
Sr. Software Engineer
Looking for a PHP Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users
We are building a platform for millennial parents to surround them with personalised support at every step of their parenting journey. The vision is to become their trusted 24*7 buddy right from planning a baby to 12 years of a child.
- Founded by Ex 3M, Gillette, Cargill folks
- App v1.0 has gone live in Feb’23
- Raised 2 rounds of investment
The plan is to on-board 1 million users at a break-neck speed in the next 6 months using ingenious methods, both online & offline. To support the growth and build multiple features, we are looking for a PHP Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users. The position reports to the Technology Head and based out of Bangalore.
Technology : PHP( CodeIgniter, Laravel etc ),OOPHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, SQL
Responsibilities:
· Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers
· Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
· Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
Requirement:
· Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks {such as Laravel, CodeIgniter etc depending on your technology stack}
· Understanding of synchronous behaviour of PHP
· Understanding of MVC design patterns
· Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3
· Understanding accessibility and security compliance
· 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 the 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
What you can expect:
- Work closely with Tech Head to explore & build the tech-platform
- A culture of willingness to try, fail, re-try, scale & grow
- Medical Insurance
- Flexible work hours

About BeingTheParent
About
We are building a platform for millennial parents to surround them with support ( guidance, products, services ) at every step of their parenting journey, absolutely personalised. The vision is to become their trusted 24*7 buddy right from planning a baby to 12 years of child.
· The company is founded by Ex 3M, Gillette, Cargill folks
· > 2 Million hits on the content site since going live in early 2021
· Raised 2 rounds of investment
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Primary Skills: Node.js What’s expected from your experience in primary skills area?
Strong proficiency in Node.js, frameworks (e.g. Express), and JavaScript Development of server-side logic, including APIs and views.
Deep knowledge of server-side templating languages, front-end technologies, fundamental design principles, HTML5, and CSS.
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Experience: 5-7 years
Responsibilities:
Backend Development:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and high-performance backend systems.
- Utilize AWS Serverless skills (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, Event bridge, CloudWatch, permissions, accounts, multi accounts, streams
Technology Stack:
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E-commerce Expertise:
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- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 5-7 years of backend development experience.
- Strong proficiency in AWS Serverless technologies.
- Expertise in JavaScript, Node.js, and Typescript.
- Experience with e-commerce projects, particularly Commercetools, is an advantage.
- Excellent communication skills to engage with international stakeholders.
- Providing technical guidance as well hands on management for all product development within the company.
- Identifying frameworks/ technologies/ languages/ libraries to be used to achieve desired goals.
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- Growing the internal information technology development organisation; managing and recruiting a multidisciplinary high-performance technology team.
- Developing RESTful backend services if needed
- Ensuring implementation of formal processes to support the product development process.
- Passionate about automated testing: Managing / driving testing - unit tests, system tests, regression.
- Performance Tuning/ Profiling: In-depth understanding of popular architectures SOA, RESTful, Microservices, Messaging Bus.
What you need to have:
- B.E / B.Tech or similar qualification from a premier institute.
- Good communication skills.
- Self-starter, Highly motivated.
- People Management skills.
- Go-getter attitude.
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- Knowledge of Caching solutions Redis, Memcache
- Databases experience - MySQL/NoSQL, RabbitMQ, Kafka.
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- Knowledge of popular front end MVC technologies.
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- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
- Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
- Implementation of security and data protection.
- Integration of data storage solutions {mysql, redis}.
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- Good interaction with the team. Good debugging skills.
Skills:
- Strong proficiency with JavaScript {optimized code}.
- Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it {sequelize}.
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- Optimization in terms of memory and time.
- Good understanding of server-side templating languages.
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.
- Understanding accessibility and security compliance.
- User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments.
- Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.
- Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
- Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
- Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
Strong experience in customizing and extending Magento1 and
Magento2 platforms, PHP coding, MySQL administration and
optimization, and JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML.
Desired Candidate Profile:-
An expert level knowledge of OO PHP, MySQL, Linux
(LAMP Stack) aimed at Magento.
Magento2 certified candidates are preferred.
Expertise with development life-cycle methodologies and
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A good understanding of web frontend technologies
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2
Demonstrable integration experience of using third party
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A deep understanding of the use of a git based workflow
system and git-flow.
Good understanding of build and dependency management
tools such as Composer, Homebrew, Gulp.







