PHP Developer

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code with full-stack development in PHP.
• Roll out new features and analyze (and react) to the results you discover from our system services and user feedback
• Optimize existing functionality for improved response times
• Collaborate with the team to design, develop, unit test, and support new features
• Searching creatively for the best solution while building for the end-user
• Consistently deliver readable, maintainable, and efficient code
• Performance tuning, testing, refactoring, usability, and automation
• Participate actively in Scrums, sprint planning meetings, and sprint retrospectives.
• Rapidly mockup-proof-of-concept implementation of ideas and present them to internal stakeholders
• Stay informed of new tools, libraries, and best practices and share ideas with the team for continuous improvement of the toolchain and development process
• Support, maintain, and help document software functionality
• Work with other departments, stakeholders, and customers on software development, improvements, internal tools, and implementation issues

Basic Requirements:

• 5+ years of programming experience in developing web apps. Experience in developing mobile apps would be a bonus.
• Front-end development with technologies such as Javascript, Typescript, VueJS, CSS, Bootstrap, etc
• Strong knowledge of database modeling and design in RDBMS and NoSQL databases
• Strong experience in API design, API Security, API Documentation and REST, GraphQL-based services
• Knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture would be a bonus
• Have a self-directed work ethic with attention to detail and good communication skills
• API Integration and extension development for 3rd party applications e.g. Facebook, Google, etc

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain scalable web applications using Node.js, Express, and React
• Collaborate closely with UI/UX teams and backend developers
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
• Integrate APIs and third-party services
• Utilize Docker and Kubernetes (basic level)
• Participate in code reviews and optimize performance…

Skills

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, Node.js, and Express.js
• Good understanding of RESTful APIs and system architecture
• Experience with MongoDB, MySQL, or similar databases
• Familiarity with Docker and basic Kubernetes
• Hands-on with Git/GitHub
• Exposure or experience with Generative AI (GenAI) tools/technologies

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders and fellow developers.
• Design and implement Python code using the Django framework.
• Identify and fix bottlenecks that may arise from inefficient code.
• Identify and fix software bugs.
• Create a wide variety of unit tests to verify the functionality of the software.
• Manage the security of the platform.
• Write detailed documentation around the code.
• Knowledge of front end languages.
• Create and maintain the application's architecture
• Write code that is reusable, testable, and efficient
• Create and implement applications that are low-latency, high-availability, and performant
• Integration of front-end developer-created user-facing components with server-side logic
• Security and data protection implementation
• Data storage solution integration

Skills

• Able to use Postman, JIRA or similar tools
• Python expert with an understanding of at least one Python web framework, such as Django, Flask, or others
• Working knowledge of several ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries
• Capable of combining many data sources and databases into a single system
• Knowledge of Python's threading constraints and multi-process architecture
• Solid knowledge of server-side templating languages such as Jinja 2, Mako, etc.
• Fundamental knowledge of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Knowledge of accessibility and security regulations
• Managing and maintaining AWS
• Able to create RESTful APIs
• Able to integrate third-party APIs
• Familiarity with user authentication
• Authorisation across numerous systems, servers, and settings
• Knowledge of the core design ideas underlying a scalable application
• Experience with Python event-driven programming
• Understanding the distinctions between various delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimising output to meet the individual platform
• Capable of developing database schemas to represent and support business operations
• Excellent unit testing and debugging abilities
• Thorough knowledge of code versioning systems such as Git, Mercurial, or SVN
• Able to deploy the app on client cloud as well.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master in computer science
• 3-5 years of work experience
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Able to work in a fast, unstructured environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Must have access to FTTH internet connection

we are building a professional network for the top 1% of women with a simple mission - more women in leadership positions. we launched in may 2020, and have an early product-market fit (10k paying members, great nps, retention) and strong business signals. we are backed by some of the best investors in india. click https://love.leap.club/" target="_blank">here to read what our members say about us ❤️

our founding team members have previously built zomato, uber, linkedin, facebook, wework. our 0-1 journey is done and we are now ready to scale 🤞

about the role - full stack developer:

• you will work on a disruptive product that is in its early stages.
• you are someone with experience in building products that have significant user base/revenue and robust backend systems running in production catering to real-world users.
• 2+ years of experience in engineering with applied knowledge of restful api design principles and best practices are a must. 
• an ideal candidate would have exceptional application development skills with experience working with nodejs, react, typescript, cloud (aws), mongodb amongst other in-demand technologies.
• having a good understanding of cloud technologies, deployments, backend & frontend end-to-end operations is key for this role.

skills required:

• experience with building and deploying cloud-based backend systems. operating the backend at low latency, high availability, and quality
• experience with developing distributed systems and scalable real-time applications
• excellent programming skills in node.js, react, express.js with a solid understanding of event-driven architecture
• understanding of sql and nosql databases. experience with designing and maintaining scalable databases
• experience with 3rd party libraries and api integrations. eg. stripe, razorpay, etc
• strong problem-solving skills with an understanding of core algorithms and complexity analysis
• solid understanding of operating system fundamentals, networking and concurrency concepts
• experience with aws technologies like lambda, api gateway, beanstalk, ecs, ec2 etc
• experience with docker, kubernetes good to have

why you should work with us:

• you will be part of our founding team and get a front seat view of building a company. we promise a steep learning curve
• work with smart folks who like to have fun and don't take themselves too seriously
• independently lead projects and own your deliverables
• we are generous with esops for folks who treat leap.club like their own company
• 5 day work week, flexible leave policy, health and accidental insurance
• regular offsites and travel to gurgaon (our hq)

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our thesis:

there are 3 critical factors that help us live our best social-professional life -

1. connections & network
2. jobs and opportunities
3. learning & development (courses, coaching etc.)

in the next 5 years, leap.club will transform all three for our members.

• the current-gen platforms have a simple playbook - big networks, feeds, photos, followers/ influencers and monetize through ads. 
• the next gen networks will be smaller/focused and algo driven
• linkedin enables connections, jobs, learning but it's built for scale and not depth.

our goals :

• 2022 - 10,000 members and $1 mil+ annual revenue 
• 2024 - 100,000 members and $10 mil+ annual revenue 
• 2027 - 1,000,000 members and $100 mil+ annual revenue 

• Designing and building the website front-end.
• Creating the website architecture.
• Designing and managing the website back-end including database and server integration.
• Generating WordPress themes and plugins.
• Conducting website performance tests.
• Troubleshooting content issues.
• Conducting WordPress training with the client.
• Monitoring the performance of the live website.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for end-to-end development (front-end to back-end) eb based applications
• Design and develop robust, scalable and highly efficient website
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation

Skills

• Strong development experience in Java, JavaScript on Node.js
• Proficiency in full stack web application development (MEAN stack)
• Strong programming skills with experience in design, coding, and testing
• Proficiency with relational databases such as MySQL
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors (such as Sass, based on project requirements)
• Good experience with AJAX, REST and JSON
• Experience with AWS cloud services will be an added advantage
• Understanding of Source Control tools for version control: GIT/SVN

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• 2 - 6 years of hands on experience developing, implementing and delivering web applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills