Senior Backend Developer

Job Title: PHP Coordinator / Laravel Developer

Experience: 4+ Years

Work Mode: Work From Home (WFH)

Working Days: 5 Days

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced PHP Coordinator / Laravel Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in PHP and Laravel framework, along with the ability to coordinate and manage development (as Team Lead) tasks effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and maintain web applications using PHP and Laravel.
• Coordinate with team members to ensure timely project delivery.
• Write clean, secure, and efficient code.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing applications.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience in PHP and Laravel framework.
• Good understanding of MySQL and RESTful APIs and Cloud (AWS/ Azure/ GCP).
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment.

Hands-on experience in developing Restful APIs and Web Services.

Knowledge of Django, FastAPI (or any other established Python web frameworks) would be a plus.

Knowledge of Angular or React or similar technologies would be an added advantage.

Strong experience with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL databases.

Experience working with Linux/Unix Operating system & comfortable with command line.

Experience with modern software engineering workflows and tools (e.g. Agile, JIRA, Git, CI/CD, Amazon Web Services, Observability and Monitoring tools like ELK, Datadog, NewRelic, etc.).

Extremely passionate about code reviews, engineering best practices and mentoring/coaching the developers to make them successful.

Excellent understanding of feature estimation and ability to communicate issues and risks that may impact timelines, budget, or resources.

Experience with Agile development lifecycle

Job Summary:

Deqode is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Python + AWS Developer to join our growing technology team. This role demands hands-on experience in backend development, cloud infrastructure (AWS), containerization, automation, and client communication. The ideal candidate should be a self-starter with a strong technical foundation and a passion for delivering high-quality, scalable solutions in a client-facing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy backend services and APIs using Python.
• Build and maintain scalable infrastructure on AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, etc.).
• Automate deployments and infrastructure with Terraform and Jenkins/GitHub Actions.
• Implement containerized environments using Docker and manage orchestration via Kubernetes.
• Write automation and scripting solutions in Bash/Shell to streamline operations.
• Work with relational databases like MySQL and SQL, including query optimization.
• Collaborate directly with clients to understand requirements and provide technical solutions.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability across environments.

Required Skills:

• 3.5+ years of hands-on experience in Python development.
• Strong expertise in AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch.
• Good understanding of Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Proficient with Docker and container orchestration using Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Strong command of SQL/MySQL and scripting with Bash/Shell.
• Experience working with external clients or in client-facing roles.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified Developer or DevOps Engineer).
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

About the role: 

· Understand the project test requirements.

· Execute and evaluate automated test cases/suites and report test results to ensure that system functionality satisfies acceptance criteria.

· Create and maintain automation scripts using the Robot Framework

· Help create acceptance criteria for user stories.

· Log bug reports based on test execution.

· Collaborate with the development team to prioritize test scenarios.

· Collaborate with the development team to perform root cause analysis.

· Other duties assigned.

Position Requirements:

Essential Skills:

· Knowledgeable in Software Automation using Robot Framework

· Knowledgeable in API testing (Postman)

· Experience working in an Agile environment using Scrum or Kanban

· Proficiency in scripting and programming languages (Python preferred)

· Experience with REST API testing and the relevant testing tools.

· Understanding the differences between JSON, YAML, and XML.

· Experienced with CI/CD.

· Experience testing web applications and different types of testing approaches and test environments.

· Experience in test risk management.

· Experience in using GIT repositories would be great.

· A passion for software product quality assurance with a positive mindset and good communication skills.

· Keen eye for detail.

Good to Have

· ISTQB foundation level certification

· Familiar with other automation testing tools like Selenium and Katalon Studio

· Suggest / make framework improvements to accommodate the scripting needs

· Implemented automation framework using Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) approach

· Familiarity with the Test Pyramid would be great.

· Experience working with JIRA

Non-technical requirements:

● You are available to join us in our Bangalore office from Day 1.

● You have strong communication skills.

● You have strong analytical skills.

● You are customer friendly and service minded.

● You are a team player.

Who are we?

Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) has been set up by IIT Madras to provide thought leadership and intellectual impact to the start-up and innovation ecosystem. CREST has embarked on an ambitious mission of becoming one of the top global research centres in the area of start-ups and innovation. The core of CREST is the development of an AI-driven Intelligent
Information Platform that would enable cutting edge research as well as influence policy and practice like never before
With the recent exponential growth in the start-up and innovation ecosystem, new data-driven approaches would play a critical part in sustaining the current growth curve. The objective of CREST would be to become the gold standard of information and intelligence on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Private Equity investments in India

The Opening
We are currently looking for our next passionate, skilled and motivated Python developer, who can join us immediately. The candidate should
● Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
● Have a can-do attitude and ready for challenges
● Value working with a greatteam - confident, creative and thoughtful people who come together to achieve great things
● Be eager to experiment, learn and bring new things, improving the platform
● Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup-like culture - small team, fast-paced work environment If this is you, we're excited to interact!

As the Data Science Engineer in CREST, you will

● Write reusable code and build libraries for future use
● Establish solid data-pipelines and automate routine tasks
● Develop & deploy custom Machine Learning (ML) models using the latest
research in ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
● Build performant applications following best practices, maximizing speed and scalability
● Improve upon the existing codebase mitigating technical debt
● Take ownership of all aspects of the application - architecture, quality and efficiency
Requirements
● Proficient understanding of Python language
● Expertise with data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
● Familiar with Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes and hands-on experience with packages like Pandas, Numpy etc
● Experience with data visualisation tools and libraries like Plotly, Seaborn etc
● Good understanding of advanced Statistical and ML techniques on
regression, classification, forecasting etc
● Skilled in NLP and specifically ML applications in NLP like information
extraction, feature engineering, classification, building language models etc
● Should provide direction and mentorship to junior team members
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from premier educational institutions
● Minimum 2 years of experience (research or professional) in the
above-mentioned areas
Good to have
● Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
● Experience and knowledge in version control systems like git, svn, etc
● Knowledge in developing & deploying web apps & web APIs with an overall understanding of client-server interactions
● Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
Job type
● Full time, on-site
● Immediate joiner
● Initial appointment for 1 year, it would be renewed subsequently based on performance

Work location
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India - 600036

Why work with us?
● Get to interact with the best of the minds. IIT Madras has been ranked as the
top university in India for 5 years in a row
● Be at the forefront of the Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India
● Enormous opportunities for learning

You have 5 years or more of Backend end development experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance applications.

Worked with and built high-performance products using Node Js/GoLang/ Python and have seen the product evolution cycle from PoC to Production

You have a deep understanding of design principles and can rightly judge/implement solutions to complex problems

You are capable of writing high-quality code that conforms to the standards and best practices in a particular language/framework.

You have experience building a product using a mainstream library or framework.

You love to own end to end responsibility, starting from defining the problem statement (either yourself or alongside your peers), development (PoC if needed), testing, releasing in staging & then production environment, and finally monitoring.

Previous work experience in product-based startups

Experience building for products that have scaled and have seen the product evolution

• Design, develop, test, debug and maintain components of a feature-rich management and orchestration product
• Manage one or more project priorities and deadlines
• The programming languages are mainly Python and Java
• Understand the infrastructure details of public clouds and use DevOps best practices to implement provisioning

You'll Need:

• Strong software design and implementation skills in building infrastructure frameworks.
• Experience building and operating extensible, scalable resilient systems.
• Working knowledge of Java and Python.
• Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, etc).
• Willingness and ability to learn new languages and concepts.
• 8+ years of experience and a BS/MS degree in Computer Science -or- a related field.

Nice to have:

• Cloud infrastructure systems engineering experience.
• Experience in building control planes.
• Experience building RESTful APIs.
• Experience with containers and cluster managers like Kubernetes.
• Experience in App deployment and config management frameworks such as Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, etc.

Job Description -

We are looking to hire an experienced Magento Developer to build and maintain eCommerce websites for our clients.

Role Responsibilities:

●▪Meeting with the design team to discuss the needs of the company

●▪Building and configuring Magento 2x eCommerce websites

●▪Coding of the Magento templates

●▪Developing Magento modules in PHP using best practices

●▪Designing themes and interfaces

●▪Setting performance tasks and goals

●▪Troubleshooting integration issues

●▪Updating website features and security patches

Technical & Professional Requirements:

●▪Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

●▪Experienced in Magento (eCommerce CMS) 1-3 years (Familiar with Zend Framework)

●▪Experience with Magento modules and has customized the same

●▪Advanced knowledge of Magento, JavaScript, HTML, PHP, CSS, and MySQL

●▪Experience with complete eCommerce lifecycle development

●▪Understanding of modern UI/UX trends

●▪Should be capable of integrating open source scripts and tools

●▪Experience with software development tools like Jira,git,selenium

Strong attention to detail

●▪Ability to project-manage and work to strict deadlines

●▪Ability to work in a team environment

Service Line/Domain: Information Technology.

• Good rate of pay .  Developers have a higher starting wage bracket all around the world.
• The skills are transferable .  The skills you acquire will never be out of use.
• Work anywhere .  As a developer you aren’t limited to a particular region or country as 1’s and 0’s are understood everywhere.
• Comfortable Working Environment .  Wherever you go, you’ll have an air conditioned office, fast internet and a powerful laptop. What more does a man need?
• Constant learning  curve .  You will only get better with passing time as you will be in sync with the technological changes.
• You can be as creative as you want . Each day you create something from nothing. The only thing that  limits you will be your imagination.
• Maternity/paternity leave. Pursue career goals while growing your family.
• Professional development.   Get opportunities for professional development, to master new skills and to grow into other roles.