PHP Software Engineer – Laravel & REST API

Global Payments Inc.; Auckland; On-site; NZD 105,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. in New Zealand is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Technology team.

You will design, build and maintain web applications and integrations that power payments platforms used by thousands of customers. The role focuses on delivering secure, scalable software across the full lifecycle, collaborating with product and support teams, and contributing to platform modernisation and automation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience developing and supporting web applications.
• Strong PHP and Laravel development skills.
• Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL databases.
• Frontend experience with JavaScript, Vue.js, HTML and CSS.
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs.
• Knowledge of Git, code reviews, automated testing and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain secure, reliable software across web applications, integrations and databases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Drive quality through testing, code reviews and best-practice engineering.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement long-term fixes.
• Contribute to platform modernisation, architecture improvements and continuous delivery.
• Support release activities and improve engineering efficiency through automation and tooling.

Skills

PHP & Laravel

MySQL / PostgreSQL

JavaScript / Vue.js

REST APIs

Git / CI-CD

Teamwork & communication

Tools

jQuery

Bootstrap

XML

SOAP

AJAX

Job description

Global Payments Inc. in New Zealand is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Technology team.

You will design, build and maintain web applications and integrations that power payments platforms used by thousands of customers. The role focuses on delivering secure, scalable software across the full lifecycle, collaborating with product and support teams, and contributing to platform modernisation and automation.