PHP Techical Lead

Job Description

 It is a global health and fitness platform that aids users to achieve their true physical and mental potential. We started with the vision to help people transform themselves by giving them access to content and programs that work on aspects of mind, body and recovery. Everyone on this team has a unique and mutually exclusive set of skill, building this company like founders. The platform is a combination of technology, science, art and most importantly people and is therefore driven by the knowledge and experience of world’s best coaches, sports science experts, neuroscientists and psychologists. Our insight is that transformation does not need to be about setting unrealistic goals or killing oneself in the gym. We believe in a more structured, incremental and scientific approach to tap into our true potential. We believe this is not just about how the world perceives us; but more about a way of life we believe in.

Responsibilities: -

We are looking for solid senior back-end developers who are well-versed with NodeJs.

We are looking at folks who have a minimum of 5-6 years of experience in back-end development and have been strong experience.

The mindset is very different and we are looking for folks who have evolved fast in terms of skills and in terms of working on their own projects.

Practical experience in building APIs.

Experience with RabbitMQ or similar queuing system.

Experience with Redis/ElasticSearch is a plus. Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins.

Practical experience with Git.

A knack for benchmarking and optimization

Remote Workers would also do…

• • At least 3 to 5 years of experience in .Net.
  • The candidate should be a system thinker.
  • Strong knowledge of at least one of the .NET languages (e.g. C#, Visual Basic .NET) and HTML5/CSS3.
  • Enjoy Event-Driven Design Patterns and Event Sourcing.
  • Familiar with Document Store Databases (like Cosmos DB / Mongo DB).
  • Knowledge in Modular Architecture and Microservices.
  • Comfortable leading large technical projects.
  • Knowledge of any cloud services AWS, Azure, Google Cloud.
  • Good understanding of ASP.NET framework, SQL Server and design/architectural patterns (e.g. Model-View-Controller (MVC)).
  • Experience with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC).
  • Understanding of Agile methodologies.
  • Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline).

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
  
  

• Excellent writing skills
• Proficient in Web use, Outlook and Microsoft Office
• Travel as needed

Job Summary

• Must be proficient in PHP, MySQL, Laravel, Codeigniter, Core PHP
• Min 4 yr exp.
• Should have knowledge with PHP, laraval, MySQL, CSS, HTML, Javascript, AJAX. Core PHP, WordPress etc
• Should have excellent written and verbal communication skills (English).
• Must have the capacity to work independently and also as a part of a team.
• Must have dedication and commitment towards work and time.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Able to grasp requirements quickly.
• Understand requirements and drive projects with high-quality output.
• Should be a team player and bring positive influence within the team
• Ensuring high-performance and availability and managing all technical aspects of the project
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Qualifications and Skills

• Educational Qualification: Bachelor's (Preferred)
• Good communication
• Team work understanding

Note:-Work From Office only

Key Responsibilities:

· You’ll be actively involved with development of server backend that support mobile apps.

· You’ll be architecting and implementing best-in-class complex ‘real time’ web software and/or messaging systems to power highly scalable apps for users.

· Translate high level business problems into scalable design and code. Create libraries & Utilities for larger consumption.

· Work closely with UI/UX designers to create exciting user experiences and ensure delivery of graphic assets as per modern web standards.

· You’ll be continuously keeping an eye on the latest cutting-edge technologies and leveraging these in one’s own and the team’s work as necessary.

· Care about the business results of what you build, not just the elegance of the technology you build.

· Work on the end to end stack (Platforms, UI, distributed systems, databases) rather than specialize in one area.

· And of course, get hands dirty by writing server-side code for mobile-based applications, create robust high-volume production applications, and develop prototypes quickly.

Eligibility

Desired Candidates Profile:

• 5+ years of experience on Node.js based web applications and systems development.
• Strong knowledge of MEAN, Linux/UNIX based development & client-side JavaScript/jQuery.
• Knowledgeable on ORMs, their utility and limitations.
• Knowledge of web services and serialization techniques like REST, SOAP, XML & JSON.
• Knowledgeable about caching mechanisms & tools like memcache, CDNs, nginx.
• Scripting experience in using Shell/Python for creating quick technology solutions to problems.
• Prior expertise of working with AWS Cloud, CDNs and other PAAS based services.
• A strong penchant for Object-Oriented Design.
• Experience of working with version control, bug tracking, continuous integration and other productivity enhancement software like SVN, Bugzilla, Jira etc.
• Prior experience in implementing Agile software methodologies.
• Passionate about software development & modern-day web technologies like:
• Server-Side JavaScript – Node.js, Backbone.js
• Web Sockets
• NoSQL based databases like MongoDB/Couchbase/Redis
• Big Data
• Taking responsibility and ownership in the team’s work.

Additional Requirements:

• B-Tech/BS/BE/BS/MS/M.Tech/MS in Electronics or Computer Science from a premier institute in India (IITs, BITS, NITs etc) or abroad.

At Kyt, we are building an online-first, global academy focused on extracurricular learning for kids. Our mission is to ensure that every kid around the world gets access to holistic education while being able to learn using content, tools and technologies that teaches them concepts - some even better than offline. Bringing in technology as a differentiator to teach kids concepts and help them practice is key to our product development path.

• Experience of 6+ years across product based companies 

• Should have worked on building B2C products. Having experience in building edtech products would be a major plus.
• Should be an  avid programmer with great problem solving skills.
• Should have a great grasp over NodeJs/Typescript/ AWS microservices
• Should  have experience in building scalable server-side systems. Should have significant experience in cloud infrastructure and designing databases.
• Should have knowledge of software architecture, system thinking and design patterns.