PHP Developer

Job Title : Senior Software Engineer

Experience : 5+ Years

Location : Mumbai (Work from Office)

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days

Mandatory Skills :

Platform Engineering, Backend Development, Python/Golang/Node.js/Elixir, Microservices, REST APIs, Cloud-Native Architecture, Distributed Systems, SQL, Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Product-Based Experience

Role Overview :

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong backend engineering expertise to design, build, and scale cloud-native platform services. The ideal candidate should have experience working in product-based organizations, building highly scalable distributed systems, and contributing to platform engineering initiatives.

You will work closely with Product, DevOps, Security, and Engineering teams to build reliable, secure, and high-performance backend systems while driving technical excellence across the organization.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and enhance core platform modules and shared backend services.
• Build scalable REST APIs, backend services, and data pipelines for high-volume production environments.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical design decisions.
• Collaborate with Product, DevOps, Security, and Data Engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions.
• Design systems with a focus on scalability, performance, security, maintainability, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and implement permanent solutions.
• Review code, mentor engineers, and promote engineering best practices.
• Improve platform reliability, observability, and developer productivity.
• Drive continuous improvements in coding standards, architecture, and development processes.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

• 5+ years of software development experience in product-based companies (B2B experience preferred).
• Strong backend development experience using one or more of :
• Python
• Golang
• Node.js
• Elixir
• Hands-on experience with Microservices Architecture.
• Strong understanding of Cloud-Native Application Development.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working on cloud-based, customer-facing production applications.
• Strong knowledge of Distributed Systems Design.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Good understanding of SQL and data modeling.
• Experience designing reusable platform services consumed by multiple engineering teams.
• Strong product mindset with the ability to balance business requirements and technical excellence.
• Backend-focused engineer with exposure to frontend technologies.

Preferred Skills :

• Experience building highly scalable distributed platforms.
• Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and driving technical initiatives.

Preferred Background :

• Product-Based Organization
• Platform Engineering Team
• FinTech or B2B SaaS products (preferred)

Job Description:

We are looking for a Lead Java Developer – Backend with a strong foundation in software engineering and hands-on experience in designing and building scalable, high-performance backend systems. You’ll be working within our Digital Engineering Studios on impactful and transformative projects in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor backend development teams.
• Design and develop scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Ensure high standards of code quality through best practices such as SOLID principles and clean code.
• Participate in pair programming, code reviews, and continuous integration processes.
• Drive Agile, Lean, and Continuous Delivery practices like TDD, BDD, and CI/CD.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients for successful delivery.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 9–12+ years of experience in backend development (Up to 17 years may be considered).
• Strong programming skills in Java and backend frameworks such as Spring Boot.
• Experience in designing and building large-scale, custom-built, scalable applications.
• Sound understanding of Object-Oriented Design (OOD) and SOLID principles.
• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, TDD/BDD, CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, Docker, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Good understanding of cloud technologies – especially AWS, and exposure to GCP or Azure.
• Experience working in a product engineering environment is a plus.
• Startup experience or working in fast-paced, high-impact teams is highly desirable.

• Role & Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain backend functionality for websites and web applications.
• Create custom WordPress themes and plugins based on requirements.
• Work with REST API integration and database management (MySQL).
• Follow MVC principles for structured code development.
• Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate designs and functionality.
• Use Git for version control.

Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks laravel

• Proficiency in modern HTML/CSS
• Excellent skills and experience with Apache, Laravel, Javascript, JQuery, Bootstrap and MySql
• Knowledge of best practices, cross browser compatibility and developing for mobile devices
• Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming
• Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

Our client is a rapid growth stage Edtech start-up focused on solving the teacher shortage crisis in the US education system using technology by bringing teachers to the classrooms and giving them access to the right tools to teach students in a highly engaging manner.

They have a development center in Mumbai and they are looking to scale up the teams in Pune and Bangalore as well.

What does the role entail:

● Design, develop, and maintain software applications using .NET Core ,C#

● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and implement new features

● Develop and implement unit tests and integration tests to ensure software quality

● Troubleshoot and debug applications

● Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers

Required Skills:

● B.E/B.Tech in computer science

● 1 - 3 years of experience

● Hands-on experience following skills

MS Technologies: NET CORE 7+, C#

Backend: MSSQL / MySQL /Postgres

● Preferred understanding of Cloud: Azure/AWS.

● Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, Design principles, data structures, and algorithms

● Worked in an Agile software development environment

LearnApp's engineers are a small group of people who directly impact the daily lives of thousands of learners across the globe. 
As a software engineer, you are the architect, designer and coder and maintainer of your project. 
In addition, you work closely with the product team to make vision become reality. 
You are dynamic and able to work well both independently and as part of a team.

At LearnApp, we leave all egos at the door and concentrate on the job at hand. 
We value passionate, down to earth, “can do” people who enjoy fine-tuning small details, without losing sight of the big picture. 
We are looking for the type of person who feels uncomfortable when a day goes by without achieving something impactful. 
Someone who is driven to get things done and views obstacles as an exciting challenge that demands a creative solution. 
Above all else, this role requires someone who takes great pride in their work and is inspired and motivated by their role in improving the way thousands of learners receive financial literacy.

As a Backend Software Engineer, you’ll work closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and improve user experience.

Responsibilities

- Analyze functional requirements and creation of software design
- Design and implement scalable and robust applications
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software
- Design, shape and implement authentication, authorization, auditing, reporting, and API infrastructure solutions

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience in Object-Oriented Design and programming concepts
- A minimum of 3 years of working experience in a product oriented company
- Programming experience in NodeJS and Typescript or Javascript

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in building cloud (SaaS) applications, particularly using AWS technologies
- Experience in building serverless applications
- Knowledge of Agile software development methodologies
- Ability to learn other coding languages as needed
- Object-oriented, database design, and SQL skills

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