Senior PHP React Developer

We are modernizing an existing business-critical web application by upgrading a legacy PHP backend and rebuilding the frontend using modern React technologies. The project focuses on improving system maintainability, performance, and user experience while preserving existing business logic and data integrity.

• Responsibilities:

  Backend (PHP):
  - Analyze and upgrade a legacy PHP codebase to improve maintainability, performance, and security
  - Refactor existing business logic while ensuring functional parity with current system behavior
  - Design, implement, and enhance RESTful (or similar) API endpoints for frontend consumption
  - Improve backend architecture, code structure, and separation of concerns
  - Optimize database interactions and overall backend performance
  - Implement logging, error handling, and basic monitoring where needed
  - Write and maintain unit and integration tests for backend components
  
  Frontend (React):
  - Modernize the user experience and interface based on existing functionality and UX improvements
  - Rebuild existing application screens using React and modern frontend practices
  - Integrate React components with the new or enhanced backend API
  - Ensure responsive design and cross-browser compatibility
  - Manage application state and data flow efficiently
  - Collaborate with backend development to align API contracts and data models
  - Maintain clean, reusable, and well-documented frontend code

• Mandatory Skills Description:

  Backend
  - Strong experience with PHP (working with legacy codebases is a must)
  - Experience with PHP frameworks (e.g., Laravel, Symfony, or similar) or custom PHP architectures
  - Solid understanding of REST API design and backend-frontend integration
  - Experience with SQL databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL or similar)
  - Familiarity with refactoring techniques and incremental modernization
  - Knowledge of security best practices in PHP applications
  
  Frontend
  - Strong experience with React (functional components, hooks)
  - Experience with modern JavaScript (ES6+) and frontend build tools
  - Familiarity with API integration (REST, JSON)
  - Experience with UI/UX modernization of existing applications
  - Knowledge of responsive design and CSS frameworks or component libraries