Senior PHP Laravel Developer

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Full-Stack Tech Lead with a strong background in PHP and Angular development to head a small technical team (~3 ppl). This tech lead job will have a large amount of time spent on coding.

General Requirements:

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in a relevant field
• 5+ years of experience in full-stack development

Key Technical Skills:

• Architecture: Expertise in design and implementation
• Front-End Development: Strong in Angular
• Back-End Development: Extensive experience in Node.js and PHP
• Databases: Strong in MySQL
• Version Control: Strong experience with Git
• Cloud: Strong experience with AWS

Soft Skills:

• Fluent in English
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong team player with the ability to work well in a group
• Comfortable with delegating tasks and ensuring the delivery of high-quality code from the entire team in a timely manner

Job Responsibilities:

• Be a part of a team developing a rapidly growing product used by thousands of small businesses.
• Responsible for building large scale applications that are high performance, scalable, and resilient in an microservices environment
• Evaluate new technologies and tools such as new frameworks, methodologies, best practices and other areas that will improve overall efficiencies and product quality

Skill Set:

• 3+ years of working experience in developing API centric core Java/J2EE applications using Spring boot, JPA, REST API, XML and JSON
• Experience in frontend framework - any one of Backbone, Angular, Vue or React
• Working experience in any one of the Cloud Platforms - Google Cloud (preferable) or AWS
• Experience in large scale databases - NoSQL and MongoDB.
• Hands on experience in Eclipse based development and using Git, SVN, Junit
• Past experience in startups or product development is a big plus.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Develop Web/App based solutions in PHP and PHP based frameworks (CodeIgniter/Laravel) having a Service Oriented Architecture (REST/SOAP)
• Work on integration of 3rd Party libraries as required by the product
• Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Ensure the quality of the end product while adhering to quality norms
• Creating Technical documentation wherever applicable
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Take part in requirement understanding and contribute to solution of the requirement

• upGrad was awarded the Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19,
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India.
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech.
• upGrad is the official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program.
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

• 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.

• A highly talented developer with 6-9 years of hands-on experience in building secure and scalable web based applications using Java in backend and JS based frontend frameworks
• Strong knowledge of Java 8+, databases (SQL and NoSQL) , MySql, Mongo
• Experience working with Cassandra, Spring Boot, Apache Spark, Kafka, RabbitMQ is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of any one or more of AngularJS/ReactJS/VueJS and CSS3, HTML5.
• Strong experience in data modelling for data storage tools in SQL; experience with noSQL is highly desirable.
• Experience building scalable solutions for 2x, 5x and 10x growth with high quality and flexibility.
• Practitioner of test driven development practices. Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development.
• Experience working with container technologies like Docker and knowledge of CI/CD processes for automated integration and deployment. Basic knowledge of AWS preferred.
• Strong experience in Microservices (SRP) paradigm.
• Willing to learn new technologies (Golang).

What’s in it for you?

• You’ll understand how a fast-growing start-up works in terms of revenue generation as you will be handling one of the most important aspects of the company's revenue - lead generation implementations
• You’ll have end-to-end liberty to work and implement any technology that will bring value to the team
• You’ll get to work with and understand a wide range of tools and integrations that are already in place - how they work and why they are important

Roles and responsibilities

• You will be owning the landing repository and reviewing all code that goes into it.  
• Manage and own the production systems for the landing website.
• Work on any integration that links the product to the leads pipeline. 
• Manage and maintain the page speed score and SEO standards for the content pages.  
• Deploy code that goes into production. 

Requirements

1. Experience in building web applications with proficiency in PHP/Laravel
2. Extensive knowledge of advanced JavaScript concepts
3. Ability to implement and work with 3rd party APIs and other REST-Based APIs.
4. Experienced in HTML5/CSS3, jQuery, and responsive design.
5. Understanding of how a CDN works. 
6. Understanding of security and data protection in web applications
7. Knowledge of code versioning tools like Git or SVN. 
8. Basic understanding of RDBMS.
9. Knowledge of CSS preprocessors like SASS. 
10. Solid Foundation in data structures, algorithms, and system designs.
11. 2 - 5 years experience

Good to have

1. Understanding of CRM tool like Hubspot
2. Have worked in developing SEO friendly pages
3. Basic knowledge of AWS
4. Understanding of WordPress codebase and plugin development

• Experience with connecting or consuming API's (REST, SOAP, GRAPHQL)
• IPAAS/ETL experience is a huge plus. 
• An understanding of basic scripting. PHP is a plus
• Data modelling/data architecture/data warehousing experience
• Familiarity with CRM platforms
• Self-motivated, proactive team player Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a related technical field

• Engage with Customer and Partner technical staff and developers to identify requirements
• Design their technical architecture and data model
• Assist & implement integrations, on-boarding, and deployment
• Verify the integrated solution with configuration audits and provide long-term support
• Onboard new customers for faster time-to-value
• Gather customer requirements, systems, data model, and custom metrics
• Recommend best-practice approaches
• Assist in other testing / QA activities in support of getting customers live
• Respond to Customer Support Service Requests and Escalations
• Maintain high customer satisfaction
• Partner with cross-functional teams
• Work with Product Management, Support, and Engineering to translate Customer business needs and product feedback into new solutions
• Assist the Sales teams in setting up prospective customers for success in on-boarding
• Act as a thought leader and Blendr advocate in webinars, blog postings, and speaking events
• Exhibit diplomacy, tact, and poise when working through customer issues and escalations