Senior Backend PHP Developer

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in legal and business analytics seeks a Senior Backend PHP Developer in Cape Town. You will design and innovate software solutions while collaborating with international teams. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package and promotes work-life balance with flexible hours.

Benefits

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan including Risk Benefits

Study Leave

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience in PHP Symfony or Laravel required.
• Degree in Computer Science or a related field necessary.
• Strong skills in Clean Code principles.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex software solutions.
• Implement new features and maintain existing applications.
• Participate in Agile rituals and conduct code reviews.

Skills

PHP Symfony

Clean Code

Teamwork

Education

Qualification in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Agile

SaaS

Job description

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Senior Backend PHP Developer

Apply locations Cape Town time type Full time posted on Posted 9 Days Ago job requisition id R85840

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About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, 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 favoured 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-end 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.

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LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. We help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. We assist corporations in better understanding their markets and preventing bribery and corruption within their supply chains. We partner with leading global associations and customers to help collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking. We endeavour to advance the rule of law across the world.Our teams are combining unparalleled legal and business information with analytics and technology to advance what’s possible for the way our customers work and to advance what’s possible in the world by strengthening the rule of law.