Build Web Platform (Backend + Crawler + REST API + partial frontend) (+ future expansion opportunity)

Hello, *** BEFORE BIDDING *** read the description, requirements AND the __“In your reply we need”__ section. Otherwise, bid would be ignored. We are looking for a Professional Web Developer, to create a state-of-the-art backend, Crawler and REST API for an app backend, and a small bit of front-end. The development has to be using PHP, and a top-end PHP 5.4+ framework (Yii2, Laravel, Symfony2, etc.). Frameworks such as Codeigniter aren’t acceptable. You will receive all the information regarding the project after signing the NDA. Many thanks ++ The project will become long-term if you are chosen and perform well. You will get many more projects, with a significant future revenue. ++ In your reply we need: - WHY are you the right person for this? - Background and experience - Relevant work - Your best UI work - Your best achievement Required: - Excellent knowledge of PHP 5.3+ - Experienced use of composer - Excellent experience of using frameworks - Expert in SQL and MySQL (can easily create efficient custom queries) - Experience of crawling data from the web (and storing the data) - Expert in creating REST APIs - Security aware and full knowledge on preventing injection attacks, XSS, etc. - Full stack knowledge - Experience in data caching (memcached/redis) - Experience of Login with 3rd party (e.g. Facebook, Google+, Linkedin, etc.) - Experienced use of using version control (Git) - Being a teamplayer and teamwork - Good written and spoken English (can talk well over Skype) Plus Points: - App development experience - Experience with NoSQL - Data mining background - Data analysis and machine learning (++highly valuable to us) - Relevant education - Some enthusiasm to create something great :-)