GrowExx - Senior Software Engineer - LAMP

GrowExx is seeking a Senior Software Engineer LAMP, who will be working with PHP frameworks for design and developing new applications as well as maintain existing applications and deliver them with Test-Driven Development practices, has good analytical skills to create clean code and robust software.

Key Responsibilities :

- Overall responsible on the Implementation part of the project i.e., Getting things right.

- Be responsible to deliver the project assigned by working conjunction with PO, L3 and ADMs.

- Identify ways to implement stories and select the approach that is best suited for the project.

- Consult with L3 as required.

- Break down user stories along with the team to identify technical tasks.

- Provide detailed estimates before the start of the sprints.

- Need to work with the Team to get the estimates.

- Proactively pre-plan the sprints to achieve 90+% confidence of delivery.

- Delegate such tasks to L1s during the sprints and ensure those are completed.

- Identify any dependencies amongst the tasks and plan accordingly.

- Request help of ADMs if needed.

- Analyse the User Requirements, NFRs and Technical requirements for the project.

- Identify any unknowns i.e., missing scenarios, etc and consult with PO to ensure those are defined either as a User story or UAC.

- Identify technical uncertainties and consult with L3 engineer to resolve those.

- Perform code reviews for Self and L1 engineers.

- Provide support to L1 engineers in completing their tasks.

- Ideally should enable L1s to do the tasks, rather than doing themselves.

- Nurture & Groom L1 engineers to become better at their work.

- Create technical documents as required for the project in Jira, Confluence, or other tools.

- Provide POs and ADMs with daily updates of the team via Jira and Slack.

- Provide HL estimates for any new projects by working closely with L3s, POs and ADMs.

- Proactively communicate with other members of the team and other project leads.

- Provide HR and Management with any relevant information to help improve organisation culture & performance.

Key Skills :

- Good knowledge of OOPs concept.

- Can write PHP code using multiple Frameworks like YII2, CodeIgniter, Laravel, Symphony based on Technical Document and Requirements given.

- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GIT, SVN.

- Can develop a secure web API.

- Good knowledge of CMS frameworks like Magento, WordPress, Drupal (preferred).

- Good knowledge of Restful API and SOAP architecture (Preferred).

- Worked with databases, Query Optimization, and data structures for (MySQL, Postgres, MSSQ, MongoDB) (Preferred).

- Can unit test to perfection & understand TDD practices.

- Can produce code level logs.

- Knowledge of cloud computing platforms AWS & Azure is preferred.

- Can develop a secure web API.

- Can unit test to perfection & understand TDD practices.

Education and Experience :

- B Tech or B.E. with 4+ years experience as a Software Engineer.

Analytical and Personal Skills :

- Must have good logical reasoning and analytical skills.

- Demonstrate Ownership and Accountability of their work.

- Multi-tasking capabilities and team management.

- Technical documentation.

- Self-criticising.

- Negotiation skills.