Senior PHP Developer

Role Overview

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining comprehensive software solutions that span both front-end and back-end technologies. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to build scalable, high-performance applications that deliver exceptional user experiences. This role demands a strong technical acumen, an eye for detail, and a passion for innovation, ensuring that our products remain at the forefront of technology and meet the evolving needs of our users and business.

Key Responsibilities:

·       Develop and maintain end-to-end applications, including high-performance Angular front-end interfaces and robust Node.js microservices.

·       Design and implement seamless inter-service communication using technologies such as gRPC, RESTful APIs, and GraphQL.

·       Create intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces with a focus on exceptional user experience, responsive design, and fluid interactions.

·       Utilize modern databases and data management tools including MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and message brokers such as Kafka for real-time data streaming.

·       Implement effective caching strategies with Redis to optimize application performance.

·       Manage real-time data processing pipelines and event-driven architectures using Kafka.

·       Deploy and maintain applications on Azure Cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability.

·       Write comprehensive and maintainable automated tests using JEST (backend) and Jasmine/Karma (frontend) to ensure software quality and reliability.

·       Implement advanced state management solutions in Angular applications, leveraging RxJS, NgRx, or comparable libraries to maintain application state efficiently.

Required Qualifications

·       Develop and maintain end-to-end applications, including high-performance Angular front-end interfaces and robust Node.js microservices.

·       Design and implement seamless inter-service communication using technologies such as gRPC, RESTful APIs, and GraphQL.

·       Create intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces with a focus on exceptional user experience, responsive design, and fluid interactions.

·       Utilize modern databases and data management tools including MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and message brokers such as Kafka for real-time data streaming.

·       Implement effective caching strategies with Redis to optimize application performance.

·       Manage real-time data processing pipelines and event-driven architectures using Kafka.

·       Deploy and maintain applications on Azure Cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability.

·       Write comprehensive and maintainable automated tests using JEST (backend) and Jasmine/Karma (frontend) to ensure software quality and reliability.

·       Implement advanced state management solutions in Angular applications, leveraging RxJS, NgRx, or comparable libraries to maintain application state efficiently.

Key Competencies

·       Technical Expertise: Proficient in full-stack development with strong knowledge of Angular, Node.js, REST APIs, GraphQL, gRPC, and modern database technologies.

·       Problem Solving: Ability to analyze complex problems, design solutions, and deliver efficient, scalable software.

·       User Experience Focus: Commitment to building responsive, user-friendly interfaces that enhance engagement and usability.

·       Collaboration & Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively within cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts clearly.

·       Adaptability & Learning: Proactive in adopting new technologies and methodologies to continuously improve skills and project outcomes.

·       Quality Assurance: Strong emphasis on testing, code quality, and software reliability through rigorous automated testing practices.

·       Cloud Deployment: Experience in deploying, managing, and scaling applications in cloud environments, preferably Azure.

What you'll do:

• Work closely with product managers and engineers to design, implement, test, and continually improve scalable frontend and backend services.
• Develop products using agile methods and tools.
• Develop commercial-grade software that is user-friendly and suitable for a global audience.
• Plan, create, and execute (manual and automated) tests.
• Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle.
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Staying up to date with current technologies and providing insights on cutting-edge software approaches, architectures, and vendors.
• Ensure that non-functional requirements such as security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability are being considered when architecting solutions.

Skills you bring to the table:

• Fluency in any one of JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Should have built large scalable enterprise applications from scratch.
• Strong experience in architectural patterns, High-level designs.
• Experience in NoSQL and SQL DBs.
• You have a knack for launching and iterating on products quickly with quality and efficiency
• Willingness to learn and ability to flourish in a dynamic, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment
• Hands-on, self-starter, capable of working independently
• True love for technology and what you do
• Maniacal attention to detail
• 3+ years of experience

We are seeking a skilled PHP Developer with expertise in Laravel and WordPress to join our team. As a PHP Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining web applications using PHP frameworks, primarily Laravel, and working with WordPress for content management system (CMS) projects. You will collaborate with a cross-functional team of designers, developers, and project managers to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.

Requirements:

Proven experience as a PHP Developer, preferably with Laravel and WordPress.

Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks, specifically Laravel, and experience with WordPress development.

Proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.

Familiarity with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis).

Experience working with version control systems, such as Git.

Understanding of MVC design patterns and OOP concepts.

Ability to write efficient SQL queries and optimize database performance.

Knowledge of RESTful web services and API development.

Familiarity with front-end frameworks/libraries (Vue.js, React) is a plus.

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Have a willing attitude ready to take on new challenges.
• Lead the entire web application development life cycle right from the concept stage to delivery and post-launch support.
• Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications.
• Strong time management, listening, and communication skills.
• Experience with and a strong understanding of mobile web development.
• Convey effectively all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, and schedules along with technical and process issues.
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Utilize backend data services and contribute to increasing existing data services API.

• Previous working experience as a PHP / Laravel / Shopware 6 developer.
• In-depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP.
• Basic Linux experience (command-line tools).
• MySQL profiling and query optimization.
• Creative and efficient problem solver.
• Technical Skills:- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Core PHP, MySql, Laravel, Symfony, Shopware 6.
• Ubuntu system knowledge is required.

* Designing and implementing applications

* Candidate should be a skilled software developer

* Developing and testing software

* Resolving technical issues that arise

* Can write beautiful and fast code 

* Has knowledge regarding designing, testing, and implementation of software components

* Self learner

* Should know git, cPanel FTP 

* Competencies in working with technologies like AJAX, MySQL, JSON, HTML,

* Knowledge of Laravel or other MVC Frameworks 

• Fixing bugs 

Expi with Node.js, Express, Feather JS
3rd party API integration knowledge
Database- MySql or NoSql

Kafka Client Integration with Nodejs

Redis integration using Nodejs

BackendDeveloper/PHP Developer

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and build efficient, scalable systems that are used by millions of people,
• Own what you build as you create, test, and refine what’s under the hood of our pages and services,
• Investigate production issues pertaining to customer features to determine root cause and implement solutions,
• Investigate existing queries and write new queries with performance optimization in mind,
• Build well-designed software in a way that is generic, reusable, and easily extensible, as well as solves the business needs and requirements,
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and software engineers to ensure design vision is maintained, the final markup is standards compliant, and UI deliverables are completed on time,
• Work with the real-time feedback from our users (external and internal) to make the products better,
• Discover, design, develop, deploy, debug. Repeat!

Requirements:

• 1-2 years of experience,
• Proficiency in web scripting programming with PHP,
• Experience with MySQL Databases,
• Top-notch programming skills in JavaScript and a strong understanding of web fundamentals,
• Design, build and maintain high performance, scalable and secure code,
• Experience with cloud services like AWS is plus,
• Experience with MVC architecture is a plus,
• Knowledge / experience in building an API,
• Solid understanding of the foundations of security and best practices,
• Good grasp of data structures and algorithms,
• Excellent problem-solving skills,
• Take ownership of the backend services, ensure the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness, as well as maintaining code quality, organisation and testing/deployment,
• Passionate about technology and willing to develop expertise in an emerging field,
• Strong organisational and communication skills, team player.

Perquisites & Benefits:

• A competitive salary,
• Opportunity to be part of a diverse working environment, valuable social sector work experience,
• Fun, casual, relaxed and flexible work environment.