PHP laravel developer

Qualifications and Skills

• 1-3 years of experience as a PHP Developer
• Proficient in PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and MySQL
• Experience with PHP frameworks such as Codeigniter
• Strong knowledge of web development principles and best practices
• Good problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high-quality web applications using PHP
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Optimize application performance and ensure scalability
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues in a timely manner
• Write clean, well-documented code
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies

About Astra:

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 9300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview:

As a back-end engineer you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the platform/dashboard backend. This would involve developing & maintaining RESTful services for vulnerability management, scan orchestration, inventory management and platform features such as on-boarding, trust centers, certificates, payment integrations, vulnerability ingestion, authentication etc. 

You should have a strong background in backend programming (Symfony preferred, or Laravel) and have experience with an event driven, async & distributed architecture. 

During the first 6 months of your role, you will be involved in the 0->1 journey of two of our upcoming products in our platform along with the respective product owners.

Love solving hard problems? Want to build high impact products rooted in first principles? Is coding your poetry? Join us in shaping the future of cyber security.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Symfony PHP framework. What you create is also what you own.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Collaborate with scanner teams to orchestrate scans, ingest vulnerabilities, configure scanners etc.
• Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code.
• Optimize and refactor existing code to improve performance and reliability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Triage, troubleshoot and upgrade existing systems.
• Ship code to production multiple times a day/week.
• Ensure timely delivery of the features.
• Test your own features, and write test cases for continuous automated testing.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices and standards.

What we are looking for:

• 3 years experience in a similar role or similar working experience.
• Strong background in PHP backend programming. Symfony preferred, or Laravel.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns.
• Experience with an event driven (subscribers/listeners), async (MessageHandlers & job queues) & distributed (load-balanced) architecture.
• Experience with PostgreSQL database and data modeling.
• Understanding of concepts such as Dependency Injection, ORM, data validation, error handling etc.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions (good to have).
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional remote teams.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in software development, security, and compliance.
• Knowledge of application & infrastructure security - helps you stand out. 

What We offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company, and working on hard problems that matter.
• Fully remote, agile working environment.
• Good engineering culture with full ownership in design, development, release lifecycle.
• A wholesome opportunity where you get to build things from scratch, improve and ship code to production in hours, not weeks.
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business.
• Experience with the security side of things.
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (next one is to Wayanad).
• Open and supportive culture.
• Health insurance & other benefits for you and your spouse. Maternity benefits included.

Job Description:

• Develop, test, and maintain applications to specified designs & standards in Laravel.
• Develop & implement modern web services using service-oriented architecture, RESTful APIs, and SOAP.
• Write and execute unit tests.
• Implement front-end interfaces & experiences with modern HTML/CSS/jQuery.
• Test, troubleshoot, and optimize application components for maximum speed, security, stability, and scalability.

Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in Laravel.
• Experience in Core PHP using MVC Architecture.
• Ability to write APIs including Restful APIs.
• Knowledge of database operations with MySQL/MariaDB, Stored procedures.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, etc.).
• Knowledge and experience of OOPS.
• Knowledge of engineering practices like CI-CD.
• Strong documentation, communication, and team collaboration skills.
• Working knowledge of Lumen (preferred).
• Must have full knowledge of latest version of Laravel & PHP

• Create elegant, efficient and maintainable software to support and extend our current products.
• Solve complex architectural challenges when implementing new features.
• Integrate with databases, file systems, cloud services when delivering scalable solutions.
• Troubleshoot and fix reported customer issues, delivering software patches as needed.
• Assisting in making design decisions based on performance, scalability, security, and future expansion.
• Communicating and collaborating with management, product, QA teams.

What will help you thrive in this role? 

• Degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in web development using any of the languages: PHP,  NodeJS or Golang.
• Should possess a solid grasp of object-oriented programming, system architecture & design, databases, development, and testing methodologies.
• Good in Design (HLD and LLD).
• Good in Database schema design.
• Good to have experience with AWS or Google Cloud or Azure and serverless architecture.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Track record of delivering successful products as an engineer.
• Experience with large applications of some scale will be a plus.
• Ability to deep dive, understand & improve the legacy code.
• Domain knowledge of supply chain & retail industry is a plus.

As a Senior Software Engineer you have complete ownership of building out the Docexa product along with product people and the rest of the engineering team. This role will act as a great springboard to accelerate career growth & transition into a Tech Lead level role.

Your daily life

• Architecting of the whole platform
• Development of server-side logic
• Building new services and APIs
• Developing core business logic
• Maintenance of current APIs
• Improving the performance and reliability of our systems as we scale

Must-have skills

• You’ve been building web applications professionally for 4+ years
• You’re proficient in PHP 7, Laravel, and PostgreSQL
• You possess strong OOP and design pattern knowledge
• You are familiar with modern technology systems: AWS, load balancers, Kafka queues, caching, etc.
• You write understandable, testable and easy to maintain code
• You’ve the ability to build RESTful APIs
• Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support team, and fellow engineers is not a problem for you
• Well versed with the fundamentals of computer science and distributed systems