Senior PHP/Laravel Tech Lead & AI-Enabled Engineer

WeconnectU; Durbanville; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

WeconnectU, a proudly South African SaaS company serving the property management industry, seeks a Senior PHP/Laravel Developer. You will lead a small cross-functional squad while remaining hands-on, shaping architecture and delivering high-quality software with AI-enhanced workflows.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive best practices, and collaborate with Product and Quality Engineering to balance customer value and speed.

Qualifications

• Strong PHP and Laravel development background.
• Experience building SaaS web applications.
• Leadership or mentoring experience within an engineering team.
• Experience with APIs and modern web architectures.
• Proficient with Git and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership within a small cross-functional squad of developers and quality engineers.
• Remain hands-on in development and contribute to the squad's most challenging work.
• Design, develop and maintain scalable PHP/Laravel applications.
• Own features from problem definition through testing and production.
• Break down complex technical problems and propose practical solutions.
• Make architectural decisions balancing scalability and delivery needs.
• Promote automated testing and shared software quality responsibility.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and technical discussions.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Product and Quality Engineering to balance customer value and delivery speed.
• Identify opportunities to improve development processes and squad performance.
• Encourage continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the squad.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

APIs

Git

AI tools

Code reviews

Mentoring

Communication

Ownership

Job description

WeconnectU, a proudly South African SaaS company serving the property management industry, seeks a Senior PHP/Laravel Developer. You will lead a small cross-functional squad while remaining hands-on, shaping architecture and delivering high-quality software with AI-enhanced workflows.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive best practices, and collaborate with Product and Quality Engineering to balance customer value and speed.