PHP Developer

About Astra:

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 9300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview:

As a back-end engineer you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the platform/dashboard backend. This would involve developing & maintaining RESTful services for vulnerability management, scan orchestration, inventory management and platform features such as on-boarding, trust centers, certificates, payment integrations, vulnerability ingestion, authentication etc. 

You should have a strong background in backend programming (Symfony preferred, or Laravel) and have experience with an event driven, async & distributed architecture. 

During the first 6 months of your role, you will be involved in the 0->1 journey of two of our upcoming products in our platform along with the respective product owners.

Love solving hard problems? Want to build high impact products rooted in first principles? Is coding your poetry? Join us in shaping the future of cyber security.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Symfony PHP framework. What you create is also what you own.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Collaborate with scanner teams to orchestrate scans, ingest vulnerabilities, configure scanners etc.
• Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code.
• Optimize and refactor existing code to improve performance and reliability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Triage, troubleshoot and upgrade existing systems.
• Ship code to production multiple times a day/week.
• Ensure timely delivery of the features.
• Test your own features, and write test cases for continuous automated testing.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices and standards.

What we are looking for:

• 3 years experience in a similar role or similar working experience.
• Strong background in PHP backend programming. Symfony preferred, or Laravel.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns.
• Experience with an event driven (subscribers/listeners), async (MessageHandlers & job queues) & distributed (load-balanced) architecture.
• Experience with PostgreSQL database and data modeling.
• Understanding of concepts such as Dependency Injection, ORM, data validation, error handling etc.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions (good to have).
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional remote teams.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in software development, security, and compliance.
• Knowledge of application & infrastructure security - helps you stand out. 

What We offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company, and working on hard problems that matter.
• Fully remote, agile working environment.
• Good engineering culture with full ownership in design, development, release lifecycle.
• A wholesome opportunity where you get to build things from scratch, improve and ship code to production in hours, not weeks.
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business.
• Experience with the security side of things.
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (next one is to Wayanad).
• Open and supportive culture.
• Health insurance & other benefits for you and your spouse. Maternity benefits included.

If you’re one of the best and brightest, a highly-motivated innovator, a fast worker, and a fierce competitor, you might be just the person we’re looking for! Entrata’s Research and Development department is seeking a Software Engineer. You will spend a lot of time working with senior architects and directors, designing database schema, and laying out the basic code architecture so an offshore team can run with it. You will also be tasked with projects that you will own and see through to completion.

Responsibilities will include:

• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code 
• Solve technical problems by working closely with Development Managers, UX, Product Managers, and offshore teams
• Designs high-performance database schema and code architecture for their products
• Empower offshore teams to rapidly deliver stable, high-performing, and reliable code. This requires frequent interaction with them by teleconference.
• Reviews and corrects code for quality and design through constant evaluation of product code and getting involved in complicated or sensitive code
• Maintain database queries and write scalable SQL
• Contribute in all phases of the development life-cycle (back-end and front-end)
• Participate in and advocate for Agile and Scrum activities
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Handle high traffic website operations, be proactive with maintenance, and exhibit problem-solving skills to ensure optimal working and performance of the websites
• Build interfaces and change existing functionalities and logic of existing code for improvement
• Understand standard systems development life-cycle processes and apply agile methodology effectively on client & internal engagements
• Apply knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve service to the client and internal project

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of development experience (PHP is preferred)Experience working with web-based applications and processes
• SQL and her database knowledge
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ambitious, dedicated, and a little eccentric
• Team-oriented, willing to standardize code and architecture

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
• Experience with microservices
• Experience working with offshore teams

As a senior software engineer, you will contribute to our end-to-end supply chain platform. You'll work with all key stakeholders to deliver scalable, maintainable backend code and work with frontend developers to deliver amazing user experiences. We are building a design and process-centric culture where you'll play a key role in the implementation of the foundation of all our systems. Up for a challenge?

You are:

• A self-starter with a sense of what it takes to be successful as a team
• An agile - welcome change, do as little as possible and embrace continuous delivery
• Conscious about how quality is carried through from the UI to all layers underneath
• Opinionated, but flexible to accommodate the big picture

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements, provide estimates and deliver code in an agile setup
• Stay on top of all owned work and raise red flags as early as possible
• Define the architecture, best practices, and coding standards
• Support continuous technical improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and present them for architectural review 
• Motivate team members, coach junior members, and extend goodwill to other employees

Ideal candidate must have :

- 2+ years of experience in writing code

- Ability to meet tight deadlines

- Can work independently and be a team contributor

- Must have good knowledge of Node, Python and Scripting languages

- Experience in one or more of RDBMS - PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle

- Experience with NoSQL and real-time DB - Firebase/Firestore or MongoDB

- Must be able to write concise and high-quality API

- Must be a quick learner, curious and ambitious