PHP Developer

We are searching for a Laravel developer to build web applications for our company. In this role, you will design and create projects using the Laravel framework and PHP, and assist the team in delivering high-quality web applications, services, and tools for our business. 

• Designing and building web applications using Laravel.
• Troubleshooting issues in the implementation and debugging of builds.
• Working with front-end and back-end developers on projects.
• Testing functionality for users and the backend.
• Ensuring that integrations run smoothly.
• Scaling projects based on client feedback.
• Recording and reporting on work done in Laravel.
• Maintaining web-based applications.

What do we require for this role?

• Able to understand project requirements and handle projects independently.
• Strong learning capability.
• Contribute to all phases of the development.
• Knowledge of PHP/CodeIgniter will be preferred.
• Basic Knowledge of JavaScript and Web Services.
• Sound knowledge of PHP, MySQL, jQuery, etc.

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced senior web developer to join our friendly team to participate in the

development of the next-generation app and who has the technical ability to implement server side

code written in the Laravel framework. Your main responsibility will be designing and implementing

applications that are written in PHP. This means you will work closely with front end developers to

integrate back-end components with the components they're creating for users to interact with.

Therefore, it is important that youre able to effectively communicate and collaborate with your

colleagues. You will take a lead role in the technical side of our company with room to grow as we

continue to grow.

Technologies/ Frameworsk:

PHP, Laravel, Lumen, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, RESTful API, Microservice, API Gateway,

JavaScript, jQuery, Docker, Load Balancer, LMAP, Nginx

Skills Required:

• Extensive experience in PHP Laravel, API Gateway

• Hands-on experience in web services-RESTful

• Knowledge of RESTful API design patterns and Integrations technologies. JSON

Language and scripting as well as Rest Oriented Architecture (ROA)

• Knowledge of HTTP and SOAP Protocols

• Hands-on experience with MySQL / PostgreSQL / MS SQL development including data

modelling, concurrency, query optimization, stored procedure development, and tuning

• Familiarity & Expertise with Bitbucket / GitHub,

• Comfortable working with JavaScript and jQuery

• Understanding and Practising of coding best practices

• Creative and efficient problem solver

• Knowledge of AWS API Gateway, Apigee API Gateway, Azure API Gateway or any other

API Gateways.

• Hands-on experience in working with API gateways added advantage

• Understanding and experience on Data Patterns

Responsibilities:

• Ability to work closely with technical architects and architecture governance technical

team for solution development and design reviews

• Analyse, design, develop, as well as implement RESTful services and APIs

• Be involved in the development life cycle and perform definition and feasibility analysis as

well as in the API lifecycle release management

• Implement, integrate, and document a variety of software platforms through the RESTful

API framework

• API development with OpenAPI Specifications and other standards

• Apply the latest software design techniques and contribute to the technical design of new

solutions

• Modify existing programs, prepare test data and functional specifications.

• Troubleshoot issues and solve problems, identify potential process improvement areas

• Implement common APIs based on architecture guidelines and frameworks

• Responsible for mapping, designing specs for transformation between API Gateway and

backend service

• Write object-oriented, clean, and maintainable code

• Deliver quality results on time with minimal supervision

• Ensuring that integrations run smoothly.

• Scaling projects based on client feedback.

• Mentoring/training in API architecture & code quality

• Work closely with API Solutions Architect and Platform Administrators

• Work closely with the Business Product Owners, and must understand the short and

medium term strategy for the business

Requirements:

• Experience working with PHP, performing unit testing, and managing APIs such as

RESTful.

• A solid understanding of application design using Laravel.

• Knowledge of database design and querying using SQL.

• Proficiency in HTML and JavaScript.

• Practical experience using the MVC architecture.

• A portfolio of applications and programs to your name.

• Problem-solving skills and critical mindset. - Great communication skills.

• Desire and ability to learn

Company Overview

CareStack is a complete cloud-based dental software solution for scheduling, clinical, billing, patient engagement, and reporting needs of dental offices of any size - whether it's a single location or a large multi-site DSO with hundreds of locations.

The company was founded in 2015 and the commercial launch was done in early 2018. Since then, more than 1000 offices have chosen CareStack as their single source of truth. This is the fastest growth till date in the dental practice management software market, dominated by 100 year old distribution companies.

More about CareStack

●    Rated by independent B2B software reviews and research analysts as the most modern, innovative and customer experience focussed company in the space with the fastest growth in the segment.

●    Important strategic go to market partnerships with dental industry leaders like Delta Dental, Darby Dental and several others.

●    Venture backed with over $60M raised from leading financial and strategic investors.

●    HQ'd in Orlando, FL with offices in Minnesota, Bangalore, Trivandrum and Cochin.

Role Overview

CareStack seeks to hire Software Development Engineer - 1 to build its next generation healthcare platform. You will be reporting to a Staff SDE in your business unit , to develop and release services and solutions for our platform, aligning with your business unit’s goals and objectives.

Key responsibilities

●    Technical Design

You can be a specialist in technology areas, but capable of creating complete designs to solve a specific problem that accomplishes a definitive product feature or enables a technical advancement.You should work with your lead to review your design and embrace the feedback

●    Process Definition/Adherence

You should deliver estimations, review test scenarios/cases created by QAs in your team, participate in sprint grooming and planning meetings. You must learn, practice and evangelize standard techniques for grooming, defining complexity of stories and estimation.

●    Code Quality

At Carestack we believe that your code reflects your character. Code for scale, produce maintainable reusable code. You must commit to clean coding, continuous refactoring to ensure a high level of code quality. Continuously learn, practice and evangelize coding patterns/best practices within and outside your team. You should ensure testability of team functional areas, facilitate integration testing, resolve deep rooted technical issues and proactively collaborate with team members in solving complex problems.

●    Team Player

You should proactively communicate to resolve dependencies within and outside the team. Understand organizations culture code and streamline conversations and activities that will further instill this code. Mentor and coach new additions to your team.

●    Value/Mission Alignment

Be a champion for CareStack within the Engineering team. Help drive workplace and cultural norms within your business unit that align with CareStack company values.

This role may be for you if you…

●    Have an insatiable itch to join and the courage to scale an early-stage technology company.

●    Have 2-4 years of experience in building modern day web platforms, using Microsoft technologies on the backend.

●    Can be a generalist or specialist with deep understanding of building software components that meet defined requirements, with good understanding of .NET Core/ASP.NET.

●    Are proficient in data structures and algorithms, and object oriented analysis and design of software systems.

●    Are a backend specialist with good understanding of event driven programming, distributed systems, caching/in-memory computing systems, data modeling for transactional systems.

●    Solid understanding of relational and non relational databases including warehouses.Preferably MySQL, MSSQL, Vertica and CosmosDB

●    Solid understanding of CI/CD patterns and IaC.

●    Expertise in building ETLs in both batch and streaming model.

●    Expertise in building and testing APIs and micro services

This role may not be for you if you…

●    Don’t have the itch to design solutions and write code and you don’t grab every other opportunity to review and write code.

●    Don’t have the fire in you to fight for your design suggestions and debate with logical data points

●    Don’t have the trait to be transactional in code reviews/design discussions, accept your mistakes and appreciate better ideas from your peers.

●    Haven’t developed the habit of doing objective conversations that are data driven.

* Write “clean”, well-designed code

* Produce detailed specifications

* Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality

* Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

* Follow industry best practices

* Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary

Requirements:

* Proven software development experience in PHP

* Understanding of Frameworks like Laravel, CodeIgnitor, Wordpress, Yii, etc

* Demonstrable knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX etc

* Good knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and of developing web services

* Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook, Ebay etc)

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

* BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject

• As a Senior Software Engineer you will work closely with the Tech Lead, and the rest of the engineering team to build and scale a data-driven platform. This role will act as a great springboard to accelerate career growth & transition into a Tech Lead level role.
• Your primary focus will be the development of server-side logic, building new services and APIs, developing core business logic, supporting the maintenance of current APIs, reviewing work, and improving the performance and reliability of our systems as we rapidly scale our product and organization.
• An effective Senior Software Engineer will be a self-motivated learner; a highly creative engineer having obsessive attention towards detail and thoroughness.

Must Haves

• You’ve been building web applications professionally for 5+ years
• You’re proficient in PHP 7, Laravel, and PostgreSQL
• You possess strong OOP and design pattern knowledge
• Familiar with modern engineering practices: Code Reviews, Continuous Deployment, Automated Testing, etc
• You write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability and experienced with TDD (Test Driven Development)
• You’ve the ability to build RESTful APIs
• Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support team, and fellow engineers is not a problem for you
• Well versed with the fundamentals of computer science and distributed systems

Nice-to-haves

• FrontEnd experience; have built applications in either: React, Vue, Angular, or Svelte
• Startup experience, preferably a tech startup
• Open Source contributor
• You have experience with other programming languages -- e.g. NodeJS, Python, Ruby, Go, C, etc.
• Passionate about/experienced with open source and developer tools
• You have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience

Bonus

• Experience deploying applications; AWS, DigitalOcean, etc.
• Experience with leading a team of 3+ developers

Apply if

• You want to be a team member rather than an employee - cultural fit is the most important thing. Start-up life is a roller coaster and we want to make sure no matter how the day has gone we can still go out (virtually) for a pint at the end of it
• You take ownership
• You’ve an eye for detail
• You’re a problem solver, and a perpetual learner
• You possess a positive and solution-oriented mindset

• 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.