Senior PHP-Laravel Developer

Job Description

• Write clean, secure, test driven, easily maintainable and modular codes.
• Database designing and maintenance.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Troubleshoot and debug applications.
• Perform UI/backend tests to optimize performance.
• Collaborate and work with frontend and mobile app developers on the backend needs of projects.
• Adhere closely to development plans and anticipate changes to specification or schedule as they become necessary during development.
• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development.

Qualifications

• 4+ Years of Previous working experience as a PHP / Laravel developer
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar relevant field
• In-depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP and Laravel 5 PHP Framework
• Demonstrable experience with PHP including OOP, security, refactoring & design patterns.
• Excellent knowledge of Laravel framework and experience building factories/facades/libraries using abstract classes, interfaces, traits.
• Experience in unit testing using testing frameworks like PHPUnit/phpspec.
• Good knowledge of RDBMS (MySQL/MS SQL/PostgreSQL), database designing and query optimization techniques. Experience in NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB) databases will be an added advantage.
• Good core knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and Bootstrap framework. Experience in JavaScript Frameworks (AngularJS/ReactJS/VueJS) will be an added advantage.
• Hands on experience in RESTful API design and development including implementation of oAuth2.0 for authentication and authorization.
• Experience in microservices development will be an added advantage.
• Working knowledge of version control systems like Git, clear understanding of Gitflow workflow, repository management tools like BitBucket and understanding of overall CI/CD process.
• Working knowledge of cloud servers (AWS/Heroku/Rackspace/Digital Ocean/Linode), related services and server administration like setting up Apache/Nginx, php-fpm etc. Other nice to have, but not mandatory:
• Docker/Homestead
• Ability to make composer packages.
• Worked with webpack, gulp.js, Babel for browser support.