Backend Software Engineer at Cardinal Stone

Job Summary

• CardinalStone is looking for a PHP Backend Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the frontend.
• Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of databases, optimization of legacy code base and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.
• You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Job Details

Responsibilities

• Integrate software components and third-party programs and other user-facing elements developed by front-end developers.
• Write codes that is readable, maintainable, reusable, and sufficiently tested, and documented to meet the needs of the business.
• Build future-proof reusable core code libraries to drive further efficiencies.
• Design and build database schemas with integrity and scalability with data access layers that are optimized for performance and security.
• Design, develop and manage robust APIs to support mobile and desktop clients.
• Understand technical and functional design requirements.
•  Optimization of web applications for performance and scalability.
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in  Computer Science, or a related field with a minimum of second class upper degree.
•  Minimum of 3 years of professional experience developing solutions with the required tools and skills
• Strong development background in PHP web frameworks such as Slim, Laravel etc.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages.
•  Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP.
• Knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming.
•  User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
•  Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Past experience of building a APIs and micro services using REST and SOAP architecture.
• Familiarity with the limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Knowledge of node.js and its frameworks is an added advantage
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.