Software Engineer (PHP) at Superbalist.com

Who’s who

This position reports to an Engineering Manager.

The high level

• Writes code and tests, pushing to production independently.
• Reviews code, providing valuable improvements for the team.
• Designs and delivers significant projects.
• Develops detailed technical analysis and design specifications based on functional requirements.
• Participates in functional and technical specification reviews.
• Monitor services and systems within our infrastructure.
• Tracks investigates, and resolves defects.
• Creates and executes unit tests.
• Participates in creating and executing integration-level test plans.
• Can work across multiple teams & disciplines to deliver larger projects.
• Mentors more junior developers, participates in hack days, and invests in the engineering online community.
• Continuously improves the architecture and methodologies to find ways to iterate on code design, system performance, scalability, and address security.

The skills we need

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong drive for results.
• Be comfortable working within a team.
• Good communication skills.
• Build and maintain relationships.

Your qualifications & experience

• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent 5 years experience.
• 3-5 years in professional software development.
• Proven mastery of object oriented programming in PHP.
• Significant experience in relational database systems and structures.
• In-depth knowledge of networking, cloud computing, distributed systems and testing.
• Understanding of how to build sustainable solutions that scale.
• Understanding of caching strategies, queues and asynchronous processes.
• Demonstrate industry best practices in security and privacy.
• Experience in the agile methodology, in an issue tracking system.

Areas of mastery

• PHP (Laravel)
• SQL
• Basics of Docker