Backend PHP Engineer
Backend PHP Engineer
REMOTE /
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Permanent
This job allows you to work remotely
Job Description
Our client is the world's leading SaaS platform for micromobility, enabling businesses around the globe to launch, manage and grow their own branded fleets of bikes, scooters, mopeds and everything else smaller than a car. We are passionate about transportation and changing the way people think about community connectivity. You'll get to work with a motivated and driven team to find creative solutions to exciting challenges in a rapidly evolving, fast-paced industry.
As a Backend PHP Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, maintaining and improving high-throughput, performance-critical, highly scalable applications and APIs using efficient, reusable, reliable and secure code.
Duties / Responsibilities:
● Design, Develop, Test and Maintain highly scalable, high-performance API’s and Services● Write, review, document, and integrate efficient, compliant, tested, modular code.
● Collaborate with other development teams on design and implementation of features spanning multiple products/services/modules.
● Conduct comprehensive testing and code reviews to ensure that industry coding standards are followed.
● Write concise, easy to understand documentation including software design, architecture, data flow, usage, and requirements using established best practices
● Analyze call stacks, trace files, debug logs, or performance data to troubleshoot and identify the root cause of bugs, fix defects, and identify areas for improvement.
● Ensure the functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, security, and realistic implementation schedules for projects.
● Improve reliability and performance of core components
Must Have Skills:
● 5+ years experience building scalable applications in Laravel, PHP
● Experience with scalable API development
● Experience with Microservice development
● Strong Experience with Test Driven Development in DevOps and Agile environment.
● Expertise designing, building and supporting scalable systems in a production environment.
● Expertise optimizing SQL databases and designing supportable schemas.
● Highly self-motivated in pursuing better technical solutions.
Nice to Have Skills:
● Must have the flexibility to adapt to growing technology and market demands.
● Strong analytical skills with the ability to problem-solve well-judged decisions.
● Strong project management skills; able to identify needs, develop effective solutions, and manage projects through to completion.
● Highly organized, task-oriented, and solution-driven with a strong team orientation.
● Highly self-motivated in pursuing better technical solutions.
● Strong verbal and written communication skills.
● Resourceful, flexible, and adaptable.
● Able to work well under pressure and respond to multiple fast-changing priorities.
● Entrepreneurial mindset and comfortable in a flat organization.