PHP Developer

Job Title: Principal Backend Engineer

Experience: 7+ Years

Location: Panchkula (Onsite)

📍 Office will move to IT Park, Chandigarh from February

Work Mode: Onsite | 5 Days a Week

About the Role

We are looking for a Principal Backend Engineer to architect, scale, and lead the development of robust backend systems. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll drive technical decisions, mentor engineers, collaborate closely with clients and product teams, and help modernize platforms using scalable architectures and emerging technologies, including AI/ML where relevant.

Tech Stack

• Backend: PHP (Laravel / CodeIgniter), Node.js
• Databases: MySQL, MongoDB
• Architecture: Microservices / Modular Monolith
• Cloud (Good to Have): AWS / GCP

Key Responsibilities

Backend Architecture & Development

• Own and evolve backend architecture across PHP and Node.js services
• Design and review scalable, maintainable systems (microservices or modular monoliths)
• Manage and optimize integrations across MySQL and MongoDB (data modeling, indexing, performance tuning)

Technical Leadership

• Lead system design discussions, architecture reviews, and code quality initiatives
• Establish backend development standards, best practices, and documentation
• Mentor mid and senior engineers on design patterns, testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines
• Drive decisions around refactoring legacy systems and platform modernization

Client & Stakeholder Communication

• Act as the technical SPOC for backend architecture and integrations
• Translate business and product requirements into technical solutions
• Explain trade-offs, constraints, and backend workflows to non-technical stakeholders
• Present PoCs and technical approaches confidently to clients

AI & ML Integration (Strategic / Optional)

• Identify backend use cases for AI such as personalization, recommendations, fraud detection, or data enrichment
• Design backend APIs, services, or cron jobs that interact with AI/ML models
• Collaborate with data teams and stay updated on AI tools/APIs (e.g., OpenAI, LangChain)

Scalability, Security & Performance

• Ensure API security, role-based access control, and rate limiting
• Optimize system performance using caching, queues, and query optimization
• Plan and support horizontal/vertical scaling on cloud infrastructure

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of backend development experience in PHP and/or Node.js
• Strong expertise in database design (MySQL & MongoDB)
• Proven experience leading architecture decisions and mentoring engineers
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to clients and stakeholders
• Proactive mindset toward scalability, performance, and system resilience
• Bonus: Experience or curiosity around AI APIs and real-world AI integration

Why Join uEngage?

• Work on high-impact systems used by thousands of users
• Collaborate with product, design, data, and client teams
• High ownership and freedom to architect and innovate
• Competitive compensation and a collaborative work culture

Required Experience - 2+ Years

Work location - Remote

Must have skills - PHP , YII , OOPS

Requirements:

• Experience in Frameworks: YII
• Must have good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Good Knowledge of OOPS.
• Write error free code and follow coding standards. Able to perform Code Review job.
• Work closely with QA person to assist in the testing process.
• Perform R&D tasks if assigned and communicate with the Designer and UI team.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Able to work closely with the team and meet the tight deadlines where necessary.
• Strong Communication Skills.

You have 3 to 14 yrs of software engineering & product delivery experience with strong

background in datastructures & algorithms

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You are experienced with one or more general programming languages (e.g. Java, C/C++,

Go). Ability to learn other coding languages as needed.

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You have a strong foundation in the fundamentals of computer science, with familiarity in

data structures, algorithms and a strong command of object-oriented principles.

• You have experience in one or more of the following areas: Server Backend, Distributed

and Parallel Systems, Full Stack Development (frontend and backend), Scalable Enterprise

Platforms and Applications, Application Security and Incident Management, Android,

iOS, and Machine Learning.

• You have a spark that separates you from the crowd and ability to think out of the box and

on your feet

• You possess multi-dimensional skills that make you a valuable co-worker in a fast,

changing and ambiguous environment

• You have the ability to learn other coding languages as needed real quick

• You are comfortable in working with a team that deals with ambiguity every day

• Core knowledge of PHP and Laravel frameworks

• Fundamental understanding of front-end technologies like HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Check if the CSS, HTML, and JavaScript are accurate and consistent across different apps

• Basic knowledge in SQL and NoSQL databases is a plus.

• Build and maintain innovative web applications and websites using modern development tools.

• Document and continuously update the development process, project components, and task progress based on Organization requirements

• Solid experience working with PHP, the latest Laravel version.

• Design and maintain databases.

• Optimize performance by performing UI and back-end tests

• Scale, expand and improve our websites and applications, Perform debugging and troubleshooting on apps.

• Effectively communicate with clients and other teams when needed

• Update on current industry trends and emerging technologies and apply them to the development process

Skill Set Required:

What will I be doing? 👩‍💻👨‍💻

Leading parts of the product from inception to launch, and own large parts of the product’s execution.
Working with our Sales and frontend team to build products with the goal of delighting and increasing the success of our users.
Architecting, building, testing, and releasing product-facing features.
Contributing to our side projects and free tools for the education industry.

What do I need? 🤓

1-2 years of industry experience in a software engineering role, preferably building a SaaS product. You can demonstrate significant impact that your work has had on the product and/or the team.
Deep knowledge of a high-level programming language (for example, PHP, Python, etc.) but it doesn’t need to be a language that we use here! Great people are effective and learn what we use quickly (or introduce us to better ways of working)
Deep knowledge of SQL Databases
Experience with scalable distributed systems, both built from scratch as well as on AWS primitives
Willingness to learn and use new technologies
Extremely data-driven
Ability to debug complex systems

Brownie points 🍰

Using a framework (for example, Laravel, Code Igniter, Django)
Understanding of containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) along with ability to deploy to AWS ECS (or similar tools)

Feel free to apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. As long as you're a quick learner, and are excited about changing the status quo for tech recruitment, we're happy to support you as you come up to speed with our tech stack.

Perks 😍

Flexible vacation
Take a tutorial, on us
Monthly remote meals

Tech stack 🔨

PHP
Laravel
NodeJS
VueJS
Ionic Angular
Digital Ocean
AWS
MySQL

Why Classcard? 🚀

We are still in the early stages of our journey. You will be working closely with our users, acting on both their feedback and what our data says. Things you build here will have tremendous impact on both our business and Classcard as a company.
What happens after I apply? 🤔

1. Quick phone call with a member of our engineering team to find out more about your experience and why you want to work at Classcard.

2. Video interview:

   Technical discussion with a senior engineer
   Pairing on an interesting problem
   Meet the founders

Job Summary :

We are looking to hire a talented PHP Developer to manage our back-end services and ensure a seamless interchange of data between the server and our users. As a PHP Developer, you will be responsible for developing and coding all server-side logic.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks like Yii2, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Good problem-solving skills.

• Conducting analysis of website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.

Roles and Responsibilities
Responsibilities
1. Learning about our products and implementing minor features using PHP .
2. Ability to answer customer queries and provide them with satisfactory answers.
3. Do extensive QnA with customers to clarify issues.
4. Coordinate with senior engineers to have resolved bugs/issues fixed.
5. Take end to end responsibility to closing support tickets
6. Generating new ideas, insights, products improvements and documenting them.
7. After due experience start shipping new features
8. Maintain jovial relationship with clients

Requirement
PHP Experience: Must Have
Excellent Communication Skills.

Note:
Candidates having gap in their career with strong PHP experience can apply for this position.Graduate

Location-Jankpuri (Delhi)

Job Description-

Backend Developer- Senior

Experience - 3-6 years

Location: Pune/Kota

Minimum Qualifications:

- BE/B.Tech or ME/M.Tech in Computer Science.

- Must have “Can Do Attitude” towards work

- Must have work exp of 3-6 years

- Must have programming exp of 1-2 years in any of Python/Golang/Java languages

- Must have worked in product based company

- Ready to work in a startup and adaptable to a dynamic environment

- Ready to accept ad-hoc requirements and track them till they get implemented

- Ready to learn new technologies like Andriod, Angular, etc.

- Good at HTTP basics, OOPs concepts, data structures, algorithms, networking and

security aspects

- Ability to write clean code and maintain it

- Good at SQL/No-SQL databases

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience in any good product based startup

- Experience in working with the team and managing a small team of 2-5 associates

- Experience in being a mentor for co-developers

- Experience in design/developing scalable systems.

- Experience in public cloud platforms services/APIs of AWS, Google Cloud, etc.

- Experience in data engineering

- Experience in SOA/Microservice architecture development

Responsibilities:

- Design and develop scalable services and APIs in Python/Golang

- Always maintain the services secure

- Should optimize APIs for mobile data and apps

- Use off-the-shelf and state-of-the-art services for faster development of product

- Guide team members with designs

- Take the end to end ownership of features and resolve customer issues on priority

- Mentor/guide/monitor junior developer

- Expertise Android/Angular to the required extent and guide app developers while

designing APIs

Opportunities in the role:

- LearnAngular, Python, Node.js, Golang, ELK stack, MEAN/MERN

- Work on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform

- Work on databases like RDS, MongoDB, Big Table & DynamoDB, Redis, Aerospike

- Experience with SQL/ NoSQL Databases (RDS, DynamoDB, Google Datastore, Redis)

- Experience with ELK stack.

- Fast prototyping of proof-of concept features/application based on a brief

- Work on data engineering