Senior Software Engineer - PHP/CodeIgniter Framework

Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Tech Lead – Java with strong software engineering fundamentals, a deep understanding of Java-based backend systems, and proven experience leading agile teams. This role involves a balance of individual contribution and technical leadership — mentoring developers, designing scalable architectures, and driving the success of product delivery in fast-paced environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of Java-based applications and RESTful APIs.
• Collaborate with product managers and architects to define technical solutions and translate business requirements into scalable software.
• Guide and mentor team members in best coding practices, design patterns, and architectural decisions.
• Drive code reviews, technical discussions, and ensure high code quality and performance standards.
• Troubleshoot critical production issues and implement long-term fixes and improvements.
• Advocate for continuous improvement in tools, processes, and systems across the engineering team.
• Stay up to date with modern technologies and recommend their adoption where appropriate.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Java backend development with expertise in Spring/Spring Boot and RESTful services.
• Solid grasp of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), system design, and design patterns.
• Proven experience leading a team of engineers or taking ownership of modules/projects.
• Experience with AWS Cloud services (EC2, Lambda, S3, etc.) is a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and working in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

About HummingWave

HummingWave is a leading IT product development company specializing in building full-scale application systems with robust cloud backends, sleek mobile/web frontends, and seamless enterprise integrations. With 50+ digital products delivered across domains for clients in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, we are a team of highly skilled engineers committed to technical excellence and innovation.

Thanks

As a Senior Software Engineer, you need to have:
● Advanced knowledge of PHP, Nodejs, MySQL, HTML/CSS, Javascript etc.
● Some experience in managing engineering teams of 5-20 people.

Work Details:
● Your work will involve managing software development team via web and mobile
technologies like PHP/Laravel, MySQL, Node.js, MongoDB, React, Angular, Ionic, AWS
etc.
● Lead, Coach and mentor a strong and passionate team of web and mobile Engineers and Designers
● Drive new features and improve performance
● Define or Review architectural standards and processes
● Drive performance analysis and optimization efforts
● Help set and fulfil the engineering hiring plan for the team including sourcing, screening
and interviewing
● Represent the team in engineering and product meetings
● Work with teams across Squareboat to ensure a seamless user experience for our
client's customers
● Champion continuous improvement to help raise the bar on quality, performance and
maintainability
● Keep abreast of the changes in the industry and champion new technologies and
development processes within the team

You need to have:
● 5+ years of relevant software development experience
● Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related
technical discipline
● A good understanding of the software development lifecycle
● Some interesting side projects you have done or a Github profile with real open source
contributions will be a big plus

Benefits:
● Working with the latest web technologies in an early-stage product startup, with plenty of
opportunities to learn
● You will work directly under the mentorship of other senior designers/developers and the
startup's founders

Skills:
● PHP, Javascript, MySQL, AngularJS, React.js

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain web applications using Laravel and Vue.js (PHP) framework.

Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve complex problems.

Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.

Test and debug applications to ensure they meet functional and performance requirements.

Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in web development.

Optimize application performance and scalability.

Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues as they arise.

Create and maintain technical documentation for applications.

Communicate project status and progress to stakeholders.

Qualifications

Strong proficiency in PHP programming language

Experience with Laravel framework

Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery

Understanding of MVC architecture

Experience with database management systems such as MySQL

Familiarity with version control systems such as Git

Ability to write clean, efficient, and well-documented code

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field (preferred)

Relevant certifications such as CodeIgniter Certified Developer (optional)

• Must have relevant experience of 3/7 years in working with Shopify and Shopify Plus stores
• Strong hands to Install & Customize new Shopify
• Basic experience in writing Ruby scripts to runpromotions
• Experience in integrating external API’s
• Proficiency in 3^rdparty integration like ERP- Netsuite, SAP, Odoo, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, Epicor etc.
• Experience in Implementing Shopify Ajax API, Admin APIs and configuring third partyapps
• Experience working with the following technologies: JavaScript (JQuery), XML, JSON, SQL, PHP, CSS3
• Good knowledge of front-end development and liquid programming language
• Knowledge in other E-Commerce platforms like Magento, woo-commerce, Big-commercewill be 
• Hands on Experience with OOP PHP (2+years)
• Familiarity with GIT
• Understanding of building custom, private and embeddedapps
• Demonstrated ability to adapt and work with team members of various experience levels
• Ability to work with minimal direction with a focus on customer satisfaction
• Communication should be excellent.

Database Administrator Lead - PostgreSQL

ABOUT Ashnik

Established in 2009, Ashnik is a leading open-source solutions and consulting company in South East Asia and India, headquartered in Singapore. We enable digital transformation for large enterprises through our design, architecting, and solution skills. Over 100 large enterprises in the region have acknowledged our expertise in delivering solutions using key open-source technologies. Our offerings form critical part of Digital transformation, Big Data platform, Cloud and Web acceleration and IT modernization. We represent EDB, Pentaho, Docker, Couchbase, MongoDB, Elastic, NGINX, Sysdig, Redis Labs, Confluent, and HashiCorp as their key partners in the region. Our team members bring decades of experience in delivering confidence to enterprises in adopting open source software and are known for their thought leadership.

THE POSITION

Ashnik is looking for talented and passionate people to be part of the team for an upcoming project at client location.

RESPONSIBILITIES

· Monitoring database performance

· Optimizing Queries and handle escalations

· Analyse and assess the impact and risk of low to medium risk changes on high profile production databases

· Implement security features

· DR implementation and switch over

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

· Preferably have a working experience of 4 Years and more , on production PostgreSQL DBs.

· Experience of working in a production support environment

· Engineering or Equivalent degree

· Passion for open-source technologies is desired

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

· Install & Configure PostgreSQL, Enterprise DB

· Technical capabilities PostgreSQL 9.x, 10.x, 11.x

· Server tuning

· Troubleshooting of Database issues

· Linux Shell Scripting

· Install, Configure and maintain Fail Over mechanism

· Backup - Restoration, Point in time database recovery

· A demonstrable ability to articulate and sell the benefits of modern platforms, software and technologies.

· A real passion for being curious and a continuous learner. You are someone that invests in yourself as much as you invest in your professional relationships.

LOCATION: Bangalore & Mumbai

Experience: 7 yrs plus

Package: upto 20 LPA

• Proficient in  PHP / HTML / CSS / MySql / Javascript/Jquery
• Knowledge of the MVC Framework will be a plus point.
• Good to have Contributions to open-source
• Strong Knowledge of Data Structure and OOPS concept
• Knowledge of Redis will be a plus point
• Should have background knowledge of E-commerce Systems
• Should have work with API's and its services
• Must be passionate about writing clean and maintainable code.

What we are looking for

• At-least 3 years of experience of development on backend applications. Full stack experience is a cherry on the top!
• Experience / knowledge of designing robust systems, maintaining & scaling them
• Experience with usage of NoSQL databases like MongoDB & with SQL and RDBMS Systems
• Experience of creating applications with any of the popular frameworks in Python, Java, GoLang, Node
• Experience with JS frontend frameworks like React, Angular, Vue etc is a big plus
• Well versed with versioning systems like git
• Understanding of rest API implementation

Some of the responsibilties you will be taking up are following

• Working on creating performant and fault tolerant systems which are scalable
• Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable codebase
• Effectively work with product to gather requirements, gain deep understanding of use cases and business needs, and translate into design and implementation.
• Maintain code integrity and organization.
• Manage basic devops related to CI/CD
• Creating secure systems
• Lead other junior developers
• Define optimal and minimal architecture to achieve product requirements