PHP Developer

Job description

● Design effective, scalable architectures on top of cloud technologies such as AWS and Kubernetes

● Mentor other software engineers, including actively participating in peer code and architecture review

● Participate in all parts of the development lifecycle from design to coding to deployment to maintenance and operations

● Kickstart new ideas, build proof of concepts and jumpstart newly funded projects

● Demonstrate ability to work independently with minimal supervision

● Embed with other engineering teams on challenging initiatives and time sensitive projects

● Collaborate with other engineering teams on challenging initiatives and time sensitive projects

Education and Experience

● BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.

● 9+ years of professional software development experience focused on payments and/or billing and customer accounts. Worked with worldwide payments, billing systems, PCI Compliance & payment gateways.

Technical and Functional

● Extensive knowledge of micro service development using Spring, Spring Boot, Java - built on top of Kubernetes and public cloud computing such as AWS, Lambda, S3.

● Experience with relational databases (MySQL, DB2 or Oracle) and NoSQL databases

● Experience with unit testing and test driven development

Technologies at Constant Contact

Working on the Constant Contact platform provides our engineers with an opportunity to produce high impact work inside of our multifaceted platform (Email, Social, SMS, E-Commerce, CRM, Customer Data Platform, MLBased Recommendations & Insights, and more).

As a member of our team, you'll be utilizing the latest technologies and frameworks (React/SPA, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, Kotlin, GraphQL, etc) and deploying code to our cloud-first microservice infrastructure (declarative CI/CD, GitOps managed kubernetes) with regular opportunities to level up your skills.

● Past experience of working with and integrating payment gateways and processors, online payment methods, and billing systems.

● Familiar with integrating Stripe/Plaid/PayPal/Adyen/Cybersource or similar systems along with PCI compliance.

● International software development and payments experience is a plus.

● Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD, automated test and build tools ( Jenkins & Gradle/Maven)

● Experience integrating with sales tax engines is a plus.

● Familiar with tools like Splunk, New relic or similar tools like datadog, elastic elk, amazon

cloudwatch.

● Good to have - Experience with React, Backbone, Marionette or other front end frameworks.

Cultural

● Strong verbal and written communication skills.

● Flexible attitude and willingness to frequently move between different teams, software architectures and priorities.

● Desire to collaborate with our other product teams to think strategically about how to solve problems.

Our team

● We focus on cross-functional team collaboration where engineers, product managers, and designers all work together to solve customer problems and build exciting features.

● We love new ideas and are eager to see what your experiences can bring to help influence our technical and product vision.

● Collaborate/Overlap with the teams in Eastern Standard Time (EST), USA.

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead the backend development team, providing mentorship and guidance to junior developers.

- Design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems using Node.js and NestJS with TypeScript.

- Implement event sourcing and message queue solutions using technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.

- Utilize strong PostgreSQL knowledge to design, optimize, and manage databases effectively.

- Implement DevOps practices and tools to ensure continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), containerization with Docker, and orchestration with Kubernetes.

- Collaborate closely with frontend developers to integrate backend services with user interfaces seamlessly.

- Lead and contribute to architectural discussions and decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of our systems.

- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues promptly, demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

- 5+ years of experience in software development, with a significant focus on backend technologies.

- Proven leadership experience as a team lead or senior developer, with a track record of mentoring junior developers and leading successful projects.

- Profound expertise in Node.js and NestJS with TypeScript.

- Experience with event sourcing and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).

- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, including database design, optimization, and management.

- Solid understanding of DevOps practices and tools (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure).

- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including frontend developers.

- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.

- Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Job Description:

• working on all layers of architecture Understanding the flow of code and how it interacts with different components.
• Building REST API.
• Creating technical design documents by understanding requirements, and product objectives.
• Writing effective Unit tests
• Good analytical skills and innovative mind.
• Source code management.
• Excellent communication skills.

Desired Skills

• Experience on Mern Stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js)
• Strong understanding of JavaScript, object-oriented JS, its quirks, and workarounds•
• Strong hands-on experience in JavaScript• Strong proficiency with JavaScript or CoffeeScript depending on your technology stack.
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors such as Stylus, Less•
• Basic understanding of web markup, including HTML5 and CSS3• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, jQuery, and AJAX•
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues• Familiarity with JavaScript module loaders, such as Require.js and AMD•
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as SVN• Good understanding of browser rendering behavior and performance
• Key Programming Skills: MERN stack, full stack, React, Java, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap.
• Experience working with Rest based APIs

About the role 

We are looking for a strong full stack engineer who has experience building web and mobile applications for enterprise and consumers. You will help design, build and maintain scalable applications and build the API infrastructure that can be used across all client products.

Responsibilities:

• Building applications that are responsive, performant, and accessible Produce high quality HTML/CSS pages from mock ups.
• Collaborating with other disciplines across engineering, UX, and Product to help develop front end solutions.
• Using our Micro service stack to integrate front end into the development lifecycle.
• Build high availability and extremely reliable transactional systems.
• Own and manage all phases of the software development lifecycle (planning, design, implementation, deployment and support)
• Design, build and maintain API infrastructure that allows for standard integration methodology between applications and third party services
• Collaborate effectively with the rest of the team to design and launch new features
• Deliver on rapid implementation schedules to build web functionality that is fast, scalable, and upholds smart development goals and principles
• Work on all things front-end and backend including web and mobile
• Maintain code integrity, quality and ensure responsiveness of applications.

Requirements:

• 3+ year track record of relevant work experience and a Computer Science or a related technical discipline is required.
• Proficient in HTML 5, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks, like React, Vue.js, NodeJS among others.
• Experience working with graphic designers and converting designs to visual elements using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• Strong knowledge  and experience with server-side web of building restful APIs for internal and external products using Node.js
• Doesn’t shy away from testing and code review.
• Good knowledge of OOPS Concept and Data Structure like Queue, Stack, Tree, Linked List.
• Knowledge of code versioning tool - Git.
• knowledge of cloud computing platforms, like Amazon Web Services
• Strong Knowledge of database systems like Mysql.
• Interest and ability to learn new technology stacks as needed.
• Good problem solving skills and Willing to learn new technology.
• Passion for developing awesome user experiences
• Independent, dedicated, and able to deliver production ready code with minimal guidance.

• Minimum 3+ years' experience as a software developer.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, Angular.js, HTML 5, CSS.
• Familiarity with Git.
• Linux and/or OS X experience.
• Experience consuming API endpoints.
• Good to have - Kafka/queuing system
• Should be well-versed in using multiple Databases - SQL/NO SQL,
• Should have experience using in- memory Data Bases-Redis
• Experience with Unit-Testing.
• Experience building web applications with responsive design.
• Experience with Node.js and/or other server-side JavaScript technologies and tools.
• Strong knowledge of design principles, user interfaces, web standards and usability.
• ES6, React JS/JSX, Redux, Web pack, Immutable.js.