Critical Skills to Possess:
- Strong experience in PHP development with frameworks such as Laravel, CodeIgniter, or Yii
- Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts
- Hands-on experience in building and integrating REST/SOAP APIs and working with JSON
- Experience with front-end technologies like HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
- Good understanding of database systems such as MySQL/Oracle, including query optimization
- Experience in developing scalable and high-performance applications
- Familiarity with cloud environments (GCP preferred), including deployment on VMs
- Proficiency in version control tools such as Git (knowledge of SVN/CVS is a plus)
- Exposure to API management tools like Apigee is an added advantage
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
- Experience working in Agile environments is preferred