Senior Software Engineer (PHP & Laravel)

About StarRez

StarRez is the global market leader in student housing software and residential community management. Our cloud software solutions serve 1,300 institutions across 25 countries, with over 3 million beds. With a customer satisfaction score of 99%, many of the most prestigious Universities, Colleges and Property Managers across the globe rely on StarRez to transform their student residential experience. Along with the recent combination of Adirondack Solutions, Seattle Technology Group, RMS, and College Pads, this growing scale enables even greater opportunities to expand community value through our product capabilities and services. We provide opportunities for students and residents to Thrive!

StarRez operates globally across the USA, UK, Canada, and Australia. The India Center is a pivotal extension of our growth strategy, focusing on building world-class centers of excellence teams while fostering a seamless blend of StarRezs core values with Indias dynamic talent ecosystem.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our global team. You have an uncanny knack for problem solving and you have a sharp product mindset. Our engineers are involved in all aspects of the software design process and create high-performing, scalable, and secure products. Working alongside Product, Design, Quality, Platform, Security and your team to design right-size solutions to build our Products.

With deep knowledge of your domain and programming language, you not only understand how choices made in software design and its architecture affect areas like performance, memory management, maintainability and testability - you promote this knowledge to others within your team. You are hands-on and keep up to date with the latest technologies.

Role Specifics

• Work Location:

  Hyderabad, Telengana, IN

What You Will Own

• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers and other stakeholders to meet customers needs
• Contribute to code reviews and automated testing
• Participate in daily stand-up and regular refinement and planning meetings as part of a team-based, agile/scrum environment
• Work autonomously and pair up with team members when appropriate

About you

• You have an uncanny knack for problem solving and you have a sharp product mindset. Our engineers are involved in all aspects of the software design process and create high-performing, scalable, and secure products. Working alongside Product, Design, Quality, Platform, Security and your team to design right-size solutions to build our Products.
• With deep knowledge of your domain and programming language, you not only understand how choices made in software design and its architecture affect areas like performance, memory management, maintainability and testability - you promote this knowledge to others within your team. You are hands-on and keep up to date with the latest technologies.

What You'll Be Doing

• Contribute to the ongoing development and maintenance of our PHP platform.
• Actively participate in the strategic migration to Node.js, TypeScript, and React, designing and developing robust, scalable systems using modern practices.
• Write clean, maintainable code following SOLID principles and appropriate design patterns
• Implement comprehensive testing strategies and participate in thorough code reviews
• Debug and triage production issues with system integrations
• Optimize code and infrastructure for performance, scalability, and security
• Collaborate with team members in an agile/scrum environment to deliver high-quality solutions

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of commercial experience building production-grade software applications
• Strong proficiency in PHP (Laravel/Symfony), Node.js, TypeScript, and React.
• Demonstrated mastery of SOLID principles, design patterns, and clean code practices
• Expert-level debugging and triaging skills across complex distributed systems
• Experience implementing and maintaining comprehensive test suites (unit, integration, E2E)
• Proven ability to optimize applications for performance, scalability, and security
• Experience with database design and optimization (MySQL, MongoDB)
• Proficiency with version control workflows preferably git and collaborative development processes
• Excellent problem-solving skills with analytical and systematic approach

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NestJS and NextJS frameworks.
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes orchestration
• Familiarity with AWS or Azure cloud services and infrastructure
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation
• Understanding of observability tools (Datadog APM, logging, monitoring)
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs and enterprise systems
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience with system performance profiling and optimization techniques
• Background in implementing scalable microservices architectures

Even if you don't have all of the Preferred Qualifications listed above, but feel you have what it takes to succeed in the role, we would love to hear from you!

Reasons to join our Team:

StarRez is not just a workplaceits a place to belong, build, and grow.

• A Culture That Lasts:

  Many of our team members have been with us for 20+ yearsa testament to our people-first philosophy.

• Global Impact, Local Ownership

  : Join a team that spans across Australia, the USA, the UK, and Canada, working on industry-leading solutions, while building the centre up from ground up.

• Long-Term Vision:

  We’re not here for short-term gains. We invest in our people for the long haul, creating an environment where you can grow, lead, and thrive.

• Innovation with Stability

  : Backed by Vista Equity Partners, we combine the agility of a scaling SaaS company with the stability of long-term industry leadership.

• Z-Factor:

  We take pride in our culture of passion, care, and high performance. The Z-Factor defines how we support our teams, foster growth, and ensure that everyone at StarRez thrives.
• If you are excited about building game-changing products in a high-impact, collaborative environment—StarRez India is the place for you.