About the job Backend Developer
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