Backend Developer - PHP / Laravel

Full-time | On-site / Hybrid

Experience

3+ Years

Job Overview

We are looking for a skilled Backend Developer – PHP/Laravel with 3+ years of experience in

developing scalable, secure, and high-performance web applications and REST APIs. The

candidate should have strong experience in Laravel, MySQL, API development, and

server-side application development, along with hands-on experience with AWS or

Linux-based production servers.

Key Responsibilities

● Develop and maintain backend applications using PHP and Laravel.

● Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs.

● Implement business logic, validations, authentication, and authorization.

● Design and optimize MySQL databases and queries.

● Work with Laravel Eloquent ORM, Migrations, Seeders, Middleware, Jobs, Queues,

and Scheduler.

● Integrate third-party APIs, payment gateways, email, SMS, and other external services.

● Develop secure and reusable backend components.

● Troubleshoot application and production issues.

● Optimize API, database, and application performance.

● Write clean, maintainable, and well-structured code.

● Collaborate with frontend developers, QA, UI/UX, and product teams.

● Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.

● Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot applications in AWS/Linux server environments.

Required Skills

PHP & Laravel

● Strong knowledge of PHP 8+

● Strong hands-on experience with Laravel

● MVC architecture ● Laravel Eloquent ORM

● Laravel Middleware

● Authentication & Authorization

● Laravel Validation

● Jobs & Queues

● Events & Listeners

● Task Scheduling

● Laravel Sanctum / Passport

Database

● Strong knowledge of MySQL

● Database design and relationships

● Complex SQL queries

● Joins and subqueries

● Indexing

● Transactions

● Query optimization

API Development

● REST API development

● JSON

● API authentication

● Third-party API integration

● Webhooks

● Postman

● Swagger/OpenAPI — preferred

AWS / Server-Side

● 3+ years of backend/server-side development experience

● Hands-on experience with AWS or Linux production servers

● AWS EC2 / S3 / RDS — preferred

● Linux / Ubuntu

● Nginx / Apache

● PHP-FPM

● Cron jobs

● SSL and basic server configuration

● Application deployment and monitoring

Tools

● Git / GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket

● Composer

● Postman ● Docker — preferred

● CI/CD — preferred

Project Experience

Candidates should have experience working on at least one production-level Laravel project

involving:

● User Management

● Role & Permission Management

● Authentication

● Admin Dashboard

● REST APIs

● Database-driven business logic

● Third-party integrations

● Payment Gateway Integration

● Notifications

● Background Jobs / Queues

● File Upload & Storage

● Reports

● Production Deployment

● Server Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Preferred Experience

● E-commerce application development

● Payment gateway integration

● Redis / caching

● Laravel Horizon

● Docker

● Microservices

● Elasticsearch

● PHPUnit / Pest

● CI/CD pipelines

● AWS services

● High-traffic application development

Qualification

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or a related field.

● 3+ years of professional experience in PHP/Laravel backend development.

● Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

● Good understanding of software development lifecycle and coding standards. Ideal Candidate

3+ Years Experience | PHP 8+ | Laravel | MySQL | REST APIs | Eloquent ORM |

• Authentication | Third-Party APIs | AWS/Linux Server | Nginx/Apache | Git | Production Deployment

Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹45,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person