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We are seeking a Senior PHP Developer to join our backend team and help scale our Laravel-based platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain our Laravel-based REST API serving mobile apps and web interfaces.
- Optimize hybrid search architecture combining MySQL and Algolia for sub-second performance.
- Build and enhance queue-based systems for processing 200,000+ daily product updates.
- Implement and maintain Shopify integrations for partner stores.
- Design scalable database solutions handling high-volume transactional data.
- Collaborate on AI-powered product categorization features.
- Develop push notification systems for mobile applications.
- Support multi-language platform functionality (English/Spanish).
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional PHP development experience.
- Strong Laravel framework expertise.
- Proven experience with Algolia or similar search engines (Elasticsearch, Solr).
- Solid MySQL database design and optimization skills.
- Experience with queue systems (Redis, Laravel Queues, RabbitMQ).
- Proficiency in REST API development and optimization.
- Experience with large-scale data processing and synchronization.
- Understanding of caching strategies and performance optimization.
- Git version control and collaborative development workflows.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Push notification implementation (Firebase, APNs).
- Experience with AI/ML integration for data categorization.
- Multi-tenant application architecture.
- E-commerce platform development.
- Real-time inventory management systems.
- Database indexing and query optimization for large datasets.
- Experience with role-based CMS development.
What We Offer:
- Work on technically challenging problems at scale.
- Opportunity to shape architecture decisions for a growing platform.
- Collaborative environment with modern development practices.
- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies including AI integration.
- Impact on a platform serving hundreds of partner stores.
- Growth opportunities in a rapidly expanding e-commerce ecosystem.
Technical Environment:
- Backend: PHP 8+ with Laravel
- Databases: MySQL with advanced indexing and optimization
- Search: Algolia integration with intelligent fallback systems
- Queue Processing: Laravel Queues with Redis
- APIs: RESTful architecture with comprehensive documentation
- Integrations: Shopify, payment gateways, analytics platforms
- Infrastructure: Scalable cloud deployment with monitoring and logging
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