Lead Software Engineer - Laravel/Node.js

Description :

Essential Responsibilities :

- Architect and implement scalable, secure, and performant solutions using Laravel, Node.js, and modern web technologies.

- Design and develop RESTful and GraphQL APIs that power fleet management features including telematics, asset management, real-time tracking and alerts management.

- Build and optimize data processing pipelines handling high-volume telemetry and event streams from connected vehicles and devices.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate third-party services, APIs, and data sources, ensuring seamless interoperability.

- Implement robust authentication and authorization mechanisms for secure access using Auth0 and Laravel Passport

- Design and implement event-driven architectures using Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS, and message queue patterns.

- Develop and maintain database schemas, queries, and migrations for MySQL, PostgreSQL (with TimescaleDB), and Elasticsearch.

- Produce clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, conducting thorough code reviews.

- Troubleshoot and debug issues for optimal application performance using monitoring tools (Datadog, Grafana)

- Implement comprehensive testing strategies using PHPUnit, Codeception, Jest, and Mocha.

- Troubleshoot and debug issues for optimal application performance.

- Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices in web and backend development.

- Mentor and coach team members on technical design, coding standards, and professional development.

Experience & Skills

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

- 8+ years of professional software development experience, including 2+ years in senior technical or leadership roles.

- Strong expertise in PHP and Laravel framework with deep knowledge of service providers, middleware, and dependency injection patterns.

- Experience building and maintaining Laravel queue workers and scheduled tasks for asynchronous processing.

- Strong background in RESTful API development with Laravel including resource controllers, API authentication, and Eloquent ORM.

- Hands-on experience implementing authentication and authorization using Laravel Passport or Sanctum.

- Proficiency with Node.js and TypeScript for building scalable backend services.

- Experience with Express.js or similar Node.js frameworks for API development.

- Solid understanding of microservices architecture, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).

- Expertise in event-driven integration patterns (event-driven microservices communication, pub/sub messaging using RabbitMQ, AWS SQS and Laravel Queues).

- Strong database experience with PostgreSQL and TimescaleDB, MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch.

- Experience with testing frameworks including PHPUnit, Codeception, Jest, and Mocha.

- Proven ability to architect and design scalable, distributed, cloud-native systems (AWS/Azure or GCP).

- Experience with Vue/React, GraphQL, AWS CDK is nice to have.

- Strong grasp of software engineering principles, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and system design.

- Demonstrated leadership skills in mentoring engineers, driving technical excellence, and fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.