Intermediate Backend PHP Software Engineer

Elite Search and Selection; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in Johannesburg is seeking an Intermediate Backend PHP Developer to join their dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in backend development, focusing on PHP, Laravel, and MySQL. Responsibilities include building scalable applications, ensuring system performance, and implementing secure data exchanges. The firm fosters a supportive work environment, emphasizing modern development principles and practices. This role offers opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Essential Matric qualification required.
• 4+ years of experience in backend development.
• Hands-on experience with PHP, Laravel, and MySQL.

Responsibilities

• Build maintainable and scalable backend applications.
• Create API endpoints and integrate real-time data processing.
• Monitor performance and ensure availability of backend services.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

MySQL

Microservices

Secure Coding Practices

Performance Optimization

Event-driven Architectures

Education

Matric

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Job description

Intermediate Backend PHP Developer with expertise in event‑driven architectures to join a dynamic development team. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience building robust, scalable, and secure backend applications using PHP, Laravel, and MySQL, with a focus on modern software development principles.

What you will do

• Develop Robust Backend Applications: Build modular, maintainable, and scalable backend solutions using PHP, Laravel, and MySQL.
• Implement Secure Data Exchange: Create API endpoints, APIs, and microservices to facilitate seamless data exchange between frontend applications.
• Ensure High Availability and Scalability: Develop, deploy, and monitor backend services to guarantee high availability, scalability, and performance.
• Implement Workflow Automation: Design and maintain job management systems with workflow automation and worker allocation capabilities.
• Monitor and Optimize Performance: Continuously monitor and optimize backend performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing changes as needed.
• Integrate Real‑time Data Processing: Integrate Kafka and message queues for real‑time data processing and efficient communication between microservices.

Requirements

• Matric Essential
• Bachelor degree or equivalent ideal
• 4+ years of professional experience in building and maintaining multiple backend applications using PHP, Laravel, and MySQL.
• Microservices expertise: Implemented scalable microservices architecture to improve system performance and availability.
• Secure coding practices: Follow secure coding practices, implemented secure data exchange mechanisms, such as API validation and encryption.
• Performance management: Optimize database queries and indexing to improve performance under heavy loads. Use message queues (e.g., RabbitMQ) and event buses to handle asynchronous tasks and decouple services from each other.