Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Job Title : PHP Laravel Developer

Location : Gurgaon, India

Experience : 3+ Years

Interview Format : Walk-In Interviews at Gurgaon Office

Job Description :

We are looking for an experienced PHP Laravel Developer with 3+ years of experience to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong PHP, Laravel, and MySQL skills along with a solid understanding of OOP principles.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop, test, and maintain web applications using PHP and Laravel.
• Design and optimize MySQL databases, including writing SQL queries.
• Write clean, efficient, and reusable code.
• Solve technical problems with innovative solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications :

• 3+ Years of hands-on PHP development, especially with Laravel.
• Strong knowledge of OOP concepts.
• Proficient in MySQL database design and query optimization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Interview Process :

• Walk-In Interview at our Gurgaon office
• Technical Assessment (coding test)
• Technical and scenario-based interviews

Note :

Please bring your updated resume and be prepared to discuss your relevant experience.

About Astra:

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 9300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview:

As a back-end engineer you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the platform/dashboard backend. This would involve developing & maintaining RESTful services for vulnerability management, scan orchestration, inventory management and platform features such as on-boarding, trust centers, certificates, payment integrations, vulnerability ingestion, authentication etc. 

You should have a strong background in backend programming (Symfony preferred, or Laravel) and have experience with an event driven, async & distributed architecture. 

During the first 6 months of your role, you will be involved in the 0->1 journey of two of our upcoming products in our platform along with the respective product owners.

Love solving hard problems? Want to build high impact products rooted in first principles? Is coding your poetry? Join us in shaping the future of cyber security.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Symfony PHP framework. What you create is also what you own.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Collaborate with scanner teams to orchestrate scans, ingest vulnerabilities, configure scanners etc.
• Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code.
• Optimize and refactor existing code to improve performance and reliability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Triage, troubleshoot and upgrade existing systems.
• Ship code to production multiple times a day/week.
• Ensure timely delivery of the features.
• Test your own features, and write test cases for continuous automated testing.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices and standards.

What we are looking for:

• 3 years experience in a similar role or similar working experience.
• Strong background in PHP backend programming. Symfony preferred, or Laravel.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns.
• Experience with an event driven (subscribers/listeners), async (MessageHandlers & job queues) & distributed (load-balanced) architecture.
• Experience with PostgreSQL database and data modeling.
• Understanding of concepts such as Dependency Injection, ORM, data validation, error handling etc.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions (good to have).
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional remote teams.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in software development, security, and compliance.
• Knowledge of application & infrastructure security - helps you stand out. 

What We offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company, and working on hard problems that matter.
• Fully remote, agile working environment.
• Good engineering culture with full ownership in design, development, release lifecycle.
• A wholesome opportunity where you get to build things from scratch, improve and ship code to production in hours, not weeks.
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business.
• Experience with the security side of things.
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (next one is to Wayanad).
• Open and supportive culture.
• Health insurance & other benefits for you and your spouse. Maternity benefits included.

About Company

ADDV HealthTech Solutions, a UK-based company, operates with a strong IT presence in Ahmedabad, empowering IT professionals and organizations with cutting-edge technologies. As a product and service-based industry, we have excelled in managing UK healthcare projects, leveraging our novel tech-led approach.

ADDV HealthTech Solutions operates as a subsidiary of the renowned UK company, ADDVantage Technologies (https://addvantage-technologies.co.uk/) delivering innovative healthcare solutions like AllDayDr, Healthya, AppLocum, PharmSmart, ADDVantage Minds, and HEALTHYA Stations. Under the visionary leadership of our Founder and CEO, Suhel Ahmed, we continue to expand our expertise and presence across the UK and the Middle East.

What are we looking for in a candidate ?

• Experience of Minimum 3 years is required.
• Strong command of MVC frameworks such as Laravel.
• Complete understanding of the fully synchronous behavior of PHP & Laravel.
• Complete understanding of MVC design patterns.
• Adequate understanding of front-end technologies, such as jQuery, JavaScript, Ajax, HTML, and CSS.
• Knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance.
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds.
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Proficient understanding of Pipelining and CI/CD.

What will a candidate be doing with us ?

• Top-notch development and managing and maintaining the code base with latest tech and code trends.
• Design and develop server-side logic using Laravel.
• Define and maintain the database.
• Create reusable, effective, and scalable code.
• Collaborate with a team of developers and UX designers to create a LARAVEL based web application..
• Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools.
• Utilize back-end data services and contribute to increasing existing data services API.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues.
• Document the development process, architecture, and standard components.
• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development.
• Develop components of the database such as cursor, queries, and Stored Procedure.
• Coordinates with co-developers and keeps project managers well informed of the status of development effort and serves as a liaison between development staff and project manager.

What will we provide to the candidate ?

• 5 days working.
• Flexible working hours
• International Exposure (UK projects)
• Training and development
• Appraisal every year
• Employee oriented policies
• Easily Adaptable Working Environment
• Various Learning and growing opportunities

We are looking for a Ruby on Rails developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
• Integration of data storage solutions 
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
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Skills

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, along with other common libraries such as RSpec and Resque
• Good understanding of the syntax of Ruby and its nuances
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages 
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors 
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, Mocking, ORM, and RESTful
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby code
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools 
• Familiarity with development aiding tool familiarity with continuous integration