A Principal Software Engineer for PHP is an associate at Creative Chaos who is mainly responsible for developing server applications of various software platforms including but not limited to writing Restful APIs to be consumed by client applications. A Principal Software Engineer makes sure that the functionality, security, and performance of the server application are as per the design and is completely bug-free. Principal engineers have a responsibility to lead a team of engineers, mentor team members through continuous training and guidance.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of software engineers
- Mentor team members through training and guidance
- Analyze business requirements
- Estimate assigned tasks
- Write code and unit tests
- Collaborate with other team members
- Tune your code for enhanced security and performance
- Maintain systems by fixing any existing issues
- Update issue tracking software
- Provide status updates
- Communicate with client
- Control versions of your code
- Research new technologies
- Upgrade skills and knowledge
- Evaluate candidates for open positions
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelors in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent.
- 6-8 years of related experience in the professional industry.
- Strong knowledge of core PHP, MVC frameworks and Yii.
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as VueJs, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
- Knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming
- Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
- Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
- Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Good communication skills.
- Flexible attitude and versatile personality
- Strong presentation skills
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Work From Home
- Health Insurance
- OPD
- Training and Development
- Life Insurance
