PHP Backend Developer MySQL (4-6 Years Experience)

Winzons; India; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Winzons in India seeks a PHP Backend Developer with 4-6 years of hands-on experience to join our technology team and work on our in-house cross-border commerce platform. The role focuses on Core PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, and data-heavy backend modules.

You will develop, optimize, and maintain back-end systems, build admin panels and reports, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of hands-on PHP backend development experience.
• Strong MySQL expertise including joins and optimization.
• Experience with REST APIs, data-heavy business apps, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance backend apps using Core/Native PHP.
• Work on catalog, inventory, OMS, fulfillment, and vendor modules.
• Build admin panels, dashboards, reports, and data management tools.
• Write efficient MySQL queries, joins, and aggregations for large datasets.
• Optimize slow queries and backend scripts; improve report logic.
• Build and consume REST APIs for inventory sync and orders.
• Handle CSV/Excel uploads, validations, exports, and error reporting.
• Debug and resolve issues in existing PHP/MySQL apps.
• Collaborate with business, operations, and product teams.
• Follow clean code practices and maintain documentation.

Skills

PHP

MySQL

REST APIs

Backend logic

Reporting modules

Data-heavy apps

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Git

JSON handling

CSV/Excel

Job description

We are looking for a PHP Backend Developer with 4-6 years of hands-on experience to join our technology team and work on our in-house cross-border commerce platform. The platform supports complex cross-border commerce operations involving large-scale catalog management, factory-level order tracking, inventory synchronization, fulfillment reporting, vendor performance monitoring, and sales workflows. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Core PHP / Native PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, backend logic, reporting modules, and data-heavy business applications. The candidate should be comfortable working on existing systems, debugging production issues, building new modules, and improving system performance.

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Develop, maintain, and enhance backend applications using Core PHP / Native PHP.
• Work on catalog, inventory, OMS, fulfillment, packing list, vendor performance, sales, and master data modules.
• Build admin panels, dashboards, filters, reports, and backend data management tools.
• Write efficient MySQL queries, joins, aggregations, and reports for large datasets.
• Optimize slow queries, backend scripts, and report generation logic.
• Build and consume REST APIs for inventory sync, order updates, and system integrations.
• Handle CSV / Excel uploads, validations, imports, exports, and row-wise error reporting.
• Maintain API logs, inventory push logs, failed records, and retry flows.
• Debug and resolve issues in existing PHP/MySQL applications.
• Work with operational datasets involving factories, styles, SKUs, orders, packing lists, inventory, and sales data.
• Implement proper data validation, error handling, duplicate prevention, logging, and audit trails.
• Support senior developers in system enhancement, code review, and architecture improvements.
• Collaborate with business, operations, cross-border, and product teams.
• Follow clean coding practices and maintain proper documentation for key logic.

Technical Skills Required :

• Strong hands-on experience in Core PHP / Native PHP.
• Strong knowledge of MySQL, including joins, indexing, query optimization, grouping, aggregations, and reporting queries.
• Experience in REST API development and integration.
• Good understanding of JSON handling, API authentication, error handling, API logs, and retry mechanisms.
• Experience with CSV / Excel import and export.
• Good knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, and Bootstrap.
• Experience building admin panels, dashboards, and backend business modules.
• Ability to debug existing code and production issues.
• Understanding of database transactions, data validation, duplicate prevention, and audit logs.
• Basic knowledge of cron jobs, scheduled scripts, and backend processes.
• Familiarity with Git or any version control system.

Good to Have :

• Experience in ERP, OMS, inventory management, logistics, e-commerce, marketplace, or supply chain systems.
• Experience with large datasets and performance-heavy reports.
• Understanding of inventory sync, order fulfillment, vendor dashboards, or catalog systems.
• Experience with role-based access control.
• Basic Linux/server knowledge.
• Experience with background jobs, queues, or batch processing.
• Understanding of API security and idempotency.
• Ability to understand business workflows and convert them into practical backend modules.

Qualification & Experience :

• 4-6 years of hands-on PHP backend development experience.
• Strong practical experience in MySQL.
• Experience working on APIs, admin panels, dashboards, reports, or data-heavy business applications.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Prior experience in ERP / OMS / Inventory / E-commerce / Logistics / Supply Chain systems will be preferred.

Ideal Candidate Profile :

The ideal candidate should be someone who has worked beyond simple websites and has experience building or maintaining business-critical backend systems. The candidate should be able to understand existing code, write clean PHP/MySQL logic, debug issues independently, work with reports and dashboards, handle CSV/API-based data flows, and gradually take ownership of modules under guidance.