Senior Software Engineer – Magento 2 Backend Developer

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

• Magento 2 Backend Developer Position: Magento 2 Developer Position ID: J1025-1004 Experience: 5 to 8 Yrs Category: IT Software Main location: Any CGI Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Magento 2 Developer with strong expertise in backend development, custom module and theme creation, performance optimization, and security enhancements. The ideal candidate should have solid proficiency in OOPS concepts, Magento 2 architecture, and API integrations, along with modern development practices such as Docker, code quality tools, and Magento unit testing. You will be responsible for delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance eCommerce solutions following industry best standards.

Required Skills and Qualifications • Develop and maintain custom Magento 2 modules, extensions, and backend features. • Work with Magento 2 architecture, including plugins, observers, service contracts, dependency injection, UI components, and EAV models. • Develop, customize, and maintain Magento 2 themes, including layout XML, PHTML, LESS/CSS, JavaScript, and UI libraries. • Customize catalog, checkout, cart, and order workflows as per business requirements. • Integrate Magento with third-party services such as payment gateways, ERPs, CRMs,PIM and shipping APIs. • Work extensively with REST/SOAP APIs, GraphQL, asynchronous queues, and message brokers. • Perform code quality checks using tools like GrumPHP, PHP_CodeSniffer, PHPStan, and Magento coding standards. • Create and maintain Magento 2 Unit Tests (PHPUnit) and ensure test coverage for custom modules. • Utilize Docker for local development, environment replication, and containerized workflows. • Optimize Magento for performance, focusing on caching, indexing, MySQL queries, and Redis/Elasticsearch. • Troubleshoot and debug issues across modules, themes, integrations, and customizations. • Work with Git, Composer, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployments. • Implement security best practices, covering data validation, sanitization, CSRF/XSS protection, and secure coding. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including front-end, QA, DevOps, and product owners. • Keep up-to-date with Magento updates, security patches, new features, and suggest improvements to the tech stack.

Optional / Good-to-Have Skills: • Experience with Hyvä theme development or Magento PWA Studio. • Knowledge of Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ, Varnish, or similar performance tools. • Understanding of Docker Compose / Kubernetes for scalable environments.

CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

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Skills:

Magento, PHPMyAdmin, RedisDB