PHP Developer

Job Title: Laravel Developer

Research Areas: Backend Development, Web Application Development, API Development

Location: Kannur, Kerala (On-site)

Experience (in years): 1

Nature of work: Full-time, on-site. You’ll be working on backend development, handling integrations, and building scalable web applications along with the team.

About Urbanhub Innovations:

Urbanhub Innovations is a dynamic digital solutions company based in Kannur, focused on building innovative and scalable web and mobile applications for modern businesses. With expertise in technologies such as Flutter, React, Next.js, and the MERN stack, the company delivers user-centric products that combine functionality, performance, and seamless user experience. Urbanhub works closely with clients to transform ideas into impactful digital solutions that meet real-world needs.At Urbanhub Innovations, we believe that technology is driven by people. The organization promotes a collaborative and supportive work culture where creativity, learning, and innovation are encouraged at every level. Team members are given the opportunity to work on real-time projects, gain hands-on experience, and continuously enhance their skills in a fast-evolving digital environment.

We are committed to creating a positive and growth-oriented workplace where employees feel valued, empowered, and motivated to contribute their best.

Position Overview:

We’re looking for a Laravel Developer who can handle backend development and integrations confidently. You should have at least 1 year of hands-on experience and be comfortable working with databases, APIs, and third-party services like payment gateways (web-based).

Role and Responsibilities:

1. Backend Development:

• Build and maintain web applications using Laravel

• Write clean, structured, and maintainable code

• Ensure performance, security, and stability of applications

2. Database Handling:

• Work with SQL databases (MySQL preferred and required)

• Design, manage, and optimize database structures

• Work with NoSQL databases when required

3. Third-Party Integrations:

• Integrate third-party services such as payment gateways (web-based only)

• Work with external APIs and services

• Handle secure data exchange between systems

4. Team Collaboration:

• Work with frontend developers and designers

• Understand requirements and implement backend solutions

• Debug, test, and improve application performance

• Keep up with Laravel updates and backend best practices

Essential Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience in Laravel

• Strong experience working with SQL databases (MySQL required)

• Experience working with NoSQL databases

• Experience with third-party integrations, especially payment integrations

• Good understanding of APIs and backend workflows

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Ability to work well in a team

Plus Points (Good to Have):

• Experience with advanced payment flows (subscriptions, webhooks, etc.)

• Familiarity with Redis, caching, or queues

• Knowledge of API authentication (JWT, OAuth)

• Experience with deployment or server handling

Laravel developer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining web applications using the Laravel framework. They must have a strong understanding of PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Additionally, they should have experience working with other PHP frameworks and have a good understanding of software design principles.

The responsibilities of a Laravel developer may include:

• Developing, testing, and maintaining web applications using Laravel.
• Working closely with other developers and stakeholders to ensure the application meets requirements.
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues with the application.
• Writing clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Developing and maintaining APIs to integrate with other systems.
• Ensuring the application is secure and scalable.
• Participating in code reviews and collaborating with the team to improve code quality.
• Staying up-to-date with new technologies and best practices in web development.

Designation : Sr Executive - Web Developer

Job Location - Pune 

About Amura: 

Amura Marketing is a next generation Martech company, delivering end-to-end marketing and sales solutions to leading brands in India. 

The company's ethos is built upon the philosophy of 'Marketing Engineered', an approach that delivers marketing & sales solutions through innovative ideas in design, engineering and technology. 

Role in the organization: Amura is looking for a Sr Software Developer who will be a part of a tech team that is responsible for all aspects of the ongoing software development from the initial specification, to developing, testing, and launching. If you want to design and develop websites that can change the consumer experience with a team of Crazy Developers and ever-demanding clients, Amura is the place for you!

• Discuss the project goals with the client and development team.
• Designing and building web applications using WordPress, Laravel, PHP, jQuery, javascript-based frameworks like VueJS.
• 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.
• Ensuring that integrations run smoothly.
• Scaling projects based on client feedback.
• Recording and reporting on work done in WordPress/Laravel.
• Maintaining web-based applications.
• Website deployment assistance - Hosting websites on Godaddy or AWS EC2 ubuntu instance
• Presenting work in meetings with clients and management.

• 3-6 years experience working with PHP, performing unit testing, and managing APIs such as REST.
• A solid understanding of application design using PHP, WordPress, Laravel 8.
• Knowledge of database design and querying using MySQL, PostGre.
• Good knowledge of CRUD operations in RDBMS(MySQL) using MySQL command line, PDO and Eloquent ORM 
• Knows programming using HTML5, CSS3, PHP, JSON, JavaScript, jQuery.
• Practical experience using the OOP and MVC architecture.

• Experience in integration of 3rd party services like SMS gateway, Payment gateway, HubSpot, ZohoCRM, SalesForce etc.

• Good Experience with DevOps version control/continuous integration. (GIT/GitHub/bitbucket) and Unix/Linux.
• Problem-solving skills and critical mindset.
• Great communication skills.
• The desire and ability to learn.
• Is passionate about and knows how to build quality products on the web
• Is comfortable with agile working, fast shipment of code, and releasing new versions fast as per client feedback.
• Is extremely detail oriented. Strives for pixel-perfect implementation on all browsers.
• Is passionate about performance debugging and benchmarking.
• A keen eye for style and fast turn-around on tasks with attention to detail is a must

Additional Skills: (will be an added advantage)

• API development for mobile applications
• Ecommerce website development using woo-commerce, shopify
• Provisioning server for deployment
• SSL certificate configuration
• Knowledge of javascript frameworks like VueJS(Nuxt), ReactJS(Next) 

• 5 years experience with the Django framework
• Experience with building APIs (REST or GraphQL) 
• Strong Troubleshooting and debugging skills
• React.js knowledge would be an added bonus 
• Understanding on how to use a database like Postgres (prefered choice), SQLite, MongoDB, MySQL.
• Sound knowledge of object-oriented design and analysis.
• A strong passion for writing simple, clean and efficient code.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools Git.

Experience:

• Min 5 year experience
• Startup experience is a must. 

Location:

• Remote developer

Timings:

• 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone.  Typically clients are in California PST Timezone.

Position:

• Full time/Direct
• We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
• We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods.  You will stay here because you love the company.  We have only a 15 days notice period.

About the role: We’re looking for a Node.Js Developer who can adapt to new tech stacks and innovate with cutting-edge technology solutions, to build eCommerce platforms that are unique, disruptive, and powerful.

What you'll do:
● Integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
● Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
● Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
● Implement security and data protection integrations
● Integrate data storage solutions such as databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.
● Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
● Ensure high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.

What you'll need:
● Bachelor's degree with minimum 3 years of work experience as a Node Js.
● Strong proficiency in JavaScript or Typescript
● Understanding of Node.js and its frameworks such as Express or StrongLoop
● Understanding of the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
● Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
● Understanding of accessibility, security compliance, user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
● Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
● Understanding of code versioning tools, such as GIT
● Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
● Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile and desktop and its optimization output
● Knowledge on creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
● Knowledge on implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests

Who Should Consider Joining:
● If you like challenges and think from a first principle basis,
● If you are driven to take ownership and are adept at rolling with the punches,
● If you have the aspiration to grow fast in the dynamic environment of a start-up,
● If you are a collaborative team member, who believes in collective success,
● If you are someone who makes objective, fact-based decisions

Who should not consider joining:
● If the role description does not excite you, then you should not join us
● We are a startup and things will move fast. If you are not comfortable in a fast-paced environment, then you should not join us
● If you are not a self-starter who is willing to learn & experiment more, then you should not join us.

What We Offer:
● Limitless growth and learning opportunities
● Exposure to cutting edge technology solutions and upcoming stacks in the market
● In house technical training on GIT, Automated Testing, Code Coverage, Language Training and much more
● A collaborative and positive culture — Your team will be as smart and driven as you.
● Guidance and mentorship from industry experts and renowned IIT Alumnus
● An opportunity to make an impact — Your work will contribute directly to our strategy and growth

• 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

1. Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks like Laravel and working on other skills.
2. Strong knowledge of MYSQL, RDBMS
3. Familiar with Apache Configuration
4. Experience in object-oriented PHP programming
5. Understanding of MVC design patterns
6. User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
7. Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
8. Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.

The maximum notice period considers being 30 days.

Male candidates will be considered in the development profile.

The mode of Interview will be telephonic and the final round will be on Skype.