Shopify Developer

We are seeking a Senior Laravel Developer with a minimum of 8+ years of experience and a proven track record in developing and maintaining PHP/Laravel-based websites and applications. The ideal candidate should excel in creating high-performance web applications using PHP and MySQL, with expertise in debugging, performance optimisation, and scalability.

Responsibilities:

• Write clean, maintainable code adhering to company coding standards.
• Develop and enhance existing PHP/Laravel/Code-igniter projects.
• Troubleshoot, test, and maintain core product software and databases for optimisation and functionality.
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Follow industry best practices for secure and scalable development.

Key Skills

Technical Proficiency

• Expertise in PHP, MySQL, and related web technologies.
• Strong experience in debugging, performance optimisation, and scalability.
• Familiarity with resource-intensive application architectures.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) for scalable application deployment.
• Proficiency in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Strong knowledge of Git version control and collaborative workflows.
• Experience with microservices architecture and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks (Vue.js, React, or Angular) and modern JavaScript practices is a bonus.

Frameworks

• Hands-on experience with Laravel and CodeIgniter frameworks.

Proactive Problem-Solving

• Ability to identify potential bottlenecks and provide innovative solutions.

Soft Skills

• Adaptability to balance support and development tasks effectively.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in teams.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Leadership and Mentorship

• Mentor junior and mid-level developers, providing guidance on coding standards, best practices, and technical challenges.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure high-quality, maintainable codebases.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and project roadmaps.

Documentation and Best Practices

• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation for projects, processes, and workflows.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, security protocols, and development guidelines across the team.

Preferred Background

• Proven experience managing performance-critical applications.
• Exposure to legacy systems alongside modern development practices.
• Prior experience balancing support and development roles.
• Demonstrated expertise in resource-intensive application development and optimisation.
• Evidence of significant past performance improvements in web applications.
• Proficiency in frameworks such as Laravel and CodeIgniter, and relevant tech stacks.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of experience managing performance-critical applications.
• BE/B.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent degree required.
• Sound knowledge of OOP principles and best practices.
• Familiarity with Git version control and Agile/Scrum methodologies.

This role offers the opportunity to work on innovative projects while making meaningful contributions to high-scale applications. If you are passionate about creating exceptional web applications and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply!

Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks laravel

• Proficiency in modern HTML/CSS
• Excellent skills and experience with Apache, Laravel, Javascript, JQuery, Bootstrap and MySql
• Knowledge of best practices, cross browser compatibility and developing for mobile devices
• Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming
• Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

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