Senior Backend Engineer - PHP/Laravel

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Tagaddod, your primary responsibilities include developing and maintaining server-side logic for web applications, ensuring high performance and scalability, collaborating with other engineering teams, conducting code reviews, troubleshooting production issues, and writing unit and integration tests to ensure code reliability.

To qualify for the Senior Backend Engineer role at Tagaddod, you should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field. Additionally, you should have at least 5 years of experience as a Backend Engineer, particularly in PHP development, with proficiency in PHP frameworks like Laravel and experience working with relational databases.

Essential technical skills for the Senior Backend Engineer position at Tagaddod include a strong proficiency in PHP and Laravel, experience with relational databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL, familiarity with caching mechanisms such as Redis, and knowledge of REST APIs and GraphQL. Understanding CI/CD processes and version control systems like Git is also beneficial.

At Tagaddod, collaboration is key. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will work closely with Frontend and Mobile Engineers to build cohesive applications. Regular meetings and code review sessions enhance communication, ensuring every team member contributes to the project's success.

The company culture at Tagaddod is one that emphasizes teamwork, innovation, and a commitment to excellence. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll find a supportive atmosphere that encourages professional growth, creative problem-solving, and a passion for delivering quality software solutions.

When answering this question, focus on specific projects you've worked on, frameworks you’ve used, and particular challenges you faced. Discuss why you prefer PHP and Laravel for backend development and any innovative solutions you implemented.

Detail your systematic approach to problem-solving, including checking logs, analyzing performance metrics, and isolating variables. Highlight your experience with diagnostic tools and how you've used them to quickly identify and address problems.

Discuss techniques such as caching, query optimization, and the use of indexes in your database. Be sure to mention your hands-on experience with tools like Redis for caching and any successful performance tuning you’ve executed in your previous roles.

Explain your methods for maintaining code quality, such as regular code reviews, writing unit tests and integration tests, and adhering to coding standards. Share examples of how your quality assurance practices helped prevent issues in production.

Talk about specific APIs you've built, focusing on RESTful and GraphQL implementations. Highlight the importance of API documentation and how you've made APIs user-friendly for frontend teams by following best practices.

Share your experience with agile development practices, communication tools, and collaborative coding sessions. Describe how you ensure that backend services align with the user experience provided by frontend engineers.

Discuss your familiarity with Git, including branching, merging, and handling conflicts. Share a specific example where version control played a crucial role in a project’s success and how you manage code changes effectively.

Convey your commitment to continuous learning through online courses, professional communities, and workshops. Mention specific resources you find valuable for staying current in PHP and web development trends.

Prepare a storytelling response that illustrates a specific process you improved, the challenge you faced, the solution you implemented, and the results of that change. Focus on how it impacted team productivity or application performance.

Share your approach to integration testing, such as using PHPUnit and writing comprehensive test cases covering critical application paths. Highlight your philosophy on the importance of testing in the development lifecycle and how it has benefited your previous projects.