Intermediate: PHP Developer

Sanlam; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial service provider in Midrand seeks a passionate developer to create world-class solutions. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years' experience in software development, with strong PHP and JavaScript skills. Successful applicants will contribute to innovative solutions, engaging in Agile methodologies, and driving value within cross-functional teams. This opportunity offers the chance to grow and enhance your tech stack while working in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience in software development.
• Knowledge of MVC oriented PHP frameworks, especially Symfony 5 or greater.
• Good understanding of software development design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design and develop solutions within a team.
• Conduct code quality reviews and troubleshooting of solutions.
• Attend and provide input in technical and architecture requirement meetings.

Skills

Strong PHP background

JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks

Understanding of web services (SOAP/REST)

Working experience with Agile methodologies

Education

Relevant IT degree or diploma

Tools

Git

Bitbucket

JIRA

Job description

Who are we?

MiWay is a direct financial services company. We are passionate about service excellence, convenience and offering our clients superior value products. Our Vision is to be a world-class direct financial services business that offers a complete array of services under one convenient umbrella – all managed online. We are positive that with the right people on board, we will continue to grow and give our clients the freedom to do things their way – free from worry and most importantly at peace with all the “what-ifs” of the world. Company values that every employee subscribes to are: Energy, Freedom, Accountability and Attitude. The ideal candidate is one who has the courage to be bold and subscribes to MiWay’s core values! Do you have a positive attitude, love a challenge, treat your colleagues with respect and look for solutions, not problems? If yes, then MiWay is the place for you!

Who we’re looking for

At MiWay, our purpose is to enable people to live their way. We understand that life is not just about “things” - but the meaning that those things bring to your life. We believe that technology and innovation have infinite possibilities when it's inspired by humans... by you.

This is why we focus on our clients’ needs; finding new ways to simplify their lives and how they do things. We give them products, services and solutions that enable them to live and enjoy life on their own terms – in their own way.

Agile values and principles are strongly embedded in our culture and they are at the core of how we make decisions and how we approach adding value within the company.

Our development department is grouped into various teams who service various areas of our business. Our teams are self-organising and given autonomy to influence the technical direction of our applications and shape the success of our organisation. We promote a flat structure which means that we are all equally responsible for the role that our department fulfils and how we add value to the business. Even though some individuals are tasked to have more or alternative responsibilities, we do not promote classic titles and traditional structures.

In line with an agile principle, we take our level of technical excellence seriously. We place a vast amount of emphasis on coding standards and quality, and strictly adhere to them. All our code and solutions are reviewed by the whole department to promote knowledge sharing, and our testing community is empowered to make the final decisions on whether acceptance criteria are met.

Even though we require team members to have adequate working experience and a healthy attitude towards growing skills and participating in our industry, teams are not built around individual superstars and we prefer individuals who are more team orientated.

Interested? Well, we're looking to grow our team with a talented, passionate developer, who will be responsible for planning and developing world-class solutions within our cross-functional team. The ideal developer will contribute towards sustainable, intuitive, and functional solutions that meet business needs, while furthering our ever-growing technology-stack and applications.

What will make you successful in this role

Minimum Qualification Required

• Matric
• Relevant IT degree or diploma will get preference

Minimum Experience

• 5+ years of development experience in software development
• Strong PHP background and expertise in related open-source technologies
• Working experience with PHP related projects with exposure to PHP 7.4 or greater
• Knowledge of MVC orientated PHP frameworks (with additional preference to Symfony 5 or greater)
• Good understanding and working experience with JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks and libraries (with additional preference to Vue.js, Nuxt.js and jQuery)
• Solid understanding of serving and consuming web services (SOAP/REST)
• Solid understanding of web application architecture
• Good understanding of software development design patterns
• Understanding of software tools used in the development process, namely, code versioning (Git), release management (Bitbucket) and issue tracking (JIRA)
• Knowledge and working experience with Agile Software Development Methodologies such as Scrum/Kanban

Deliverables include, but will not be limited to

• Plan, design and develop solutions within a team
• Conduct or assist with code quality reviews of solutions
• Conduct or assist with troubleshooting and debugging of developed solutions in development and production environments
• Attend and provide input in team and stakeholder meetings relating to technical and architecture requirements
• Conduct internal knowledge sharing sessions on developed solutions and best practises
• Contribute towards well documented, quality, tested and reusable code, ensuring development is followed through to completion that is in accordance with team standards and the solution specification

Competencies Required

• An intermediate developer should be comfortable working on, and completing tasks on their own
• Should understand and be comfortable asking for guidance, but needs to provide at least one or two possible solutions for a problem
• In-depth understanding of code quality, coding standards and maintainability
• Readiness to understand the system architecture
• Should understand and try to implement design patterns and principles (such as the SOLID principles)
• Ability to work on multiple projects (even if it takes you a while to get up to speed)
• Understand the need for, and write relevant tests for methods
• Willing to take accountability and ownership of parts of the system
• Should understand the processes followed by the team/business
• Should understand the business value (and be able to make suggestions) for a feature
• Ability to estimate the scope of a problem, with guidance from other developers if needed

Knowledge and Skills

• Netcentric Application Environment design
• Reporting and administration
• Quality, Compliance and Accreditation
• Business Requirements definition
• Web technologies

Personal Attributes

• Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
• Decision quality - Contributing independently
• Action orientated - Contributing independently
• Optimises work processes - Contributing independently

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

• Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
• Customer focus - Contributing independently
• Drives results - Contributing independently
• Collaborates - Contributing independently
• Being resilient - Contributing independently

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. Deadline to apply: 12 January 2026.

Our commitment to transformation

At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.