Backend Developer – PHP / Laravel

Job Type

Full-time | On-site / Hybrid

Experience

3+ Years

Job Overview

We are looking for a skilled Backend Developer – PHP/Laravel with 3+ years of experience in developing scalable, secure, and high-performance web applications and REST APIs. The candidate should have strong experience in Laravel, MySQL, API development, and server-side application development, along with hands-on experience with AWS or Linux-based production servers.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend applications using PHP and Laravel.

Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs.

Implement business logic, validations, authentication, and authorization.

Design and optimize MySQL databases and queries.

Work with Laravel Eloquent ORM, Migrations, Seeders, Middleware, Jobs, Queues, and Scheduler.

Integrate third-party APIs, payment gateways, email, SMS, and other external services.

Develop secure and reusable backend components.

Troubleshoot application and production issues.

Optimize API, database, and application performance.

Write clean, maintainable, and well-structured code.

Collaborate with frontend developers, QA, UI/UX, and product teams.

Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.

Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot applications in AWS/Linux server environments.

Required Skills

PHP & Laravel

Strong knowledge of PHP 8+

Strong hands-on experience with Laravel

MVC architecture

Laravel Eloquent ORM

Laravel Middleware

Authentication & Authorization

Laravel Validation

Jobs & Queues

Events & Listeners

Task Scheduling

Laravel Sanctum / Passport

Database

Solid knowledge of MySQL

Database design and relationships

Complex SQL queries

Joins and subqueries

Indexing

Transactions

Query optimization

API Development

REST API development

JSON





API authentication

Third-party API integration

Webhooks

Postman

Swagger/OpenAPI — preferred

AWS / Server-Side

3+ years of backend/server-side development experience

Hands-on experience with AWS or Linux production servers

AWS EC2 / S3 / RDS — preferred

Linux / Ubuntu

Nginx / Apache

PHP-FPM

Cron jobs

SSL and basic server configuration

Application deployment and monitoring

Tools

Git / GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket

Composer

Postman

Docker — preferred

CI/CD — preferred

Project Experience

Candidates should have experience working on at least one production-level Laravel project involving:

User Management

Role & Permission Management

Authentication

Admin Dashboard

REST APIs

Database-driven business logic

Third-party integrations

Payment Gateway Integration

Notifications

Background Jobs / Queues

File Upload & Storage

Reports

Production Deployment

Server Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Preferred Experience

E-commerce application development

Payment gateway integration

Redis / caching

Laravel Horizon

Docker

Microservices

Elasticsearch

PHPUnit / Pest

CI/CD pipelines

AWS services

High-traffic application development

Qualification

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or a related field.

3+ years of professional experience in PHP/Laravel backend development.

Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

Good understanding of software development lifecycle and coding standards.

Ideal Candidate

3+ Years Experience | PHP 8+ | Laravel | MySQL | REST APIs | Eloquent ORM | Authentication | Third-Party APIs | AWS/Linux Server | Nginx/Apache | Git |

Hr

Ganthimathi G

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Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹1,629,015.10 per month

Benefits

- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

📌 Backend developer - PHP / Laravel (Tirunelveli)
🏢 Aanzara corporate IT Solutions
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