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Islamabad, Pakistan Hybrid PHP

Senior PHP Developer

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Description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior PHP Developer to join our team full-time in Pakistan.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Senior PHP Developer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Responsibilities

  • Back-end development to meet customer’s business needs and implement components according to modern software development environment (cloud-based platforms, microservices architecture, etc.)
  • Taking part in the decision-making process in design application architecture, solution development, architecture and code review
  • Develop and review feature design documents and provide inputs/update to specifications for the solution
  • Design and implement a set of various types of tests (unit, integration, functional, etc)
  • Proactive position in solution development, processes improvements
  • Working in an international distributed team in an Agile environment
  • Communicate with PMs, engineers, Architects, QA and other colleagues and stakeholders
  • Delivering the product roadmap and plannings

  • To use high coding standards, software best practices and write highly testable, automatable and performant code over the whole SDLC

Requirements

  • Experience in software development for more than 5 years
  • Excellent knowledge in Computer Science, Computing Theory:
    • Paradigm & Principles (OOP, SOLID)
    • Database theory (RDBMS)
    • Code testing practices
    • Enterprise and Design Patterns
    • Protocols and conventions (e.g. REST, RPC)
    • Authentication and authorization flows
    • Standards and practices (e.g. oAuth, JWT)
  • Excellent knowledge and experience in PHP 
  • Practical commercial experience with:
    • REST API development
    • Web application frameworks (Symfony)
    • Testing frameworks (PHPUnit)
    • ORM (Doctrine)
    • RDBMS (e.g MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MS SQL)
    • Key-value storages (e.g. Redis, Memcached)
    • Web Servers (e.g. NGINX, Apache)
    • Version control systems (GIT)
    • Integration with 3rd party solutions
    • Docker
    • Continuous Integration tools (e.g. Gitlab Pipeline, Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo)
    • Builders
  • Experience with:
    • Agile software processes and technologies
    • Code Review process
    • Refactoring process

  • Fluent or Upper-Intermediate English

Desirable

  • Understanding of orchestration and containerisation (e.g. Kubernetes, Swarm)
  • Cloud computing platforms (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure)
  • Practical commercial experience with:
    • NoSQL (e.g. MongoDB, ElasticSearch, CouchDB)
    • Experience with Search Engines (e.g. ElasticSearch, Azure Search, Apache Solr)
    • Provisioning tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible)
    • Quality tools (e.g. SonarQube)

What's in it for you

  • Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We offer competitive benefits package that includes but is not limited to comprehensive medical coverage, life-insurance, gym membership, fuel, internet and mobile allowances and provident fund
  • Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company-paid certifications
  • Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
  • Flexibility: Own your schedule – you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just don’t miss your regular team stand-up
  • Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential
  • Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
  • Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.
With over 14 years of presence in Islamabad, our Pakistan team is a trusted force in redefining industries. We value every voice and invite experienced professionals to help shape tomorrow’s digital experiences.

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