Senior PHP Laravel Developer

About the Organisation: 

WeMakeScholars is an organization funded and supported by the Ministry of IT, Government of India under the 'Digital India Campaign'. We offer international education finance via scholarships and education loans, to study abroad aspirants. We are currently a 120 members team. Last financial year, we disbursed 2200 Cr in education loans to 8300 students across India.

We are looking for a PHP Developer who is keen to work in a startup environment esp. a product-based company. 

Job Overview

We are hiring developers (from 0 to 10 experience) with relevant knowledge and experience with the development and deployment of large-scale cloud-native enterprise systems on PHP, REST APIs, Node Js, Flutter, AWS & MySql. 

As a full-stack engineer, you will be working to create scalable, maintainable, bug repellent state of art web applications. 

About Tech Department:

• Our internal tech team is responsible for end-to-end in-house tech support which includes and is not limited to design, development & deployment. 
• We are continuously developing and improvising our products to enhance customer and team experience.
• As we are in the Fintech space, our team has to ensure the database security of the application.

Job Summary:

• Participate in the full development life cycle, working within broadly defined parameters including design, development, testing, and maintenance of the existing application with minimal supervision.
• Work on optimization and performance improvement activities. Instrument and test performance metrics.
• Participate in peer-to-peer code review to improve the quality and maintenance of the codebase.
• Collaboration with multiple internal/external stakeholders such as product, business, DBA, and Dev Ops.
• Design and implement APIs for web/mobile (both Andriod & iOS) applications.
• To be available on call for the projects or features developed by you. Things break, you will be responsible to fix it when it does.

Experience & Skills Required:

• 3+ years of experience (we are hiring freshers too for junior positions)
• Hands-on experience and knowledge of engineering end-to-end systems.
• Understanding of complete software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews.
• Familiarity with multiple software development practices and tools
• Ability to write clean, modular, and loosely coupled code by the use of design patterns.
• Proficiency in the implementation of algorithms and the use of advanced data structures to solve problems in computing.
• A solid foundation and implementing principles of computer science is a must. Ex: object-oriented programming, concurrency, fundamentals of computer science, SQL databases. 

Value addition:

• Experience with AWS
• Working knowledge of payment gateways 
• Good knowledge of Mysql Query optimization and Database design. 

Required Skills for this Role:

 Strong experience with full-stack Javascript framework, Mongo DB,Express,

React.JS, Node JS.

 Must have worked with creation of deeplinks for mobile apps

 Must be well experienced in AWS, especially elastic bean in AWS

 Must have worked with push notifications service

 Must know socket programming

 Self-motivated with the ability to work independently or jointly in a self-directed

way.

 Demonstrated successful development of enterprise-grade web applications

 Proven analytical and problem-solving capabilities

 Comfortable leading product development

 Strong work ethic and desire to build industry-leading products

Also Nice to Have Skills and Background:

 Startup experience

 Worked on product development

As the industry pioneer behind Content Performance Marketing, BrightEdge has thoroughly redefined the concept of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) by developing an award-winning platform that precisely measures and optimizes marketing content across online channels. Our cloud-based platform is powered by big data analysis that allows our customers to plan, optimize, and measure campaigns based on real-time content performance. BrightEdge has emerged as the leading international provider of cloud-based SEO Enterprise solutions due to its dynamic and results oriented entrepreneurial culture.

BrightEdge is looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join our fast-growing team in Cleveland, OH. In this position, you will develop key backend and frontend components used by some of the largest companies in the world. You’ll innovate alongside the best minds in the industry, as well as be one of the first engineers launching our Cleveland engineering team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement responsive web interfaces.
• Develop and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code using PHP, Python, React.js, HTML, and CSS.
• Troubleshoot and resolve front-end issues, bugs, and performance bottlenecks.
• Stay updated on emerging trends and best practices in front-end development.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and ensure adherence to coding standards.

What It Takes To Be Successful

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proven work experience as a Front-End Developer, with 4 to 7 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in PHP,React.js, HTML, and CSS.
• Strong understanding of responsive web design principles.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Solid problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work independently and meet project deadlines.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Salary
• Medical/ Dental/ Vision Insurance/ PTO
• A highly collaborative and supportive team
• Hackathons

About BrightEdge

BrightEdge is widely recognized as a global leader in SEO and Digital marketing. The most innovative customers across more than 80 countries trust BrightEdge to modernize their Digital Marketing stack for today’s digital world. We are helping thousands of organizations, including many of the world’s largest companies, transform their businesses and drive more revenue.

The continuous innovation of our product is supported by what we believe to be our most valuable assets our people. Our employees are industry experts at the forefront of digital transformation. Come join us and help us share the future of SEO.

The ideal candidate should be able to build the front-end and back-end up from conceptualization and business requirements to a fully functional, responsive & intuitive user interface.

Technology Stack -

• Backend Coding PHP

• Framework - Laravel

• MySQL

• HTML5/ CSS/ Javascript/jQuery/Ajax etc

Responsibilities:

• Developing web applications and services using Agile development methods.

• Contribute to organization for improvements in process and infrastructure.

• Code, test and operate Laravel based services.

• Effectively use tools and ingenuity to identify and fix defects before they become a problem.

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.

• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.

• Implementation of security and data protection.

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

• Proficiency with fundamental front end languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React.
• Proficiency with server side languages such as Python, Java, PHP and .Net.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle and MongoDB.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.

Roles and Responsibilities

• The candidate should have good experience in React & Node. Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Produce high-quality code and experience with security implementations Identifying application security risks and Implementing security patches procedures.
• Stronghold on MongoDB and experience on other No SQL databases.
• Experience with Graph, Payment Gateway, Node.js process management, and web sockets like socket.io

Desired Candidate Profile

• Good understanding of core concepts of React.js.
• Strong understanding of Node.js and express.
• Hands-on experience in state management libraries like Redux & RXJS.
• Strong foundation of HTML5 & CSS3, pre-processors (Less/SCSS) and JavaScript.
• Experience integrating with Restful web services.
• Proficient with ES6/7/8 syntax and concepts.
• Also into Microservice architecture, Kubernetes, PUB-SUB concept

Permanent WFH opportunity.

Shift timing 11 am- 8 pm