About Ekar Mobilityekar is the Middle East's first and largest self-drive mobility company, providing users on-demand access to a network of thousands of carshare and subscription leasing vehicles within its 'Self-Drive Super App.' For more details visit: ekar.app OverviewWe are hiring for Senior Software Engineer5+ years of experience minimumDesign and implement PHP applications based on Laravel/Lumen framework.Work with users in an Agile development approach to understand and document requirements in a project management tool, then elicit feedback and refine solutions through demonstrations. RequirementsPrimary Responsibilities

• Application Development: Design and implement applications using the Laravel/Lumen framework
• Agile Collaboration: Engage with users to understand and document requirements, refine solutions through feedback, and demonstrate feature implementations
• Code Maintenance: Refactor and improve code quality and maintainability
• Troubleshooting: Analyze complex development tasks and resolve production issues
• Strategic Involvement: Collaborate with management and company leaders on application architecture and feature planning
• Detailed Documentation: Produce specifications that outline application needs and requirements
• Interdepartmental Collaboration: Engage with various departments for development, debugging, and testing purposes

Technical Proficiencies

• Deep expertise in Laravel/Lumen Framework
• Strong proficiency in PHP 7, SQL, and experience with PHP 7 and SQL. Exposure to C, C++, and Bash
• A solid grasp of S.O.L.I.D OOP design principles
• Advanced experience with MySQL, including abstraction layers and raw SQL queries
• Extensive knowledge of RESTful APIs, Web Services (Soap), XML, design patterns, and data structures
• Familiarity with server technologies: Apache HTTP Server, Nginx
• Proven experience with microservice architecture, including design and implementation
• Proficiency in code versioning tools, like Git/SVN
• Expertise in performance tuning using relevant tools, benchmarking, optimization, and PHPUnit