Senior PHP Engineer: Build Scalable, Real-World Solutions

E-Merge; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 720,000 - 880,000; Full time

Job summary

E-Merge in Cape Town seeks a PHP Developer to build scalable production systems and solve real-world problems. You will work across modern and legacy codebases, leveraging Laravel or Symfony, MySQL/PostgreSQL, and secure RESTful APIs in an Agile team.

We value a strong portfolio and a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, with 5+ years of PHP experience and a passion for practical, people-first tech impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial PHP development experience.
• Strong experience with Laravel or Symfony and codebase maintenance.
• Relational databases MySQL/PostgreSQL with ORM (Eloquent/Doctrine).
• RESTful API design with OAuth2/JWT and secure practices.
• Git, CI/CD and Agile/Scrum in production environments.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/SE or equivalent portfolio.

Skills

RESTful APIs

Git workflows

Agile/Scrum

Legacy code maintenance

Laravel/Symfony experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/SE

Tools

Laravel

Symfony

MySQL

PostgreSQL

OAuth2/JWT

Doctrine/Eloquent

Git

Job description

E-Merge in Cape Town seeks a PHP Developer to build scalable production systems and solve real-world problems. You will work across modern and legacy codebases, leveraging Laravel or Symfony, MySQL/PostgreSQL, and secure RESTful APIs in an Agile team.

We value a strong portfolio and a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, with 5+ years of PHP experience and a passion for practical, people-first tech impact.