PHP Developer

This is a fully remote opportunity

About Us:

We at Ascendeum provide Data and AdTech strategy consultation to businesses worldwide. We started our journey with private funding and has been operating profitably since 2015. We are a lean team of 50+ highly productive and smart people spread across various parts of India who have been consistently delivering intelligent solutions that enable enterprise-level websites and apps to maximize their digital advertising returns.

Job Details:

We are looking for an analytical, results-driven Back-end Engineer who holds a passion to troubleshoot and improve current back-end applications and processes. The Back- end Developer will use his or her understanding of programming languages and tools to analyze current codes and industry developments, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create a more seamless experience for users.

Job Responsibilities:

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
• Developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
• Recording data and reporting it to proper parties, such as clients or leadership.
• Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team
• members.
• Taking lead on projects, as needed.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer programming, computer science, or a related field.
• Solid experience specializing in developing and managing back-end systems for enterprise-grade applications.
• Strong command on Python and databases such as MySQL.
• Strong understanding of the web development cycle and programming
• techniques and tools.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement.
• Excellent project and time management skills.
• Strong problem solving and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group.

Personality fit 

Looking to hire a Backend developer, who wakes up every day with the zeal of learning something new - a mind that is always curious. Not only this, he should be proud to have a good experience on algorithms and understand his technology at the atomic level.

Preliminary requirements for the role

1. Should understand the architecture of Node Js language, and must have had at least 1 year of solid experience in writing robust code in this language.
2. Should be well versed with basic algorithms on ( array, Linked list, stack, queue)- Yes, we do ask questions associated with time and space complexity for the above-mentioned algorithms
3. Thorough understanding of MySQL, in that, creating all types of joins ( inner, outer, left, and right) on multiple tables, views, and triggers are a piece of cake for you.
4. Further, you should have a decent understanding of database designs so that you can make quick decisions about normalization, inclusion/exclusion of foreign keys, etc
5. Should have a decent understanding of code repository tool such as GitHub
6. Should be well versed with the basics of AWS ( understanding of cloud architecture would be a plus)
7. Should be aware of the commonly used encryption techniques such as JWT, API encryption, Token management, etc
8. Exposure to working in E-commerce related applications as well as in a startup environment would be an add on. 

We are looking for a Node.js Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your 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 requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

• 2+ years of experience with Node.js/Express.js or similar framework
• 1+ years of experience with MongoDB
• 1+ years of experience creating REST APIs and backend systems
• Experience with Docker is a plus
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Server Setup/AWS/GCP experience is a plus
• Creating APIs and backend systems
• Scraping sites and creating backend dashboards for data management
• Backend infrastructure management and deployment

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
• Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.
• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
• Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar.
• At least two years of experience as a Node.js developer.
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.
• Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
• Great organizational and time management skills.
• Availability to resolve urgent web application issues outside of business hours.

• Build robust & scalable web applications
• Participate in product design, development, verification, troubleshooting & delivery of web applications.
• Design and create relational database schema & application framework as needed
• Work with a worldwide team to integrate the product to meet the requirement

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science from a top-tier institution
• Relevant full-time work experience of 4-8 years
• Strong foundation in computer science, with solid competencies in object-oriented software design patterns, software QA methodologies, processes, and test automation.
• Ability to self-teach.

Mandatory Technical Skills:

• PHP, Javascript/AJAX, SOAP/REST, GIT
• MySQL/NoSQL
• Linux
• Software development life cycle (SDLC)

Desirable Technical Skills:

• Linux scripting

Job Description:-

• Php Developer Skills Required.
• Good working knowledge on Core PHP.
• Strong knowledge of MVC Framework and knowledge of Laravel.
• Good working knowledge of JavaScript & JS frameworks, preferably jQuery.
• Strong knowledge of MySQL databases & OOPS concepts.
• Strong knowledge of ORM and query builder.
• Knowledge of queue scheduling and task scheduling.
• Strong knowledge of Artisan commands.
• Hands on experience of service providers and create new service providers in the application when needed.
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers.
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules.
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges.
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices.
• Integrate data from various back-end services and databases.
• Create and maintain software documentation.
• Knowledge of Rest APIs.
• Knowledge of the payment gateway integration (PayPal, PayUMoney, CC Avenue etc.)
• Good knowledge of wallet integration (Paytm, Phone-Pe, Amazon) etc.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git is mandatory.
• Ability to debug the code and resolve the issues.

Key Responsibilities:-

• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Participate in the full lifecycle of the projects.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Assist in troubleshooting any production issues.
• Working within an existing code base and also writing code from scratch.
• Good team player -collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
• Commitment to meet corporate goals and tight deadlines.

Key Skills:- HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery, JavaScript, PHP, Core PHP, knowledge of MVC framework, database, MySQL, Laravel Framework, Rest APIs, 3rd party tool integration, OOPs programing concept.

Experience:- 3+ Years’ experience.

Education Qualification:- B.E./B.Tech. /MCA or equivalent in computer science or a related field.

• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development, including creating WordPress themes and plugins plus customizing them.
• Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
• Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
• Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)
• Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
• Experience designing and developing responsive design websites
• Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.
• Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers

About the role:

As a product engineer I/II, you will be responsible for continuous improvement of Cashfree experience for all our customers and end- users. You will dream big but identify and take small steps towards achieving that goal. You will receive great feedbacks at every step of the development cycle from your peers to our customers and end- users.

You may be working on architecting the money disbursement flow or creating most- friendly interface for consumer payment. All our engineers identify as generalist and building products that are useful and delightful are core to our engineering culture.

You're more than a coder. You wil be part of entire product process, from conceptualizing till post- launch evaluation. You should have deep empathy for the users to minimize the gap between what we build and what they need. Have sound judgement to balance between code writing speed and it's maintainability. Knowledge of variety of server- side/ frontend frameworks is desirable but not compulsory