Job Description

### Job Information


Date Opened


10/29/2024
Job Type


Full time
Industry


Airline - Aviation
Work Experience


5+ years
City


Dubai
State/Province


Dubayy (Dubai)
Country


United Arab Emirates
Zip/Postal Code


337-1500
### About Us


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Senior Software Engineer - PHP & Laravel Specialist
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We're a stealth-mode company working on an ambitious product to transform the Private Aviation Industry. Our team is focused on building innovative, cloud-native systems from the ground up.



We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer, specialized in PHP & Laravel who is passionate about building great products, solving tough problems, and working in a fast-moving environment where your technical contributions directly impact the company's growth.

Why Join Us?
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• A start up where you get the best tools for the job.
• Collaborate in a team of high-caliber engineers and product experts.
• Tackle problems in a complex business industry and make key technical decisions.
• Shape a platform that scales with the challenges of a global industry.
Ou r Technical Stack (best tools for the jobs) :
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• PHP 8.3 with Laravel 10 (soon upgrading to 11).
• We currently use MySQL (soon migrating to Postgres).
• We use Redis for distributed cache, queueing and more.
• We use Git for version control.
• We follow the 12-factor app methodology and use docker images as build artefacts.
• We use Digital Ocean as our cloud provider:
+ Software runs on App Platform and Functions.
+ Databases in Managed Database.
+ Files in Digital Ocean Spaces.

• We use Grafana Labs for logging, APM (Open Telemetry), alerting, and incident management.
• Our CI/CD processes use GitHub Action and Sonarcloud.
• All our developers get a business license for PHPStorm, Docker Desktop, GitHub Copilot, and more.
• Our local dev environment is standardised using docker compose and takes less than 20 minutes to go from zero to ready to build.
You Are:
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• A self-starter who can take ownership of business outcomes and deliver high-quality code with the goal to unlock business value.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with complex, evolving requirements.
• Able to collaborate with non-technical stakeholders to translate business needs into tech solutions.
• A team player who thrives in a collaborative, engineering-focused culture.
• A great member of pair programming sessions.
### Requirements

• Proven expertise in PHP 8.3, Laravel, and cloud-native architecture.
• Strong experience with relational databases like MySQL and Postgres, plus Redis for caching and other use cases.
• Can write well architected, resilient, and defensive code.
• Strong familiarity with Test-Driven Development.
• Great at system design and code architecture.
• Hands-on experience with cloud storage and S3-compliant systems.
• Proficient in building and maintaining business critical and resilient systems.
• Comfortable working in an XP/Agile environment (pair programming, continuous integration, TDD, in a quality first environment).
• Experience with tools like Grafana is a plus.