Back-End Web Developer
vakansiya — 2024

Company Introduction

• Abyss is a start-up that is currently building an online hub for developers to communicate, network and trade digital parts worldwide. It is an Ecosystem that intertwines the marketplace with a forum thus strengthening the coder community while generating a monetary incentive for creators. At Abyss we aim to improve the coding experience for all developers and ease the process of coding while helping businesses cut costs. Our platform exists to remedy the failures of currently existing sources that coders turn to by incentivizing supply and creating a better community. It is a socially involving platform where users have customizable profile pages and digital shops, as well as extensive communication capabilities.

Job Description

• Abyss is looking for a Back-End Web Developer to take on the role as the lead back-end engineer. You will be responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Most of the project was written in Laravel, but Django was used in some important parts. These two projects are connected to each other as microservice. You should deploy and develop both projects. You will be working in Laravel 8 (PHP8) and Django (Python3), have to use mySQL, Redis and MongoDB, AWS (EC2, API Gateway, Elastic Load Balancer, Opensearch), Elasticsearch, Stripe, Docker, GIT (Gitlab). It is a large and heavy project, so you will be required to learn new skills and acquire knowledge fast. Most of the platform is already complete, you will be taking over the project at its late stage of development. A basic understanding of front-end technologies is therefore necessary as well.

Responsibilities:

• Laravel 8
• PHP8.1
• Django
• Python3
• Redis
• MySQL
• MongoDB
• AWS (EC2, Api Gateway, Elastic Load balancer, Opensearch, S3 bucket)
• Stripe
• WebSockets
• Queue system
• Devops (Nginx, SSL)
• REST
• GIT workflow (Gitlab repo)
• Mail system configuration
• Linux system

Skills and Qualifications:

• 1+ year in an appropriate field
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
• Data migration, transformation, and scripting
• Setup and administration of backups
• Outputting data in different formats
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Fluent in PHP (Laravel) and Python (DJANGO).
• Experience with the Laravel framework.
• Experience with MySQL and MongoDB database systems.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git or SVN
• Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)

Personal Qualities:

• Good problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail
• Good analytical thinking
• Excellent communication
• Ability to work well as part of a team

Fluency or Full Professional Proficiency in English required! Work is conducted in English.