PHP Yii2 Developer - RESTful API (3-5 yrs)

Profile : PHP Yii2 Developer.

Contract Duration : 6 months (extendable upto 1 year depending on performance).

Engagement Type : Full-time (8 hours/day).

Type : Freelancing Contract).

Location Remote.

Job Description :

Project Overview :

We are seeking a capable development agency to provide highly skilled PHP developers with deep Yii2 expertise. These developers will work in collaboration with our in-house product and design teams to deliver robust, scalable, and high-performance enterprise web applications.

Non-Negotiable Technical Requirements

Each developer must have :

- Minimum 2-3 years of Yii2 framework experience.

- Minimum 3-5 years of PHP development.

- Deep understanding of OOP principles.

- Solid understanding of frontend framework and libraries like HTML, SCSS, Bootstrap, Javascript, Jquery.

Proven experience in :

- MVC architecture.

- Custom component/widget/behavior creation.

- Active Record and Query Builder.

- Yii2 authentication & authorization.

- Yii2 Event System.

- Git for version control.

- Composer for dependency management.

- Extracting design assets and specifications from Figma.

Additional Required Skills :

- RESTful API development using Yii2.

- Experience in extending existing Yii2 library for additional custom features/UI enhancement on top of the library.

- Performance optimization techniques.

- Yii2 Gii code generation.

- PHPUnit or Codeception for testing.

- Front-end tech (React & Bootstrap) integration with Yii2.

- Security best practices.

- Deployment experience.

Deliverables Expected :

- Production-ready, secure, and scalable application modules.

- Regular code commits and documentation.

- Bi-weekly sprint reviews.

- Bug fixes and technical support during the engagement.