Senior Backend Engineer (PHP/Laravel)

About the Role: Software Engineer (Backend/GoLang)

We are currently looking for people to join our Engineering team where internet scale, reliability, security, high performance and self-management drives almost every design decision that we take. This role will be based out of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

We are looking for Software Engineers to help us build functional products and applications. Software Engineers responsibilities include participating in software design, writing clean and efficient code adhering to coding standards, guidelines & best practices for various applications, running tests to improve system functionality, performance & security and documenting design and code.

Responsibilities

• Core server side Technology Skills;
• Expertise in GoLang
• Implementation of REST based APIs
• Cassandra or other comparable NOSQL data storage

Requirements

• 1-3 years of golang experience.
• Managing API Authentication, Authorisation and Auditing
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, Mercurial or SVN)• Elasticsearch
• Understanding of search engines like SOLR / ElasticSearch
• Good communication and problem solving skills
• Bachelor's in Engineering (Required)
• Good to have
• Knowledge of Python or similar scripts
• Design of large distributed cache systems

Required Skills

- Proven experience with full development life cycle for large-scale software products

- Clear communication, decision-making, understanding and explaining trade-offs

- Engineering best practices - code quality, testability, security, release management

- Good knowledge of performance, scalability, software architecture, networking

- Capacity to think in abstract and also obsess about details

- Experience designing microservices architecture

- Strong bent on engineering culture and focused on improving the developer experience

- Self-managed and motivated

- Capacity to break complex problems and work on abstract problems

What you will do

- Spearhead building of the new transformation backend platform from 0 to 1

- Design the software for all its stakeholders - its end-users, developers, technical and

product support, and DevOps

- Evaluate technical/architectural options and tradeoffs.

- Implement proof-of-concepts. Hands-on.

- Create a solutions/design pattern library for similar problems and advocate them

- Provide technical leadership and guide development teams

- Setup best practices for design, coding, testing, security, monitoring, and release

management

- Interface with cloud, and customers’ technical teams

- Measuring and constantly improving developer productivity

- Work with product managers to build application extensibility into design

- Occasional project management when a project is more technical focused

- Occasional people management in the absence of other senior leaders

About Us

Classplus is India's largest B2B ed-tech start-up, enabling 1 Lac+ educators and content creators to create their digital identity with their own branded apps. Starting in 2018, we have grown more than 10x in the last year, into India's fastest-growing video learning platform.

Over the years, marquee investors like Tiger Global, Surge, GSV Ventures, Blume, Falcon, Capital, RTP Global, and Chimera Ventures have supported our vision. Thanks to our awesome and dedicated team, we achieved a major milestone in March this year when we secured a “Series-D” funding.

Now as we go global, we are super excited to have new folks on board who can take the rocketship higher🚀. Do you think you have what it takes to help us achieve this? Find Out Below!

What will you do?

• Connect the dots between business goals and consumer problems through product development
• Solve the most challenging problem of scaling and business logic
• Design and develop services using test driven development with near 100% code coverage
• Develop and deploy services continuously using CI/CD on a daily basis
• Identify and own meaningful metrics for success and move them dramatically.
• Prepare and present management updates on key initiatives. Communicate clearly at all levels in the organization.
• Conduct multivariate experiments to constantly validate hypotheses and bash all the myths

You should apply, if you

• Display expertise: Have strong proficiency with Nodejs, My SQL, MongoDB and Caching and with code versioning tools, such as Git
• Can improvise: Understand the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Showcase all round knowledge: Understand accessibility, security compliance, user authentication, and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Can simplify: Can integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system. This also includes creating database schemas that represent and support business processes, and can implement unit tests
• Can figure out the basics: Understand fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

Being a Part of the Clan!

At Classplus, you’re not an “employee” but a part of our “Clan”. So, you can forget about being bound by the clock as long as you’re crushing it workwise😎. Add to that some passionate people working with and around you, and what you get is the perfect work vibe you’ve been looking for!

It doesn’t matter how long your journey has been or your position in the hierarchy (we don’t do Sirs and Ma’ams); you’ll be heard, appreciated, and rewarded. One can say, we have a special place in our hearts for the Doers! ✊🏼❤️

Are you a go-getter with the chops to nail what you do? Then this is the place for you.

Responsibilities for PHP Developer

·        Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms

·        Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team

·        Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications

·        Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools

·        Utilize backend data services and contribute to increase existing data services API

·        Lead the entire web application development life cycle right from concept stage to delivery and post launch support

·        Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues

·        Document the development process, architecture, and standard components

·        Coordinate with co-developers and keeps project manager well informed of the status of development effort and serves as liaison between development staff and project manager

·        Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development

·        Previous working experience as a PHP / Laravel developer for (x) year(s)

·        In depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP and Laravel 5 PHP Framework

·        Hands on experience with SQL schema design, SOLID principles, REST API design 

·        Software testing (PHPUnit, PHPSpec, Behat)

·        MySQL profiling and query optimization

·        Creative and efficient problem solver

Role and Responsibilities:

As a PHP Developer, you will be responsible for collaborating with our cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain web applications that meet our clients' requirements. Your role will involve the following responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain web applications using PHP and other relevant technologies.
• Collaborate with front-end developers, designers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of front-end and back-end components.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code while adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, from concept and design to testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues related to web application functionality and performance.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to continually improve your skills and the solutions we provide.
• Actively participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with project managers to meet project milestones and deliver high-quality solutions on time.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a PHP Developer with a strong portfolio of web applications.
• Proficiency in PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and related technologies.
• Experience with PHP frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, or CodeIgniter.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude towards challenges.
• Good understanding of software development principles and design patterns.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work.

Additional Information:

• This is a full-time position based at our Bhilai office.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for skill development and career growth within the company.
• Collaborative and vibrant work environment.

Job Description:

Engage in code design, testing, integration, deployment, and enhancements

Write high-quality code and take responsibility for tasks

Solve performance bottlenecks

Communicate and collaborate with product manager, QA, and UI/UX teams

Deliver with quality, on-time in a fast-paced start-up environment

Have a strong sense of code quality

Candidate Profile:

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)

At least 5+ years of relevant experience as a back-end engineer

Excellent Java and object-oriented development skills

Experience in building and scaling microservices

Strong problem-solving skills, technical troubleshooting, and diagnosing

Solid knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL technologies

Experience in developing back-ends for enterprise systems

Knowledge of debugging performance and optimization techniques

Experience in Java, Mongo, MySQL, AWS technologies, ELK stack, Spring boot, Kafka

Good knowledge of cloud technologies eg. AWS

Demonstrated ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment

• Developing front end website architecture.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back-end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

• Degree in computer science.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React, and Amber.
• Proficiency with server-side languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, and .Net.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.

As a Software Development Engineer at Amazon, you have industry-leading technical abilities and demonstrate breadth and depth of knowledge. You build software to deliver business impact, making smart technology choices. You work in a team and drive things forward. 

Top Skills

•    You write high quality, maintainable, and robust code, often in Java or C++.

•    You recognize and adopt best practices in software engineering: design, testing, version control, documentation, build, deployment, and operations.

•    You have experience building scalable software systems that are high-performance, highly-available, highly transactional, low latency and massively distributed.

Roles & Responsibilities

•    You solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context.

•    You develop pragmatic solutions and build flexible systems that balance engineering complexity and timely delivery, creating business impact.

•    You understand a broad range of data structures and algorithms and apply them to deliver high-performing applications.

•    You recognize and use design patterns to solve business problems.

•    You understand how operating systems work, perform and scale.

•    You continually align your work with Amazon’s business objectives and seek to deliver business value.

•    You collaborate to ensure that decisions are based on the merit of the proposal, not the proposer.

•    You proactively support knowledge-sharing and build good working relationships within the team and with others in Amazon.

•    You communicate clearly with your team and with other groups and listen effectively. 

Skills & Experience

•    Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or relevant technical field.

•    Experience in software development and full product life-cycle.

•    Excellent programming skills in any object oriented programming languages - preferably Java, C/C++/C#, Perl, Python, or Ruby.

•    Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance, scalability, and availability.

•    Proficiency in SQL and data modeling.