Senior PHP Developer

Job Description:

We are seeking a Full stack Developer to contribute to the development of our Analytics platform. The ideal candidate will play a key role in each stage of the product development process, collaborating with a team of developers and designers to deliver high-quality work within tight timeframes.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain web applications using PHP (Laravel), React (Next.js), Node.js

- Implement server-side scripting, API development

- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code

- Build and scale an analytics platform that meets business requirements.

- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and incorporate best practices into the development process.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

- Tech Stack: PHP (Laravel), React (Next.js), MySQL, Tailwind

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills

- 2-3 years of experience using PHP, MySQL

- 1 years of experience in Laravel, React.js

- Knowledge of Design patterns and OOPs concepts

- Knowledge of Linux / Unix flavors

- Familiarity with RESTful API principles and best practices

- Knowledge of Git

- Should be able to work independently

BONUS POINTS

- Familiarity with Node.js, Python

- Exposure to any of the cloud platforms like AWS/GCP/Azure

- Familiarity with LLMs

About Us:

We’re a young team of F&B enthusiasts who live and breathe data. At Kitchen Spurs, we believe decisions should be driven by insights—not instincts. We partner closely with restaurant teams, taking the operational burden of marketplace management off their shoulders—handling aggregator platforms, uncovering trends, and eliminating hours of manual work. All of this is powered by our robust analytics platform, designed to decode performance data into clear, actionable strategies. With our support, restaurants can focus on what truly matters: delivering exceptional customer experiences—the only metric that drives lasting success.

Job Responsibilities:

• You will build new features across everything from the backend logic to UI components.
• Working on back-end web development using core PHP/ Laravel framework. 
• You have a good understanding of backend and database technologies. This means that you are comfortable owning and working on a feature end-to-end on both its frontend and backend parts.
• Working on database management and operations using MySQL
• Explore new technologies, new platforms, API integration and development, database development, etc. to help the company build desired product 
• Ability to write clean, scalable, and highly testable code
• Solid understanding of software development best practices

We're looking to hire expert Laravel developers with strong command over database concepts and preferably, ability to work as a full stack developer utilising Angular/Laravel or Vue as a frontend tech stack. Minimum 4 years experience is required.

As a senior software developer, we expect the following qualifications:

• Has a longer IT technical training in computer science or similar
• Have proven experience JavaScript
• Have proven experience of developing REST-based services
• Have proven experience in PHP and JAVA
• Have proven experience in Laravel, Symfony, and Composer
• Have proven experience with CSS, SASS, and HTML
• Proven experience with Vue.js, Angular or React

Personal qualifications:

• You are quick to put you into new tasks and get an overview.
• As a person manages to get support for your suggestions and solutions.
• Your efforts are focused and you take pride in having completed your tasks, which include seen by you adhere to deadlines.
• Your work is characterised by being both structured and systematic which for example is seen in your documentation.

Roles and Responsibilities

Build websites using WordPress

Write coding using HTML and CSS

Design new features for existing websites.

Customize themes to meet existing website requirements

Web Technologies/scripts: AJAX, HTML HTML 5, XHTML, CSS 3, JavaScript, Json-LD, DHTML,

XML/Web Services, XSLT, Soap, NUSOAP, CSS Webkit

Webservers: Apache, IIS, WAMP, XAMMP

Editors: Macromedia Dreamweaver, Notepad++, Text pad.

Versioning Tools: SVN, CVS, VSS, TortoiseCVS.

Operating Systems: Linux, Windows 7, Windows Vista, WINDOWS XP.

CMS: Joomla, Mambo, Drupal, Wordpress

Web Editors: FCK, TinyMCE

Administrative Tools: PhpMyAdmin, Navicat, SQLYOG, Toad

Framework: MVC, CodeIgniter, Zend, CakePHP

Languages PHP4/5

Databases: MySQL4/5, SQL SERVER, Oracle

• Think like a product owner
• Design and build new products and manage their delivery
• Drive culture, learning, and development of team members and of the larger org
• Mentor, motivate & ensure delivery from a small team
• Take ownership and get the job done
• Ensure the quality of deliverables

• 4-7 years of hands-on experience in the design and development of applications using NodeJs, ReactJs, MySQL, etc.
• Good architectural and design skills
• Strong coding, data structures, and algorithms
• An engineering degree preferably, from a top-tier school (or an equivalent experience)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git/SVN
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Experience in Elastic Search/ Solr/ Amazon AWS
• Experience building sites to function cross-platform and cross-browser
• The ability to own end-to-end responsibility
• The role will give you an opportunity to work with a cross-functional team from Business, Product, and Design, and lead a team of 4-7 rockstar engineers.

• A team of aces, from top-tier schools and startups, to work with
• A fast-paced, data-driven, and fun work environment
• A huge appetite for new, disruptive, creative, and implementable ideas
• An open work culture

• Competitive salary
• A great working environment with an opportunity to work directly with the founders on very exciting real-life problems
• Opportunity to grow really fast.
• Opportunity to hire a team & mentor them.
• ESOPs

• Hands-on experience in Laravel

• At least 2+ years of product development experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance java enterprise applications
• Extensive knowledge in Object-Oriented Programming and Design
• Extensive knowledge of Java, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Struts
• Exposure to or experience with Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins etc.
• Experience with HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, DOM, Reactjs
• Extensive knowledge in creating and consuming RESTful API
• Extensive knowledge in automated unit testing using JUnit
• Experience in AWS infrastructure
• Knowledge in writing SQL queries and interacting with database systems such as Oracle, SQL Server,
• Thorough orientation towards Code reviews, Coding standards, Design Standards, and Code Documentation
• Knowledge in design patterns
• Knowledge of Data modeling in RDBMS or NoSQL databases
• A proactive approach to identify alternatives for a given problem statement
• Should have worked on enterprise-class applications
• Should have worked in an Agile environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills