Senior PHP Developer

The Legends Agency; Durban; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic agency seeks a technically gifted Senior Full Stack Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable applications. The role requires expertise in Laravel and T-SQL along with experience in RESTful API integration and CI/CD processes. Ideal candidates will mentor junior engineers and contribute to backend architectural decisions, while working collaboratively on high-performance solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' development experience in production environments.
• Proficient in T-SQL database design and optimization.
• Experience with external service integration via REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable RESTful APIs.
• Integrate with third-party platforms such as authentication services and ERP systems.
• Implement CI pipelines and automated testing frameworks.

Skills

Laravel Development

T-SQL skills

REST APIs

Git version control

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

GitHub Actions

Postman

Azure

Job description

Our client is looking for a technically exceptional Senior Full Stack Developer with a deep understanding of Laravel Development and well-developed T-SQL skills, API design, and systems integration. You'll be responsible for building high-performance solutions, connecting with diverse external platforms, and introducing automated, scalable testing and deployment strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable RESTful APIs.
• Integrate and interface with third-party platforms (e.g., authentication services, data feeds, SaaS tools, ERP systems (Sage 200, Sage 300, Palladium, Syspro, IQ Retail etc).
• Design and optimize high-performance T-SQL queries and database schemes.
• Build and extend modular Laravel applications.
• Implement CI pipelines and comprehensive test coverage using automated testing frameworks.
• Maintain and evolve code in GitHub with PR-based collaboration and branching strategies.
• Collaborate on backend architecture decisions, contributing to high-level system design.
• Mentor junior engineers in software architecture, testability, and scalable design.
• DevOps & Tooling: GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, Composer
• Testing: PHPUnit, Pest, Mockery, Postman (for API testing), tSQLt
• Cloud & Infra (Nice to have): Azure

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years' development experience, including Laravel and T-SQL in production environments.
• Proficient in designing and optimizing T-SQL databases
• Experience with external service integration via REST APIs.
• Familiar with CI pipelines.
• Solid grasp of Git version control, code reviews, and team workflows.
• Strong architectural thinking, especially around modular and extensible backends.