Senior PHP Laravel Developer- Team Lead

Description

Join company as a Backend Developer and become a pivotal force in building the robust, scalable services that power our innovative platforms. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain server‑side applications, ensuring high performance and reliability for millions of users. You’ll collaborate closely with cross‑functional product, front‑end, and DevOps teams to translate business requirements into clean, efficient code, while participating in code reviews and architectural discussions. Our dynamic environment encourages continuous learning, offering opportunities to work with cutting‑edge technologies, cloud infrastructures, and modern development practices. As a key contributor, your work will directly impact product quality, user satisfaction, and the overall success of company's mission to streamline hiring solutions.

Requirements:

• 1–15 years of professional experience in backend development, with a strong focus on building APIs and microservices.
• Proficiency in server‑side languages such as Python, Java, Node.js, or Go, and solid understanding of object‑oriented and functional programming paradigms.
• Extensive experience with relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis), including schema design and query optimization.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands‑on experience with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities, effective communication skills, and a collaborative mindset for working within multidisciplinary teams.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high‑throughput backend services and RESTful APIs that support core product features.
• Implement data models and storage solutions, ensuring data integrity, security, and optimal performance.
• Collaborate with front‑end engineers, product managers, and designers to define technical requirements and deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and uphold coding standards and best practices.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize production systems, implementing robust logging, alerting, and performance tuning.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development workflows, including CI/CD automation, testing strategies, and deployment processes.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, proposing innovative approaches to enhance system architecture.

Budget:

• Job Type: payroll
• Experience Range: 1–15 years

WeMakeScholars is a data-driven platform in the space of International Education. Students from around the world have used our portal to find higher education opportunities overseas. We specifically help Indian students in sorting their education loan for abroad studies by working with the biggest banks in India like SBI, ICICI, BOB, etc.

Role: Full-stack development for our Product https://www.wemakescholars.com/">https://www.wemakescholars.com/ 

Technologies we use: LAMP with Yii framework

Why should you join us?

- We are a 6 years old start-up with a quite small tech team. Hence, you will have a lot to learn.

- We are growing really quickly with more than 5 lac users every month and have a team size of 65 members as on today.

- We do offer ESOP along with salary if you are well on our expectations.

- We like people who love to learn and grow. We equally contribute to your learning by allowing you enough time to participate in online courses or sessions.

- 24 paid leaves in a year. Work from home option available occasionally.

I think we gave you a lot of reasons to join our team.

**Please apply only if you are well versed in LAMP stack. We do not accept applications from freshers, you should have worked in an organization for at least 6 months before applying.

• Experience in Spring Boot, Jenkins, Git, Hibernate, Kubernetes, and Docker
•  Experience in the development of scalable and extensible systems using Java
•  Proficiency in Database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB
• Routines Sync & Async
• Solid and fluent understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Excellent software design, problem-solving and debugging skills
• Demonstrated high ownership in previous projects
• Excellent Communication Skills"

• 4+ Years of proven work experience as a WordPress developer.
• Good experience in building custom WordPress themes, custom  plugins  and configuring content using custom fields.
• Extensive experience in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and PHP.
• Experience using CSS Grid, CSS Flexbox 
• Good Communication skills

• Building the website front-end and back-end from scratch without using any page builders. 

• Creating easy to use, intuitive,  well-structured backend for content management.
• Writing SEO friendly, high performant code.
• Configuring  server environments such as LEMP.
• Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working

Responsibilities:-

• Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications
• Integrate software components and third-party programs
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Gather and evaluate user feedback
• Recommend and execute improvements
• Ensure highest standard of performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.

Requirements:-

• Overall 3-7 years of software engineering experience working with web applications and backend systems.
• At least 2 years of experience in production environment working with Ruby on Rails along with common libraries such as RSpec, Sidekiq, Redis.
• Strong understanding of concepts like MVC, ORM, and RESTful
• Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of server-side templating languages like SLIM and CSS pre-processors like SASS.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Strong experience working with Linux like Operating Systems and shell environments like Bash, ZSH.
• Strong knowledge of integrating multiple databases into one system.
• Basic understanding of systems architecture and fundamental design principles behind a scalable web application.
• Ability to understand business requirements, derive database schemas and translate them into technical specifications and code.
• Strong hands on experience of Relation Databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL with ability of benchmarking and performance optimisation.
• Strong knowledge of any NoSQL database like MongoDB.
• Strong experience practicing TDD and writing test cases to achieve highest code coverage.
• Experience working with search engines like Elasticsearch, Solr is a plus.
• Experience integrating third party software and payment gateways is a plus.
• Experience deploying applications to cloud and setting up CI/CD is a plus.
• Experience building container images using tools like Docker is a plus.
• Experience with any popular JavaScript frameworks like React JS, Angular JS is a plus.
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies.

• 5 to 8 years of hands-on experience in automating MS Office applications like Excel, Word, PPT and Outlook using VBA
• 5 plus years of experience in the design, development, and implementation of programming code
• Experience in database development
• VBA - Should have good experience in developing efficient logic/algorithms using VBA
• Solid understanding of SDLC concepts
• Solid experience in MS Excel (2003, 2007, 2010, 2013,2016)
• Must be good at all excel features and excel formulas
• Well versed with complete MS Office package (Excel, Word, Outlook, PPT)
• Work both independently and as part of a team
• Experience in requirements gathering, effort estimate, designing and implementation, and creating mock-up screens
• Experience in databases like MS SQL Server(2005 to 2012,2014), MySQL, and MS Access
• Must have strong database concepts and DB designing skills
• SQL - must be good at writing efficient, fine-tuned queries using joins and aggregates
• Experience in writing Stored procedures, Triggers and T-SQL
• Nice to have programming knowledge in C# coding should be MANDATORY
• working with C# DLL development and integration with Excel VBA

Interpersonal

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Should be able to take complete ownership of the project from requirements gathering to delivery and maintenance
• Should be able to work independently
• Must be Proactive and Self-motivated
• Must have the ability to prioritize the work, execute tasks and meet the deadline without fail
• Effective time management skills
• Customer Focus, Willing to learn and self-teach any new technology
• Strong business and collaboration skills, and responsive to service needs and operational demands

NewsBytes is India's only multi-lingual digital media company with the capability to produce content via an AI-based engine.
We are looking to hire a back-end developer who is proficient in PHP.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience
• Knowledge of PHP and Laravel Framework is a plus
• Basic understanding of CSS, JS, and HTML5
• The familiarity of Linux Environment is a plus
• Sound knowledge of design patterns and algorithms