & the right attitude
Experience
Upto seven years of experience, preferably working on Java.
Skills
Good
Strong understanding of Core Java , Servlet, JSP
Knowledge of RDBMS (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server), NoSQL
Knowledge of RESTful Web Services, XML, JSON, Spring
Good team player
Even better
Familiarity with the software development lifecycle
Strong Full stack developer development background with frontend and backend web applications
Competencies
An aptitude to solve problems & learn something new
Highly self-motivated
Analytical frame of mind
Ability to work in fast-paced, dynamic environment
Location
Currently in Pune
Remuneration
Once we meet, we shall make an offer depending on how good a fit you are & the experience you already have
About us
Aikon Labs Pvt Ltd is a start-up focused on Realizing Ideas. One such idea is iEngage.io, our Intelligent Engagement Platform. We leverage Augmented Intelligence, a combination of machine-driven insights & human understanding, to serve a timely response to every interaction from the people you care about.
Hirirng for Sr PHP Developer Gurgaon
Experience with object-oriented programming in PHP
front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
experience in MVC frameworks (CodeIgniter,Zend, Laravel etc.).












