Sr. Backend PHP/Node.js Engineer (Hybrid)

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.

As part of a multinational team, we are looking for teammates who would be excited to work as a Backend Engineer in PHP and Node.js to contribute to the continuous advancement and maintenance of our platform which is responsible for processing multi-million transactions per year.

Technical Skills

• BSc. or higher degree in relevant science, technology, engineering, or math field is a must
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Proven backend development experience
• Proven experience in developing Node.js/JavaScript/TypeScript/ Express services
• Practical experience in developing REST APIs
• Ability to provide innovative solutions for complex problems with loosely defined requirements
• Experience working in teams of around 10+ people, and leading large-scale, complex projects
• Excellent knowledge of PHP, including the weak and strong points of this language
• Rich experience in relational databases and SQL, preferably MySQL
• Understanding of how to optimize and fine-tune backend applications that use external data sources and dependencies
• Basic understanding of hardware and network capacity planning
• Good understanding of distributed systems and database infrastructure, including caching, sharding, replication and reliability
• Knowledge of *nix console environment

Personal Skills

The best candidates for this position will need to have strong harmony and a culture fit within Orion Innovation.

They will need to be comfortable working in challenging and dynamic environment.

Additional personal qualities are:

• Team-player
• Self-motivated
• Very strong written and verbal communication skills
• Fluent in spoken English
• Flexible to work per changing priorities

Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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