Magento Developer

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Senior Magento developer with strong backend skills and experience building headless Magento implementations.

You should have at least 8 years Magento experience (4 years Magento 2) and be capable of integrating payment gateways, Akeneo, ERP, and OMS, while mentoring junior developers.

The role focuses on architectural design, coding standards, unit tests, load testing, and keeping Magento patched to meet client needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8 years Magento experience (4 years Magento 2).
• Experience with complete eCommerce lifecycle development.
• Understanding of modern UI/UX trends.
• Knowledge of Google Tag Manager, SEO, Google Analytics, and A/B Testing.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform implementations.
• Solid experience using GraphQL, JSON, XML, Node.js.

Responsibilities

• Be the Magento Subject matter expert in our E-commerce product team.
• Architect and Design Magento modules to satisfy business requirements
• Define and implement coding standards and best practices relevant to Magento
• Mentoring and skilling up junior Magento developers
• Implement unit tests to ensure adequate code coverage
• Load and stress testing.
• Investigate, debug and solve production incidents
• Keep Magento appropriately updated and patched

Skills

Magento expertise

OOP programming

Backend development

Unit testing

Load testing

Mentoring juniors

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Magento

GraphQL

Node.js

JSON

XML

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

To ensure success as a Magento Developer, you should have excellent object-oriented programming knowledge, hold certifications for Java and Magento development, and be able to project manage. Ultimately, a high-level Magento Developer can build and maintain a user-friendly eCommerce platform that perfectly meets the needs of the client.

We are looking for a Senior Magento developer with strong backend skills, and experience building headless Magento implementations. You should have at least 8 years Magento experience (4 years in Magento 2). Your working knowledge should include building custom Magento modules, payment gateway integration, Akeneo integration, (bespoke) ERP integration and Magento OMS.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Be the Magento Subject matter expert in our E-commerce product team.
• Architect and Design Magento modules to satisfy business requirements
• Define and implement coding standards and best practices relevant to Magento
• Mentoring and skilling up junior Magento developers
• Implement unit tests to ensure adequate code coverage
• Load and stress testing.
• Investigate, debug and solve production incidents
• Keep Magento appropriately updated and patched

Qualifications, experience and skills:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field
• 8 years Magento experience (4 years Magento 2)
• Experience with complete eCommerce lifecycle development.
• Understanding of modern UI/UX trends.
• Knowledge of Google Tag Manager, SEO, Google Analytics, and A/B Testing.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform implementations
• Solid experience using GraphQL, JSON, XML, Node.js