Mid-Level Full Stack Developer (PHP, React)

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Job Summary: We are looking for a mid-level PHP/React developer who is hands-on, embraces ownership, and follows best practices to work on digital products that impact thousands of students. Key Highlights: 1. Work on digital products impacting thousands of students 2. Focus on technology and data at a growing education company 3. Culture of ownership and best practices Do you enjoy solving problems end-to-end—from backend to frontend—and seeing your code deployed quickly? At Elite Formações, an education company growing with a focus on technology and data, you will work on digital products that impact thousands of students. We seek a mid-level, hands-on developer who embraces ownership and best practices. * Implement CRUD endpoints and business logic in PHP. * Define and validate API contracts, standardize responses and errors. * Apply input validation, exception handling, and pagination. * Investigate and fix bugs using logs and root-cause analysis. * Write MySQL queries (SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE, joins, simple aggregations). * Implement adjustments and features in React (Web) and minor adjustments in Flutter (Mobile). * Adjust simple automation workflows in n8n/Make and ensure evidence in staging/production. Requirements: **Mandatory Requirements:** * Solid experience with PHP and programming logic. * REST APIs (validation, status codes, standardized error handling). * MySQL (basic modeling, joins, simple indexes, query best practices). * Git (branching, PRs, reviews, commit conventions). * React for maintenance and small-to-medium features. * Familiarity with Docker/containers (starting services, viewing logs, rebuilding). * Experience with n8n/Make for simple automations. * Best practices: readability, modularity, error handling, and basic security. * Ownership mindset, organization, clear communication, and results orientation. **Nice-to-Have:** * Experience with Laravel. * Flutter maintenance experience. * Basic observability (useful logs, simple correlation). * Experience with performance optimization (N+1, payload size, pagination, indexes). * Continuous learning mindset and technical curiosity.