Senior PHP Developer

Waveline Media (Nabd) is looking for an organized and goal-oriented Senior PHP Developer to be based at our offices in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

• 6+ years of professional experience with rapid web development, using PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, jQuery, and MySQL.
• Experience with PHP frameworks (such as Laravel) as well as front-end technologies (such as VueJS, Java script)
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Experience in planning and delivering software solutions used across multiple products and organizational units.
• Extensive knowledge of web development concepts, strategies, and methodologies.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; presentation skills.
• Must be self-starter, proactive and willing to learn and grow with the business

• Work with other developers and project managers to solve new and existing technical challenges
• Write, update, and maintain clean well-designed PHP code following industry best practices
• Design applications and database structures for performance and scalability
• Hunting bottlenecks and improving performance of the application
• Write front-end and back-end code with efficiency and security
• Manage development projects from inception to completion autonomously and independently
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP services
• Diagnosing issues on live servers and proactively propose improvements to scale our architecture with our growth
• Deliver accurate project requirement and timeline estimates, providing regular feedback and consistently meet project deadlines
• Designing and implementation of web-based back-end components that are high-performing and scalable
• Lead design and implementation efforts of core applications, APIs and services
• Participating and improving development processes and tools for other development teams

• Nabd is a mobile-first company established in 2012 with operational offices in Dubai, Kuwait, KSA, Egypt, and Jordan. Nabd enabling Arab users across the globe to stay up-to-date with their favorite content on the go. Today, Nabd reaches over 25 million users, generating over 2 billion page views every month, making it the biggest Arabic app globally.