Back End Developer - Bangalore

stockopedia; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK stock market website is seeking a PHP Developer to join their core team in Bangalore. The ideal candidate will possess at least 5 years of professional programming experience and a strong understanding of PHP, web servers, and database optimization. Responsibilities include developing tools for stock strategies and scaling the website internationally. This role requires fluency in English and a passion for finance. Join a dynamic team focused on innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• 5 years of professional programming experience required.
• Solid understanding of request to response cycle is essential.
• Deep expertise in PHP 5 and one high-level language like Java, Python, or Ruby is mandatory.
• Very good knowledge of OOP principles and design patterns.
• Understanding of MySQL and database optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and scale tools for stock market strategies.
• Collaborate with the core team to drive product development.
• Work on the next challenging phase of our web development.

Skills

Professional programming experience

Understanding of request to response cycle (HTTP, web server, PHP)

Expertise in PHP 5 and at least one high-level language (Java, Python, Ruby)

Knowledge of OOP principles and design patterns

Understanding of MySQL and database optimization

Fluency in plain Javascript

Knowledge of HTML/CSS

Familiarity with DVCS (Git, Mercurial)

Basic Linux command line utilities

Education

Graduate qualification in computer sciences

Tools

Kohana framework

Symfony framework

MongoDB

Job description

Overview

First class PHP Developer based in Bangalore needed to be a part of the core team of one of the UK's most trafficked Stock Market websites. Fluent English is absolutely essential - please don't apply otherwise.

We are one of the UK's most trafficked Stock Market websites serving over 100,000 unique visitors monthly. An opportunity exists to take ownership of the next and most challenging phase of our development.

We are building a set of tools to automate the generation and tracking of stock market strategies and ideas as part of a subscription feature set and looking to scale our website internationally into the US, Canada, Australia and India.

Desired Candidate Profile

• 5 years of professional programming experience
• Must have a solid understanding of the complete request to response cycle, involving HTTP, the web server, PHP and HTML/JSON.
• Deep expertise in PHP 5 (preferably 5.3) and at least one high level language such as Java, Python or Ruby, but be able to pick up and work with a new language if required.
• Very good knowledge of OOP principles and design patterns.
• Good understanding of MySQL 5 and database optimization in general.
• Must be very fluent in plain Javascript. Knowledge of JQuery and other toolkits a plus.
• Very good knowledge of HTML/CSS.
• Working knowledge of a DVCS, such as Git or Mercurial.
• Working knowledge of basic Linux command line utilities.

Nice to Haves

• Working knowledge of Kohana and Symfony framework
• Working knowledge of MongoDB is very desirable
• Knowledge of Map/Reduce in general
• Proven scaling experience
• An interest in finance and accounting theory and math related to it. Interest in the Stock Market is a positive too.

Professional Experience & Education

Ideally the candidate should have a graduate qualification in the appropriate computer sciences and have over 5 years experience, preferably in a high traffic startup serving over 1 million unique visitors monthly.

Personal Attributes

We are looking for someone creative, entrepreneurial and driven by curiosity and perfection.

Application

If you are interested, send us your CV and some examples of projects/code you are proud of.