Backend Developer Passionate about developing scalable applications for millions of users.
Responsibilities: Design & Development : Architect and develop backend services using the Laravel framework to enhance the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of the system.
Problem Solving: Conduct root-cause analysis, debug complex production software, and continuously improve system performance.
Code Quality : Participate in code and design reviews to maintain high development standards.
Collaboration: Act as a bridge between the product owner and the tech team, ensuring effective communication and providing regular updates on progress.
Product Implementation: Work closely with product and UX teams to build, test, and optimize products in line with business metrics.
Customer Support: Collaborate with the customer success team to identify and address potential product issues.
Performance Optimization: Engage in capacity planning, performance analysis, tuning, and system optimization to ensure high uptime.
Cost Efficiency: Manage and optimize third-party software and service costs.
Requirements: Education : Bachelors degree in Computer science, Information Technology, Information System, or Software Engineering.
Experience : Minimum 3-4 years of experience with strong foundations in algorithms and data structures, and backend software development.
Laravel Expertise : At least 3-4 years of hands-on experience with the Laravel framework, its core concepts, and its ecosystem.
Performance Tuning: Proven knowledge of NGINX & PHP-FPM server performance tuning, load management, scaling, and bottleneck elimination.
Microservices Architecture: Familiar with implementing and managing microservices-based architecture.
Cloud Proficiency: Experience in deploying and scaling applications on AWS & GCP, with familiarity with key services such as EC2, RDS, Route53, ElasticCache, ECR, CloudFormation, Lambda, CodeDeploy, Load Balancers, and SQS.
CI/CD Pipelines: Experience in automating deployment processes using CI/CD pipelines.
Streaming Technologies : Familiarity with live streaming and video call technologies (RTMP, RTC, HLS, FLV, etc.).
Database Management : Expertise in relational (MySQL) and non-relational (MongoDB) database systems, with skills in query optimization and fine-tuning.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery : Experience in designing high-availability infrastructure and disaster recovery solutions.
Cyber Security : Knowledge of cybersecurity practices, including data encryption, hashing, firewalls, and secure connections (Preferred).
Certifications: Cloud certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure, or Alibaba Cloud) are a plus.
Soft Skills: Excellent communication skills, sharp analytical abilities, and a critical thinker who can evaluate and improve current systems for growth and stability