Software Engineer II- Backend

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and APIs using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, jQuery and JavaScript.
• Build and optimize REST APIs and integrate with third-party services.
• Ensure high performance, scalability, and security of WordPress applications.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, QA, and DevOps to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve WordPress-related technical issues.
• Stay updated on WordPress and web technology trends.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5-8+ years of experience in PHP and WordPress development.
• Strong expertise in custom theme and plugin development.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML5, CSS3.
• Solid experience with MySQL and database optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Git and Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of WordPress security best practices, SEO, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) is a plus.
• Experience with multisite, or headless WordPress is an advantage.
• Experience with Laravel, Symfony, Yii and other PHP based framework is a plus.

Nice to have 

• Cloudflare Workers (Wrangler, KV/R2, Durable Objects) 
• Salesforce OAuth/API experience; HubSpot Forms event hooks; middleware patterns. 
• AWS basic understanding 
• Cloudflare basic understanding 
• Uptime/transaction monitoring via Checkly or other automated systems. 
• Entry-level DevOps/networking understanding: HTTP/TLS, CORS, DNS, proxies, caching, request/response debugging (HAR). 

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.), but equivalent work experience in a technology-related area may substitute.
• Proven track record in building and maintaining large-scale WordPress platforms.

Responsibilities:

● Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Java and Spring

Boot.

● Create and optimize SQL database schemas and queries in PostgreSQL to ensure efficient

data storage and retrieval.

● Implement RESTful APIs to facilitate seamless communication between frontend and backend

components.

● Configure and manage Nginx web servers to efficiently handle incoming requests and improve

application performance.

● Deploy and manage applications on AWS or GCP, ensuring scalability, reliability, and

security.

● Configure and optimize message broker systems using Kafka for real-time data processing

and communication.

● Containerize applications using Docker for easy deployment, scaling, and management.

● Create detailed Low-Level Designs (LLDs) and High-Level Designs (HLDs) to guide the

development and architecture of backend systems.

● Automating CI/CD pipelines and streamlining the software development lifecycle.

● Integrate AI/ML models into backend workflows using Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, or

third-party AI APIs.

● Leverage AI tools (e.g., OpenAI APIs, Hugging Face, AWS AI services) to build intelligent

features.

● Collaborate closely with frontend developers, product managers, data scientists, and other

stakeholders to deliver high-quality AI-powered solutions.

● Monitor and troubleshoot production systems to ensure optimal performance, reliability, and

uptime.

What We’re Looking For:

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

● 3-5 years of experience in backend development.

● Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, SQL, and GitActions.

● Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles and best practices.

● Experience with configuring and optimizing Nginx web servers.

● Experience with configuring and optimizing Kafka service.

● Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP.

● Familiarity with Docker containers and container orchestration.

● Ability to create comprehensive Low-Level Designs (LLDs) and High-Level Designs (HLDs)

for backend systems.

● Experience with Python for AI/ML model integration in backend services.

● Familiarity with AI platforms and APIs such as OpenAI, Hugging Face, AWS AI/ML, or GCP

Vertex AI.

● Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

● Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team

environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

● Knowledge of microservices architecture and related technologies.

● Experience with cloud-native development and serverless computing.

● Understanding of software development best practices, including Agile methodologies

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain java application phases, code, and software.
• Conduct software analysis, programming, testing, and debugging, as well as recommending changes to improve the established processes.
• Transform requirements into stipulations and identify production and non-production application issues
• Competence and comfort using multiple frameworks (e.g. Spark, Storm, Hadoop, Angular 2/4/5, Spring Boot)
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify errors and make adjustments in a testing environment.

·      Core responsibilities to include analyze business requirements and designs for accuracy and completeness. Develops and maintains relevant product.

·      BlueYonder is seeking a Senior/Principal Architect in the Data Services department (under Luminate Platform ) to act as one of key technology leaders to build and manage BlueYonder’ s technology assets in the Data Platform and Services.

·      This individual will act as a trusted technical advisor and strategic thought leader to the Data Services department. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead, participate, guide, and mentor other people in the team on architecture and design in a hands-on manner. You are responsible for technical direction of Data Platform. This position reports to the Global Head, Data Services and will be based in Bangalore, India.

·      Core responsibilities to include Architecting and designing (along with counterparts and distinguished Architects) a ground up cloud native (we use Azure) SaaS product in Order management and micro-fulfillment

·      The team currently comprises of 60+ global associates across US, India (COE) and UK and is expected to grow rapidly. The incumbent will need to have leadership qualities to also mentor junior and mid-level software associates in our team. This person will lead the Data platform architecture – Streaming, Bulk with Snowflake/Elastic Search/other tools

Our current technical environment:

·      Software: Java, Springboot, Gradle, GIT, Hibernate, Rest API, OAuth , Snowflake

·      • Application Architecture: Scalable, Resilient, event driven, secure multi-tenant Microservices architecture

·      • Cloud Architecture: MS Azure (ARM templates, AKS, HD insight, Application gateway, Virtue Networks, Event Hub, Azure AD)

·      Frameworks/Others: Kubernetes, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Spark, NOSQL, RDBMS, Springboot, Gradle GIT, Ignite

Skills:

• Expertise in Python 3 on AWS serverless
• Experience in AWS serverless stack Appsync, Lambda, Cognito, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, SQS, S3, Code commit & Code Deploy.
• Proficient in modern microservice-based architectures and methodologies.
• Experience in a database technology, preferably No-SQL such as AWS DynamoDB.
• Build human-centric UX with us using technologies like React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and CSS-in-JS.
• Experience building data processing pipelines (SQS, Kinesis, DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, or similar)
• Deep technical hands-on experience developing in REST/JSON or SOAP/XML, combined with strong knowledge of concepts such as CORs (Cross Origins Resources), headers, security, JSON and http concept.
• Experience with Github and advanced Github features (good to have).
• Must have worked as a part of Agile Teams and DevOps practices such as continuous Integration tools (e.g. Jenkins), code repository, creating CI/CD pipelines is required.