Senior PHP Software Engineer — Scalable, Test‑Driven & Cloud

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

An esteemed recruitment firm is looking for a skilled software developer in Cape Town. The candidate will write code, conduct code reviews, and design impactful projects while pushing changes to production independently. Applicants should have a degree in Computer Science or Engineering and at least 5 years of experience, with proven skills in Object-Oriented Programming and a focus on application security and scalability. The role offers opportunities to work with modern tools like Jira and MySQL.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years in software development.
• Proven mastery of at least one OO programming language.
• In-depth knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and security.

Responsibilities

• Writes code and tests, pushing to production independently.
• Reviews code, providing valuable improvements.
• Designs system-level code and delivers team-level projects.

Skills

Object-Oriented Programming

Networking

Database Management

Cloud Computing

Test Driven Development

Security Best Practices

Scripting Languages

High Scalability

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

5 years equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

MySQL

Elastic Search

Google BigQuery

PubSub

Job description

An esteemed recruitment firm is looking for a skilled software developer in Cape Town. The candidate will write code, conduct code reviews, and design impactful projects while pushing changes to production independently. Applicants should have a degree in Computer Science or Engineering and at least 5 years of experience, with proven skills in Object-Oriented Programming and a focus on application security and scalability. The role offers opportunities to work with modern tools like Jira and MySQL.