Junior Backend / Full Stack Developer

About the role

A company is looking for a motivated Junior+ Backend / Full Stack Developer to join its development team. You will work alongside experienced developers to build, maintain and improve existing and new web projects, focusing on backend development or on both backend and frontend depending on your skills. The role suits someone with practical PHP/Laravel experience who wants to grow their technical skills on real-world projects.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend and frontend functionality for company projects
• Implement new features and improvements based on project requirements
• Work with PHP and Laravel for server-side code, and with JavaScript, HTML and CSS for frontend components
• Work with MySQL databases and write SQL queries
• Integrate external APIs and third-party services, and maintain REST API integrations
• Debug and fix issues on both backend and frontend, and provide ongoing support and bug fixes
• Write clean, readable, maintainable and reusable code, and use Git following the team's workflow
• Take part in code reviews and technical discussions, and collaborate with backend developers, frontend developers, QA and designers
• Follow tasks and priorities set by the team lead or manager, and learn new technologies and best practices

Required profile

• 1+ year of commercial or practical web development experience
• Ability to read and work with existing code and understand unfamiliar projects
• Ability to research solutions independently and learn new technologies
• Attention to detail, responsibility, independence and teamwork
• Good problem-solving and time-management skills
• Intermediate English or higher

Required skills

• PHP and Laravel (basic to intermediate)
• SQL and MySQL
• JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Git and basic Linux and Bash
• REST APIs and MVC/OOP principles