PHP Developer

Do you want to join a Silicon Valley based hot startup to develop the world’s first Knowledge as a Service platform used by millions of users around the globe? 

We are looking for excellent Backend Engineers to join our talented team of software engineers, research engineers, product managers, and QA in Hanoi. 

You will work with the best software engineers from both Vietnam and Silicon Valley to build the next generation of Got It backend that will handle a massive number of sessions between askers and experts in multiple verticals. In addition, you will help implement and integrate advanced machine learning algorithms and technologies to make the platform smart, efficient, and highly personalized. Also you will help make sure that platform not only scalable but also meet high quality bar to be deeply integrated with other huge platforms like Slack, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Team, ORACLE, etc.

The Core Job

• Implement algorithms handling a large volume of real time data. Proactively research for solutions to problems.
• Design and develop REST APIs to support various type of clients: mobile, web, messaging platforms, SDK for 3rd party clients.
• Design and build web-based products.
• Architect and build robust, scalable, highly available, reliable, and secure backend systems.
• Work closely with the client teams and product design team to iterate quickly on new features and experiments.
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and group brainstorming sessions.
• Deliver high quality code following best practices for better performance, user experience, and reusability.
• Troubleshoot existing code bases, hunt down nasty bugs and refactor code.
• Perform benchmarking, performance and security analysis.
• Help turn R&D results into production ready services.

Must have

• Experience working on PHP, MySQL, JS, CSS, HTML, Nginx, Apache, Linux
• Deep knowledge of caching, message queue, event-based programming
• Deep knowledge of client server communication protocols (REST, HTTP, JSON, XML)
• Deep knowledge of a broad range of data structures and algorithms and know how, when and when-not to use them
• Experience designing and developing RESTful web services for mobile apps
• Experience in designing and developing scalable backend components
• Experience working on large scale, high traffic systems
• Experience building asynchronous one page web applications
• 2+ years of experience in software engineering
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic team
• Self-starter, capable of leading and owning a large aspect of the product
• BS or higher in Computer Science or related technical field
• Want to keep learning - whether that means more in your field or in analytics, automated test, business development, product management, system operations... Be really curious and interested in stuff.

Extra Bonus

• Experience in designing and developing scalable backend components
• Experience working on large scale and high traffic systems
• Knowledge of React, AngularJS or mobile development
• Desire to learn and extend the roles within engineering team whatever it is, like analytics, automated test, business development, product management, devops,... Intellectually curious