PHP Developer

Name of the position: PHP Developer

Experience: 2 - 5 Yrs.

Mandatory Skills : Php, Codeigniter, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, AJAX, Javascript, Laravel.

Responsibilities and Duties

1. Study assigned technical specifications; Initiate development environment setup; Check the environment is functioning correctly; Determine ways to translate the technical specifications into executable code; Develop executable code that meets quality standards, security and performance guidelines; Seek review periodically; Complete documentation as per the scope; Perform code reviews to develop executable code that adheres to the technical/functional specifications.

1. Testing: Detect and fix defects prior to delivery to customer and ensure system is working as expected

1. Change control and Configuration management: Follow the Configuration Management guidelines for the Configuration items (CI) within scope to ensure version integrity.

1. Bug Fix / Defect Resolution: Study the existing system and identify the location of bugs; Identify the areas of executable code that will undergo change; Develop code to fix the bug identify impact of the new code on existing functionality to ensure that the bug reported is fixed in the given timeline without affecting any other areas of the system.

1. Defect prevention activities: Participate in Defect Prevention analysis; Review defects logged in the defect tracking log, Verify/review defect description and root cause to ensure non-recurrence of defects

1. Production support: Monitor the running of jobs; Identify failures /issues; Coordinate with teams to provide business with real time support for issues which prevent day to day business functions.

1. Develop new user-facing features.
2. Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
3. Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
4. Ensure cross browser support.
5. Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
6. Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
7. Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

Job Location: Mumbai - Chembur West - Walking distance from Chembur Station.

Experience & Qualification:

Proficient understanding of web markup, including Php, HTML5, CSS3, LAMP Good understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS. 

Good understanding of JavaScript libraries and frameworks, including AJAX, jQuery, AngularJS, React JS, etc.

Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, such as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.

Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.

Understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git / SVN 

• BE/ BSc IT/ MCA/ Msc IT/ BTech. 

• Technology enthusiast with an ability to learn and adopt with different technologies

• CDAC certification preferred

Key Responsibilities: 

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS. 
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture. 
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible. 
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability. 
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required: 

• At least 2.5 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds. 
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases. 
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j. 
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs. 
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks. 
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks. 
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications. 
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git. 
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms. 
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences. 
• Experience building a large scale social or location-base

Our core customer-facing product today is a native Android application. In addition to this, we are building internal tools for customer support, investment management, marketing analytics and business management. In the future, we plan to hugely expand the features in our core product, build iOS and web products, and continuously improve our internal tools to better serve our customers.

For our back-end, we use Node.js / MySQL / AWS. We are currently a 3-member engineering team (1 back-end, 1 Android, 1 full stack) led by our founding engineer and advised by a senior technology executive from a leading fintech company.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our software applications
• Build reusable libraries and frameworks that support complex web applications
• Set-up our technology infrastructure and integrate with 3rd party applications
• Contribute to internal discussions around product features, roadmap and technologies used
• Mentor & recruit engineers to the team
• Set up processes related to engineering & product

Skills / Required Experience:

• B.Tech / M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent, with solid foundational knowledge in at least two general programming languages, data structures, algorithms, system architecture, security and networking protocols.
• At least 6 years of back-end development experience in a software product company is required for this role.
• Exposure to modern software development processes, multiple front-end and back-end technologies, and open-source software.
• Proficiency with tools like Gitlab/Jira/Firebase, as well as AWS and commonly used database systems etc. is required
• Experience in an early-stage startup or having founded your own startup would be good to have (but not necessary).

*Performs analysis of functional and business requirements

*Applies in-depth or broad technical knowledge to maintain data engineering functions performs solution design.

*Applies the company, open source, and 3rd party technologies to highly complex infrastructure and software solutions.

*Introduce new product features and enhance the platform

*Ability to translate business reporting requirements into a production report.

Something we will like in you -

You enjoy the excitement of developing new software, mobile apps, and you have a vision for building stable, reliable, and performant systems.

You must have solid foundational knowledge in software development and debugging.

You might have a Computer Science or Engineering degree, or you might not. Your university is not what we're looking for. We care about what you can do at work and how you do it.

This is a remote job. You're free to work where you work best, anywhere in the world: home, co-working space, coffee shops.

Do you recognize yourself in these statements:

• You are comfortable under pressure, and you enjoy working on a broad array of projects with different technical requirements.
• You love unwinding tricky problems, finding the causes, and fixing them for good.
• You take pride in your work with or without accolades from others.
• You care about your coworkers and want to make their lives better.
• You enjoy working across teams to help ship new features and fix bugs.
• You approach your work with curiosity, enthusiasm, and tenacity.

Pay and benefits

• The salary for this position is INR 20000 - INR 30,000
  We assess your seniority relative to the team at Shimbi Labs during the interviewing process. It doesn't matter how many years you worked before.
• Work from anywhere.
• Allowance for the Internet connection.
• Laptop and power backup (After a year).
• 21 days paid leaves.
• Health insurance after a year with us (After a year).