Senior PHP FullStack Developer

About the company:

Our Client is a food platform based in India that focuses on bringing together digital-first brands, experiences, and retail destinations to cater to discerning consumers. Led by industry stalwarts, who previously operated Foodhall, a leading gourmet food retail chain in India, and former Managing Director of Future Consumer Limited, the company aims to shape the narrative around food in the country.

To further enhance its presence, the company is opening a chain of retail stores targeting young gourmet food lovers in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, and Bangalore. These interactive spaces will offer epicurean treats for cooking, eating, and entertaining, and will feature better-made, new-to-market products and new-age brands. Orders placed on digital platforms will be fulfilled through a same-day home delivery network, and the stores will be supported by state-of-the-art commissaries in the three cities.

Our client is backed by a venture-backed, digital-first brand development platform. They partner with passionate entrepreneurs to build authentic, profitable, and experience-led brands that cater to the new generation of Indian consumers. Their team combines their collective learning and experience with data science, digital ethnography, and technology platforms to create brands that connect with consumers.

What you’ll be doing?

• Fluent in Backend web application development (Node.JS, PHP with good knowledge of Magento).
• Fluent in Database (MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB) design and management.
• Substantial experience with high throughput web services.
• Experience in using cloud platforms like Amazon.
• Knowledge of Frameworks like Express, Koa, Zend, etc.
• Basic Understanding of Front End development (JavaScript, CSS, Ajax, React.JS, Boot Strap, HTML 5)
• Fluent in various automation testing, performance testing, and deployment tools.
• Decent Understanding of Working on Agile Software Development Methodology.

What you’ll bring?

• We are looking for an experienced Back End developer to be part of a diverse, fast pace and energetic team.
• The candidate will be expected to design a scalable client-server framework, build database-intensive reporting modules, scalability and reliability of existing applications and services, and provide troubleshooting and 2nd-tier support for existing applications.
• The candidate should be a self-starter, who is proactive, positive, flexible, and a good team player.
• Minimum qualifications: B.Tech./B.E. in CS, IT, or ECE from a reputed college. 1-3 years of experience in Backend software development

Why work with us?

• You will be part of our founding team and get your hands dirty in the 0-1 stage of building a D2C brand.
• You will work with a solid set of people from diverse backgrounds.
• You will independently lead projects and have ownership of your deliverables.
• You will be pushed out of your comfort zone and watch your learning curve spike

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a lead developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills. 

Responsibilities

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards
• Support test and deployment of new products and features
• Participate in code reviews
• Technical Lead experience exploring other open source frameworks and technologies and integrating with project

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience at least two or more of the following languages (Python, Ruby, javascript and Java)
• Expertise in object oriented design and design patterns
• Experience releasing highly scalable enterprise products full lifecycle
• Experience mentoring and training others on complex technical issues
• Experience with implementing algorithms to solve complex real world problems
• Solid coding practices including good design documentation, unit testing, peer code reviews
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• A proven ability to learn and adapt to new, complex development environments with deep dive analytical skills
• Strong object-oriented programming skills, knowledge of design patterns, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
• Experience in algorithm design and problem solving
• Experience leading small teams of engineers
• Experience with technologies like MongoDB, DynamoDB is highly desirable
• Experience developing full stack web applications using Perl, Java, Python or PHP
• Experience in any of the top JavaScript MVC frameworks, like Backbone, Angular, Ember, Spine or Knockout
• Passion for creating efficient, scalable, highly usable web interfaces
• Candidates from  Product Start-up companies would be highly preferred.

Role :

We are building one of the world's best tech platforms for online giving, where we provide opportunities for people to donate to any cause, non-profit or geography that they care about, in the most simple, personalized and effective manner. We scale our impact on the lives of millions of underprivileged people every year through our workplace giving, subscription giving and crowdfunding products.

At Give, we are looking for top-talent for our engineering team - software engineers who want to solve complex problems, continually learn, and most importantly, make a real impact in the lives of others.

Responsibilities :

- Work alongside product to understand our requirements, and design, develop and iterate

- Think through complex architecture to build robust and scalable solutions

- Build well-abstracted modules and services

- Provide design reviews for other engineers, including feedback on architecture and design issues, as well as integration, performance and scalability

- Follow scrum methodology to iterate and deploy fast

- Mentor other team members and colleagues

- Contribute to documentation, process and procedures

Requirements :

- 7+ years of experience

- Expertise in various Javascript frameworks/libraries including, but not limited to NodeJS and React.js

- Advanced knowledge of JavaScript

- Understanding of the fundamental principles of asynchronous code

-The ability to write efficient, scalable, reusable code

- The ability to conceptualize, diagnose, architect, iterate and build systems, sub-systems and services that are complex and enterprise scale

- Advanced knowledge and experience in web and server-side technologies

- Experience in both NoSQL and relational databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL or similar databases) and an advanced understanding of data modeling

- Experience in one or more OO language like Python/Flask (preferable), Java, Ruby, etc.

- Identity Management and Security (SSL protocols, data encryption, user authentication, authorization services)

- Expertise in Git

- The ability to work across all software platforms at a high level - frontend and backend, server management, CI/CD, administrate third party tools/services/integrations

- An advanced understanding of open source libraries/frameworks and integration with third party

- APIs - with a focus on Payments, Notifications and Analytics

- Advanced knowledge of client/server-side caching mechanisms across multiple layers

- Proven track record of technical leadership, software delivery, ownership and mentorship

- Superb understanding of scalable computing systems, software architecture, data structures and algorithms

- Deep understanding of service-oriented and microservice architectures

- Expertise in AWS and its related services (EC2, S3, RDS, Route53, Elastic Beanstalk and more) or an equivalent cloud provider, Linux and shell scripting

- Knowledge of Nginx, Docker, gunicorn is a plus

- The ability and the experience to proactively account for the edge cases rather than diagnosing them after the fact

We are looking for a Full Stack Developer, to be a core member of our Engineering Team, who is a great problem solver, can learn quickly, and communicate clearly. You like to work in a fast-paced environment, want to own the work, get recognized for it and therefore startup environment excites you.

Responsibilities

• Work on end to end website development including frontend, backend and deployment. Build useful and handy tools in field of Admissions and consultancy
• Work on the core platform for Higher Education Aspirants with respect to admissions, resume building, interview experiences and application for B-Schools
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules and components
• REST API development for integration with frontend web components which would be easy to manage and scale
• Accurately understand and translate business and user needs into functional backend or frontend code to build robust features
• Participate in a culture of code reviews, writing tech specs, and collaborating closely with other people
• Writing standalone services with business logic to support automation workflows and integrations
• Support Marketing and Operations team with small tools, scripts or automations across multiple tools

Criteria

Hunger for learning and getting out of comfort zone to build amazing web applications & websites would be enough. Otherwise

• Basic understanding of backend, database and Server technologies
• Knowledge of Frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, JS, ReactJS, VueJS)
• Knowledge of atleast one Backend technologies (NodeJS, Python, ROR, GoLang etc)
• Understanding and knowledge of Database technologies (MySQL, MongoDB)
• Clear understanding of RESTful API development standards.
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes. Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.

About Company

MBA & Beyond is a global admission consulting startup for applicants who dare to question their purpose with a global MBA. We help purpose-driven applicants make it to the top business schools.

Desired Profile

 Feasibility assessments – Outline Risks , Design , Effort / Cost Estimate.

 Analyse, design, document, and agree - Solutions to meet requirements / timelines.

 Produce refined estimates of effort, time, resource, and costs for work requests.

 Work effectively with Product Managers and Product Owners to ensure delivery against agreed priorities.

 Develop code, perform peer code reviews, and complete integration tests.

 Ensure delivery of high quality, fit-for-purpose solutions – Follow software development & architectural principals.

 Ensure all solutions maintain the integrity of data throughout capture, processing, and storage.

 Engage with the various testing teams, facilitating systems Test, UAT & other test phases.

 Ensure all software changes are prepared for deployment into PRODUCTION, following CPP’s change control processes.

 Provide regular development progress reports to key stakeholders as necessary.

 Maintain effective documentation and share expertise with colleagues to eliminate single points of expertise within the team.

 Research the external environment, and where appropriate identify and recommend external partners for the delivery of best in class technologies suitable for CPP applications.

 Understanding the use cases (and/or user stories) in order to oversee the design of the architecture for the products to be built.

Skills:

Significant “hands on” software development/support experience gained in a commercial environment with React & Node.

Demonstrable knowledge of Postgres database technology.

Proven experience of using automated test tools/frameworks (e.g. Spock, Selenium, JEB) and Continuous Integration tools (e.g. Hudson, Jenkins).

Experience in a range of software development methodologies (e.g. Agile/SCRUM, Waterfall, DevOps) and secure coding standards (e.g. OWASP).

Knowledge of payment processing regulations (PCI-DSS) and security standards (ISO 27001).

Knowledge of other software development tools (e.g. Stash, Jira, Git).

 Degree in a relevant IT discipline, or equivalent experience gained in a relevant industry

Mode of hire : Fulltime

Experience : 0-5 Years

Job Description :

• Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks (Codeigniter, Laravel,Yii2)
• Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP.
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 & Knowledge on API integration & REST services.
• Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming.
• Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Familiarity with SQL/Mysql/Mongo DB databases 

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