Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

at  PLANHUB INC

PlanHub is the leading pre-construction SaaS platform and marketplace helping general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers connect and grow their businesses. Built with tradespeople in mind, PlanHub is designed around the user workflow to help boost productivity, maintain deadlines, increase revenue, and create relationships. Easily post projects or submit bids with anytime-anywhere collaboration for every commercial construction trade.
We are looking for a dynamic Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to join our team based in West Palm Beach, FL or work remote.
This role requires a very strong aptitude in PHP, Laravel, MySQL, MongoDB and Elasticsearch. Required tasks for the role include designing, developing, and maintaining our API (internal and external) using the Laravel framework, deploying using Docker containers and integrating various databases such as MongoDB and MySQL, and search engines like Elasticsearch.

• Design and develop high-quality APIs using the Laravel framework
• Develop and maintain scalable, performant, and reliable backend systems
• Integrate and manage various databases such as MySQL and MongoDB
• Provide efficient data and security management for our APIs
• Maintain Elasticsearch to provide efficient and fast search functionality
• Write clean and maintainable code, and ensure code quality by conducting regular code reviews
• Work collaboratively with product managers, and other developers
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies
• Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings
• Maintain and expand API documentation using Swagger
• Review and troubleshoot critical/high reported issues in Production or UAT
• Guide and mentor junior developers