Mid-Level Backend PHP Developer

Network Finance; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Finance seeks an experienced PHP backend developer to design, build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services using PHP and modern frameworks. You will collaborate with frontend developers, write clean, well-documented code, optimize relational databases, and work with DevOps to support deployment pipelines and source control processes.

You will adhere to coding standards and contribute to testing and automation efforts.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional PHP development experience.
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and MVC architecture.
• Experience with REST APIs, JSON, and XML.
• Experience writing and maintaining unit tests and feature tests.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services using PHP and modern frameworks (e.g., Laravel).
• Collaborate with frontend developers to ensure seamless integration across the application stack.
• Write clean, maintainable, testable, and well-documented code following established coding standards and best practices.
• Design, manage, and optimize relational databases, ensuring efficient schema design and high-performance queries.
• Work with DevOps teams to support deployment pipelines, environment management, and source control processes.

Skills

PHP development

OOP & MVC

REST API concepts

Unit testing

Git collaboration

Tools

Laravel

Git

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services using PHP and modern frameworks (e.g., Laravel or similar).
• Collaborate with frontend developers to ensure seamless integration across the application stack.
• Write clean, maintainable, testable, and well-documented code following established coding standards and best practices.
• Design, manage, and optimize relational databases, ensuring efficient schema design and high-performance queries.
• Work with DevOps teams to support deployment pipelines, environment management, and source control processes.

Required Skills and Experience

• 3+ years of professional PHP development experience.
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and MVC architecture.
• Solid experience with Laravel or other modern PHP frameworks.
• Experience using Git and collaborative version control workflows.
• Working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON, and XML.
• Experience writing and maintaining unit and feature tests.