Product Owner

Job Description: PHP Developer (Laravel/Symfony)

Location: Bengaluru – Kalyani Neptune, Bannerghatta Road

Work Mode: Work from Office (Full-time)

Experience Required: 3+ years

Joining: Immediate Joiners Preferred

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced PHP Developer with hands-on expertise in Laravel or Symfony (preferably Symfony), who can contribute to full-cycle project development. You will be responsible for building robust backend solutions and integrating with multiple services while following best practices of object-oriented design and RESTful architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, enhance, and maintain web applications using PHP frameworks (Laravel/Symfony)
• Collaborate with product managers and business analysts to understand requirements
• Create scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using MVC architecture
• Implement and maintain microservice-based architecture
• Integrate third-party APIs, libraries, and services
• Work with relational databases like MySQL/PostgreSQL using ORM tools such as Doctrine or Eloquent
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and overall software development lifecycle
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide long-term solutions

Required Skills:

• Strong programming knowledge in PHP with at least 2 years of experience
• Hands-on experience in Symfony or Laravel (Symfony preferred)
• Solid understanding of OOP and MVC design pattern
• Strong experience in creating and consuming REST APIs
• Experience working in service-based architectures or microservices
• Familiarity with Doctrine or Eloquent ORM
• Proficiency in MySQL/PostgreSQL

Good to Have:

• Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Familiarity with cloud services such as Lambda, S3, and RDS
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

We’re hiring a Backend Developer to join our core tech team at Websites.co.in — the world’s easiest website builder, used by 3.5M+ users globally.

What You’ll Work On:

• Core backend in PHP (Laravel)
• REST APIs powering mobile apps, dashboards & payments
• Scalability, performance & deployment on LEMP stack
• Modules like auto site generation, domain mgmt & subscriptions

What We’re Looking For:

• 1–5 years of hands-on PHP Laravel experience
• Good with MySQL/PostgreSQL, APIs, queues, cron, versioning
• Experience with Linux/Nginx deployments
• Problem-solving mindset & code ownership

Bonus if you’ve worked on SaaS, analytics, or subscription systems.

We're seeking a talented and motivated Full Stack Developer who is experienced in Node.js, React.js, and Laravel (PHP) to work on building high-performance web applications, APIs, SaaS platforms, and hosting tools. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and wants to contribute to modern, scalable platforms used by thousands of users.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain full-stack applications using Node.js (backend), React.js (frontend), and Laravel (backend).

Design, implement, and document APIs and microservices for internal and customer-facing platforms.

Integrate third-party APIs, payment gateways, and other services as needed.

Collaborate with UI/UX designers to ensure a high-quality user experience.

Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.

Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software.

Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and team meetings.

Gather, analyze, and document business requirements from stakeholders, ensuring clarity and completeness.

Translate business needs into detailed technical requirements for the development team.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and designers, to ensure successful project execution.

Monitor and evaluate project progress, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.

Conduct in-depth data analysis to identify trends, derive actionable insights, and provide strategic recommendations.

Prepare comprehensive reports, presentations, and documentation for management and stakeholders.

Identify potential risks and propose mitigation strategies to ensure project success.

Job Description:

1. Design, implement and deliver custom solutions using the existing robotics framework.
2. Debug issues, do root-cause analysis and apply fixes.
3. Design and implement tools to facilitate application development and testing.
4. Participate in architectural improvements.
5. Work with team members in deployment and field testing.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor Degree / Masters in Engineering (ECE or CSE preferred)
2. Work experience of 3+ years in software programming.
3. Proficiency in Python programming for Linux based systems.
4. Full understanding of software engineering.
5. Basic Knowledge of Robot Operating System(ROS) is a plus.
6. Good understanding of the algorithms and control loops.
7. Working knowledge of Git: creating, merging branches, cherry-picking commits, examining the diff between two hashes. Advanced Git usage is a plus.
8. Knowledge of video streaming from edge devices is a plus.
9. Thrive in a fast-paced environment and have the ability to own the project’s tasks end-to-end with minimum hand-holding
10. Learn and adapt new technologies & skills. Work on projects independently with timely delivery & defect free approach.

• Functional Testing (Performance, Security, etc)
• Nonfunctional Testing
• Systems Integration testing
• Regression Testing
• Cross-device/platform testing
• Upgrade / Cross version testing

Required Qualifications –

• Computer Science or Engineering degree or equivalent from recognized institute/s.

Desired Skills –

• Practical knowledge of software development lifecycles, including specification, documentation, and quality assurance
• About 2 – 4 years of experience in software design, planning, and development
• Knowledge of Java and strong object-oriented development
• Experience in hands-on Selenium automation test case development
• Familiarity with Android and iOS mobile application development is preferred
• Knowledge of Ant, JUnit, and Appium Mobile Application Automation framework is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with software development tools such as Jenkins, bitbucket, etc
• Great attention to detail
• Work well in a tightly integrated development team
• Good communication & presentation skills

We are building a global content marketplace that brings companies and content

creators together to scale up content creation processes across 50+ content verticals and 150+ industries. Over the past 2.5 years, we’ve worked with companies like India Today, Amazon India, Adobe, Swiggy, Dunzo, Businessworld, Paisabazaar, IndiGo Airlines, Apollo Hospitals, Infoedge, Times Group, Digit, BookMyShow, UpGrad, Yulu, YourStory, and 350+ other brands.
Our mission is to become the world’s largest content creation and distribution platform for all kinds of content creators and brands.

Our Team

We are a 25+ member company and is scaling up rapidly in both team size and our ambition.

If we were to define the kind of people and the culture we have, it would be -

a) Individuals with an Extreme Sense of Passion About Work

b) Individuals with Strong Customer and Creator Obsession

c) Individuals with Extraordinary Hustle, Perseverance & Ambition

We are on the lookout for individuals who are always open to going the extra mile and thrive in a fast-paced environment. We are strong believers in building a great, enduring

a company that can outlast its builders and create a massive impact on the lives of our

employees, creators, and customers alike.

Our Investors

We are fortunate to be backed by some of the industry’s most prolific angel investors - Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal (Snapdeal founders), YourStory Media. (Shradha Sharma); Dr. Saurabh Srivastava, Co-founder of IAN and NASSCOM; Slideshare co-founder Amit Ranjan; Indifi's Co-founder and CEO Alok Mittal; Sidharth Rao, Chairman of Dentsu Webchutney; Ritesh Malik, Co-founder and CEO of Innov8; Sanjay Tripathy, former CMO, HDFC Life, and CEO of Agilio Labs; Manan Maheshwari, Co-founder of WYSH; and Hemanshu Jain, Co-founder of Diabeto.
Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners

• Must have 5-8 years of experience in handling data
• Must have the ability to interpret large amounts of data and to multi-task
• Must have strong knowledge of and experience with programming (Python), Linux/Bash scripting, databases(SQL, etc)
• Must have strong analytical and critical thinking to resolve business problems using data and tech
•  Must have domain familiarity and interest of – Cloud technologies (GCP/Azure Microsoft/ AWS Amazon), open-source technologies, Enterprise technologies
• Must have the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Must have good communication skills
• Working knowledge/exposure to ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, Athena, PrestoDB, Jupyter Notebook