Senior PHP Laravel Developer
Position: Senior PHP Laravel Developer
Experience Required: up to 3 years
Positions: 03
About us:
Saakh is building a social networking platform for businesses who sell on credit in order to solve for their payment collection challenges faced by every seller on a day to day basis. Our vision is to make payments collections timely and automatic for these businesses. Saakh is building a community of trustable businesses. We are building an eco-system where a business who has cheated once can never cheat again.
Job description
You will be responsible for handling entire back-end infrastructure of Saakh. You will work closely with founder and CTO to discuss the strategy and to implement the said aforesaid within the deadlines. Saakh is a fast-moving start-up who is at the early stages, timely execution is of paramount importance.
Job responsibilities
- Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications.
- Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications.
- Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools.
- Utilize backend data services and contribute to increasing existing data services API.
- Lead the entire web application development life cycle right from concept stage to delivery and
post launch support.
- Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with
technical and process issues.
- Document the development process, architecture, and standard components.
- Coordinates with co-developers and keeps project managers well informed of the status of
development effort and serves as liaison between development staff and project manager.
- Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development.
Desired profile
- Previous working experience as a Laravel developer for 4+ years.
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or similar relevant field.
- In depth knowledge of object-Oriented PHP and Laravel PHP Framework.
- MySQL profiling and query optimization.
- Creative and efficient problem solver.
- Excellent command on Core PHP and MySQL using MVC Architecture.
- Excellent skills in PHP/Javascript.
- Knowledge of At least one CMS (WordPress, Magento or Drupal)
- Excellent of Laravel framework.
- Strong object-oriented programming skills.
- General knowledge of both front-end and back-end web development from a consumer.
- Perspective Knowledge of eCommerce integration.
- Should know about child theme and its structure.
- Should know about creating plugins for theme customization
- It is must to have a high sense of integrity.
Are you one of us?
We welcome you to Saakh’s family.

About Saakh
About
We are building Linkedin for MSMEs.
We are making payments collection easy for businesses by building credit scores of their customers.
Saakh is an invoice sharing app which lets seller share the invoice to its customer. Seller can track invoices, app lets seller send manual or automated payment reminders to its customers. Saakh has developed first of its kind payment reminders which take payment commitment from the customers. Customers can pay / send payment confirmations to the sellers via the app. App analyses the payment habits of the customers and after considering several other factors, it creates a Saakh score (Saakh is an Hindi word which means Reputation, Saakh score essentially measures reputation of each business)
Join us if:
1) You can work aggressively and execute rapidly (An early stage startup is all about speed and execution)
2) You love what you do. You genuinely like to be a problem solver.
3) You want to build products which brings meaningful impacts in lives of business owners.
Values we abide by:
Honesty, Openness, Transparency and Speed.
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- PRIMARY SKILLS NEEDED: NodeJS, AngularJS, React JS
- MySQL and NoSQL DB (like MongoDB/Cassandra) - MUST HAVE.
- jQuery, JSON, AJAX, web services/REST, SQL.
- JavaScript frameworks like NodeJS, AngularJS, ReactJS, Jasmine or Ember, etc., or JS-based build tools like Grunt, Gulp, and Bower.
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- UX or UI designing experience is an advantage.
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- 3+ years of Full Stack Application development experience is a must.
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- Strong experience using a client-side MVC framework such as NodeJS, React JS, NextJS, Redux, and AngularJS.
- Topnotch programming skills and writing code for robust software design.
- Experience in responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, and website performance.
- Experience in object-oriented design skills.
- Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skills.
- Experience with Git.
- Experience with handling Services, RESTful, and APIs.
- Knowledge of frontend CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Material UI, and preprocessors like SASS and LESS.
Responsibilities :
- To work with a cross-functional software development team on highly visible strategic projects as an expert-level individual contributor to the coding tasks assigned.
- Responsible for the development of highly responsive, web-based UI in a flexible and well-structured front-end architecture.
- Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
- Experience with third-party libraries and APIs (Google APIs etc.)
- Produce well-designed efficient code in a timely manner to meet delivery timescales/milestones.
- Mentor other developers on software best practices and technical guidance and help grow their software development skill sets.
- To proactively stay plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and apply them to operations and activities.
- Should demonstrate the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, manage priorities and communicate progress effectively.
Responsibilities:
Design and develop server-side web applications using Node.js
Write high-quality, testable, and scalable code
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize features
Implement and maintain software design patterns and architecture
Troubleshoot and debug applications
Optimize application performance and scalability
Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve code quality
Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in web technologies and frameworks
Requirements:
2-4 years of experience in developing server-side web applications using Node.js
Strong proficiency in JavaScript, with a good understanding of its ecosystem
Experience with popular Node.js frameworks such as Express or Hapi
Familiarity with database technologies such as MongoDB, MySQL, or PostgreSQL
Knowledge of web security best practices and techniques
Experience with Git and other version control systems
Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment
Good communication and teamwork skills
If you meet these qualifications and are passionate about developing high-quality, scalable web applications, we encourage you to apply for this position.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies & best practices for the SDLC (including coding standards, code
reviews, source control management & build processes).
• Must have experience in designing Factories/API/Interfaces independently in Java
• Highly skilled in using OR Tools like Hibernate/Ebean.
• Must have a good understanding of relational databases (MySQL/Postgres), transactions, and indexing.
• Must be able to do performance optimization, and use multi-threading wherever possible.
• Experience with Kafka, Big Query, and ElasticSearch a plus.
• Drive test coverage and continuous delivery automation within the team.
• Experience with building highly available and scalable distributed systems a plus.
Preferred Qualifications:
• 3-4 Years of experience with a Bachelor’s/Master's degree in Computer Science, Math, or Related
technical domain from reputed organizations.
• Strong communication & mentoring skills
- Java, J2EE
- Microservices
- Spring Boot
- JPA, REST API, JSON, JWT, OAuth, Spring Security, Swagger
- Oracle / MySQL / Postgres DB
- Angular / React / React Native
- JIRA, Bitbucket
Must-Have -
- Excellent knowledge of Core Java and Spring
- Strong experience in REST API and web services
- Experience in Oracle / Mysql / Postgres DB
- Should be efficient with Java J2EE and related technologies
- Should have very good communication skills and analytical skills.
- Should have good knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle and Agile methodologies.
- Good knowledge of current / emerging technologies and trends
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. High levels of initiative and creativity
- Good communication skills with all stakeholders, good team player with ability to mentor juniors
Good to Have:
- Knowledge in Banking Domain
- Full-stack developers with knowledge and understanding of Javascript and associated technologies like React, Angular, HTML5, CSS will have an advantage.
• Should have 5+ years of work experience in design, develop, Code and Unit Test web and desktop-based applications written in .Net framework starting from 4.x and above.
• Strong analytical skills to understand a given requirement and provide work estimates.
• Strong Object-Oriented Programming knowledge.
• Strong experience with Static Code Analyzers like Fortify.
• Should have good understanding of web servers such as IIS and Front-end such as HTML’s and Razor based engines.
• Strong debugging skills using .net front end and backend.
• Strong coding experience and thorough understanding of programming languages such as C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net, ADO.Net, JQuery, JavaScript, Traditional Web Services, WCF, Web API and other Scripting languages such as pythons.
• Strong working knowledge on various design patterns such as MVC, MVVM, DDD, Repository Pattern and any custom/hybrid framework as designed by the Architects.
• Should have a strong working knowledge of Azure DevOps.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of data sharing medium using JSON, XML and other media types.
• Strong knowledge on Entity Framework (6 and above) and other ORM such as Dapper.
• Strong knowledge and programming skills in Database such SQL SERVER, Oracle, My SQL and SQL Express. Additionally, nice to know-how knowledge in MS ACCESS.
• Strong knowledge and coding experience in REST based web services and service-oriented design patterns using WCF and other API’s.
• Should have used IDE such as Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code for Front-end development.
• 1+ years of building SPA web solutions using Angular 6/7/8 , BackBone, Bootstrap
• 5+ years building HTML5 complaint pages
• 3+ years of experience using TypeScript
• 3+ years of writing automated testing using Jamine or others
Day to Day job Duties: (what this person will do on a daily/weekly basis)
• Co-ordinate/mentor other Junior developers on a day to day basis.
• Understand the use cases/User Story, code and develop on a designed platform/pattern.
• Strict adherence to coding standards.
• Participate self-code review/peer reviews and correct errors wherever applicable before checking in the final code into the Branch/code repo.
• Create code documentations wherever applicable and as set guidelines by the team.
• Create and perform Unit Tests wherever applicable as set guidelines by the team.
• Provide feedback and assist in estimation planning.
• Merge code branches as and when required.
• Create and publish release documentations and application deployments as and when requested.
• Report out statuses to the leads onshore daily during the Stand-up calls.
• Additionally, update efforts on a given work item on everyday basis.
• Provide true estimates on work assigned prior development. Also ask questions/provide comments on User Stories/work items assigned.
• Be a team player and flexible towards availability in case of any urgent issues that need immediate attention.
• Plan out vacations in advance (min. 2 weeks of adv. Notice).
Nice to have(not a must) experience, skills
• Good understanding of Service Workers.
• Prior coding experience using FORTRAN.
• Experience on 3rd party tools like Spire.Pdf, PDF.Js.
• Knowledge of Rapid application development framework like DevExpress, Code on Time, HighCharts.
• Knowledge of code clean up tools like CodeMaid.
• Knowledge of Power BI and O365 Suites of applications.
• knowledge of SQL Data tools like SSIS and SSRS.
Managing & mentoring a team of 5+ people
Ability to deliver projects/sprints on time
Obsessed with quality: Design reviews, code reviews, testing (system/performance)
Spending at least 50% time with hands-on coding while doing the above
Programming
Hands on experience with design and implementation of of WebApps and APIs using a PHP based framework (such as Laravel, Code Igniter, Cake or similar)
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Good understanding of SQL (mySQL, postgres or similar. including clustering)
Good understanding of one no-SQL
Comfortable producing and refactoring code without assistance
Understands different major language paradigms (object oriented / functional /reactive)
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