PHP Developer

Job Description: PHP Developer (Laravel/Symfony)

Location: Bengaluru – Kalyani Neptune, Bannerghatta Road

Work Mode: Work from Office (Full-time)

Experience Required: 3+ years

Joining: Immediate Joiners Preferred

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced PHP Developer with hands-on expertise in Laravel or Symfony (preferably Symfony), who can contribute to full-cycle project development. You will be responsible for building robust backend solutions and integrating with multiple services while following best practices of object-oriented design and RESTful architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, enhance, and maintain web applications using PHP frameworks (Laravel/Symfony)
• Collaborate with product managers and business analysts to understand requirements
• Create scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using MVC architecture
• Implement and maintain microservice-based architecture
• Integrate third-party APIs, libraries, and services
• Work with relational databases like MySQL/PostgreSQL using ORM tools such as Doctrine or Eloquent
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and overall software development lifecycle
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide long-term solutions

Required Skills:

• Strong programming knowledge in PHP with at least 2 years of experience
• Hands-on experience in Symfony or Laravel (Symfony preferred)
• Solid understanding of OOP and MVC design pattern
• Strong experience in creating and consuming REST APIs
• Experience working in service-based architectures or microservices
• Familiarity with Doctrine or Eloquent ORM
• Proficiency in MySQL/PostgreSQL

Good to Have:

• Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Familiarity with cloud services such as Lambda, S3, and RDS
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join our Technology team. You will be responsible for the server-side of our web applications. You’ll be working closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and improve user experience.

You’ll be part of a cross-functional team that’s responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.

Skills and Expertise

• Strong experience with backend technologies (PHP / Laravel framework)
• Deep understanding of REST API design and WebSockets
• Confident handling of Git, IntelliJ/Eclipse, Docker and/or Kubernetes, Maven, Jenkins or comparable tools
• You have knowledge in the development of a micro service architecture with modern technologies
• Apply software best practices such as CI/CD, TDD and clean code principles
• Eager to learn new technologies and concepts and aspiration to constantly improve yourself
• Experience in working with APIs, both third-party and custom written
• Good understanding of applications building and debugging with reusability and modularity in mind
• A structured, creative, and solution-oriented way of working

Responsibilities

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate solutions
• Design client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write technical documentation
• Work with data scientists and analysts to improve the product

Job Highlights

• Must be proficient in PHP,WordPress MVC,MySQL,CSS,HTML,JavaScript,AJAX,JSON Should possess strong experience on Symfony
• Must have experience in API Development
• Good knowledge of relational databases,version control tools and of developing web services Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• 1 -3 years experience with PHP-framework based Development

Job description

• Looking for a PHP Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users. His primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to request from the front-end. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Key Responsibilities

• Head responsibility to evaluate, design, develop and assist application systems. Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers.
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules.
• Integration of data storage solutions & Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle. Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality.
• Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary.

Responsibilities :

- Assist in requirements gathering and technical planning to design solutions that meet client needs

- Create clean, well-documented, efficient, and standards-compliant code with an eye towards performance optimization

- Actively troubleshoot and support applications in production-- critical environments

- Implement and maintain Shopify development standards and best practices

- Tracks the work against plan and reports the status on agreed time without fail.

- Interface with the clients to understand and document their needs.

Primary Technical Skills:

Shopify and Shopify Plus

PHP

OOPS

JavaScript

XML

JSON

Basic Knowledge in React JS

Soft Skills

• Good oral and written communication.

Required Skills:

- 3 to 5 years of experience in working with Shopify and Shopify Plus stores

- Good  knowledge of frontend development and liquid programming language

- Strong hands to Install & Customize new Shopify theme.

- Basic experience in writing Ruby scripts to run promotions

- Experience in integrating external API’s

- Experience in 3^rd party integrations like ERP- Netsuite, SAP, Odoo, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, Epicor etc.
- Experience in Implementing Shopify Ajax API, Admin APIs and configuring third party apps

- Knowledge of building custom, private and embedded apps

- Experience working with the following technologies: JavaScript (JQuery), XML, JSON, SQL, PHP, CSS3

- Knowledge in other ecommerce platforms like Magento, woocommerce, BigCommerce will be preferred.

- Experience with OOP PHP (2+ years)

- Familiarity with GIT

- Demonstrated ability to adapt and work with team members of various experience levels

- Ability to work with minimal direction with a focus on customer satisfaction

- Good written and verbal communication skills

5+ years experience with ecommerce web development projects, working in a client services environment, and building sites from start to finish.

Proven experience in collaborating with other developers, technical architects, project managers, UX designers, business analysts, and QA analysts. Experience interfacing directly with clients a plus. Excellent communication, interpersonal and team-orientation skills.

Experience working on ecommerce sites for clients with yearly revenues above $5M.

Solid problem-solving and analytical skills in complex environments.

Proven experience in managing complex integrations with customers and third parties in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle.

5+ years experience developing client solutions on Magento (3+ years with Magento 2, prior experience with Magento 1).

 Experience with Magneto Cloud.

5+ years experience with CSS, Javascript, PHP, LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). We’ll be expecting that you have advanced knowledge of these technologies that you can apply to your projects. Knowledge of frameworks like CakePHP, CodeIgniter, or Zend Framework would definitely put you ahead of the game.

3+ years experience with advanced JavaScript development and front-end frameworks, especially as they relate to Magento 2.

3+ years experience with HTML and CSS development and front-end frameworks, especially as they relate to Magento 2.

3+ years experience with API integration and/or custom extension development in Magento 2.

Proven experience in creating performant and robust solutions, optimizing both server-side and client-side performance.

One or more Magento Certifications strongly preferred.

Responsibilities:  

• Participating and collaborating in our project methodology and Agile Scrum software development lifecycle as a key contributor.
• Assist technical architects in technical solution definition
• Breaking down and estimating user stories and technical tasks.
• Software development in Magento, PHP, and related technologies.
• Identify and communicate technical dependencies and risks. In collaboration with colleagues on the project, work diligently to reduce technical risks.
• Code review and merging of code in source controls systems (such as git).
• Unit testing and demonstrating working solutions for software you develop.
• Mentoring colleagues, pair programming, and code review.
• Documentation of technical solutions.
• Remediation of defects found during testing.
• Assisting in deployments to pre-production and production environments.
• Keeping Agile and project management systems updated with progress and status on daily basis (Jira).
• Learn and adhere to company coding and quality standards and conventions. Follow project-level design decisions and conventions.
• This is a “production” role, and you are responsible for tracking your time on customer projects and meeting your production targets on a weekly basis.

• Have the passion and experience for building responsive, elegant and engaging experiences with future friendly web technologies.
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic.
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code with proper documentation. Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications Implementation of security and data protection Integration of data storage solutions.
• Continually keep yourself and your design team updated with the latest changes in your industry’s standards

We are building a global content marketplace that brings companies and content

creators together to scale up content creation processes across 50+ content verticals and 150+ industries. Over the past 2.5 years, we’ve worked with companies like India Today, Amazon India, Adobe, Swiggy, Dunzo, Businessworld, Paisabazaar, IndiGo Airlines, Apollo Hospitals, Infoedge, Times Group, Digit, BookMyShow, UpGrad, Yulu, YourStory, and 350+ other brands.
Our mission is to become the world’s largest content creation and distribution platform for all kinds of content creators and brands.

Our Team

We are a 25+ member company and is scaling up rapidly in both team size and our ambition.

If we were to define the kind of people and the culture we have, it would be -

a) Individuals with an Extreme Sense of Passion About Work

b) Individuals with Strong Customer and Creator Obsession

c) Individuals with Extraordinary Hustle, Perseverance & Ambition

We are on the lookout for individuals who are always open to going the extra mile and thrive in a fast-paced environment. We are strong believers in building a great, enduring

a company that can outlast its builders and create a massive impact on the lives of our

employees, creators, and customers alike.

Our Investors

We are fortunate to be backed by some of the industry’s most prolific angel investors - Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal (Snapdeal founders), YourStory Media. (Shradha Sharma); Dr. Saurabh Srivastava, Co-founder of IAN and NASSCOM; Slideshare co-founder Amit Ranjan; Indifi's Co-founder and CEO Alok Mittal; Sidharth Rao, Chairman of Dentsu Webchutney; Ritesh Malik, Co-founder and CEO of Innov8; Sanjay Tripathy, former CMO, HDFC Life, and CEO of Agilio Labs; Manan Maheshwari, Co-founder of WYSH; and Hemanshu Jain, Co-founder of Diabeto.
Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners