Job Description

Design, build and maintain innovative PHP applications
Collaborate with the UI/UX team to create compelling user experiences
Lead the entire web application development life cycle
Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development
Write clean, secure, maintainable, testable, and modular codes
Design and maintain databases
Troubleshoot and debug applications
What does a "Senior PHP / Laravel Developer" do?
Your primary focus will be the development of all backend-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.
Duties & Responsibilities
Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms
Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team
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
Coordinate with co-developers and keeps project manager well informed of the status of development effort and serves as a liaison between development staff and project manager
Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development
Requirements
Previous working experience as a PHP / Laravel developer for a min. of 3 years
BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS or similar relevant field
In-depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP and Laravel 5 PHP Framework
Hands-on experience with SQL schema design, SOLID principles, REST API design
Software testing (PHPUnit, PHPSpec, Behat)
MySQL profiling and query optimization
Creative and efficient problem solver

Skills Required