Senior Backend PHP Developer

RELX; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Backend PHP Developer to shape digital innovation in the legal sector. This role involves designing and maintaining complex software solutions, collaborating with international teams, and driving innovation to deliver high-quality products. The ideal candidate will have solid experience with PHP frameworks such as Symfony or Laravel and a strong commitment to clean coding practices. Join a dynamic team that values work-life balance and offers a range of benefits, including medical aid and a retirement plan, while contributing to meaningful advancements in legal technology.

Benefits

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan

Modern Family Benefits

Study Leave

Flexible Working Hours

Qualifications

• Solid experience in PHP Symfony or Laravel is essential.
• A qualification in computer science or related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain complex software solutions.
• Collaborate with international teams to drive innovation.

Skills

PHP Symfony

Laravel

Agile Methodologies

Clean Code Principles

SaaS Experience

Education

Qualification in Computer Science

Related Technical Background

Tools

Continuous Integration Tools

Job description

Would You Like to Shape Digital Innovation?

Join Us as a Senior Backend PHP Developer!

About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, and is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

About the Role

As a Senior Backend PHP Developer, you will design, develop, and maintain complex software solutions. You'll collaborate with cross-functional international teams to drive innovation and deliver high-quality products highly favored by legal professionals. Your expertise will be crucial in solving technical challenges and enhancing system performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise on architectural and technical choices

• Actively participate in Agile rituals and code reviews

• Implement new features.

• Maintain and support existing applications.

• Ensure that the backend code is resilient and performant

• Set up and maintain continuous integration and deployment tools.

• Maintain regular monitoring on topics and technologies related to your scope.

Requirements

• Have a qualification in computer science or a related field or a solid technical background

• Have solid experience in PHP Symfony (or Laravel)

• Be a fan of the Clean Code

• Have experience of teamwork, on a SaaS platform

• Be pragmatic, rigorous and autonomous.

• Have a driving force behind proposals

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Medical Aid

• Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)

• Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy

• Study Leave

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis and Nexis services.

LexisNexis, a division of RELX, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK , or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

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