PHP Backend Developer

Brief DescriptionLocation : Trivandum (Hybrid)  About us At Arbor, we’re on a mission to transform the way schools work for the better.  We believe in a future of work in schools where being challenged doesn’t mean being burnt out and overworked. Our MIS and school management tools are already making a difference in over 7,000 schools and trusts. At the heart of our brand is a recognition that the challenges schools face today aren’t just about efficiency, outputs and productivity - but about creating happier working lives for the people who drive education everyday: the staff. We want to make schools more joyful places to work, as well as learn. About the role We’re seeking a PHP Backend Developer (Platform) with 2–4 years of hands-on experience in developing and maintaining scalable backend systems. The ideal candidate is well-versed in PHP and modern frameworks such as Symfony /Laravel , with a solid understanding of RESTful APIs, MySQL database management, and performance optimization techniques. You’ll work closely with product managers, and engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-quality features. Core responsibilities

Develop core platform components to aid reusability and stability of the system

Work with Head of Platform Engineering/SRE to identify and progress platform improvements related to stability, scalability, and performance

Work with the QA automation framework to ensure functionality is delivered to a high quality

Work with DevOps Engineers to understand application impacts and system performance and stability, and work with engineering teams to rectify

Assist in incident response and resolution, and subsequent post-mortems and retrospectives

Contribute to the platform code base and framework which is used by Product Engineers across Engineering

Requirements

Experience of PHP at scale through frameworks such as Symfony /Laravel

Experience of distributed cloud systems, and specifically Amazon Web Services

Enterprise Software design patterns and their implementation in real-world enterprise systems

Experience of message queuing and/or streaming systems such as SQS, ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, AWS Firehose

Understanding of relational database technologies and their cloud versions (e.g. AWS MySQL Aurora)

Experience with DataDog, Prometheus or similar observability tools

A positive and proactive attitude to problem solving

A team player, willing to muck in and help others when needed, driven personality who asks questions and actively participates in discussions

   Preferred Skills

Past experience with enterprise solutions running at scale

Familiarity with Scrum methodology or other agile development processes

Experience with Docker and containerization

Experience with AWS or other Cloud Infrastructure.

Familiarity with software best practices such as Refactoring, Clean Code. 

What we offer The chance to work alongside a team of hard-working, passionate people in a role where you’ll see the impact of your work everyday. We also offer:

Flexible work environment (3 days work from office)

Group Term Life Insurance paid out at 3x Annual CTC (Arbor India)

32 days holiday (plus Arbor Holidays). This is made up of 25 days annual leave plus 7 extra companywide days given over Easter, Summer & Christmas

Work time: 9.30 am to 6 pm (8.5 hours only)

Compensation - 100% fixed salary disbursement and no variable component