Software Engineer (PHP)

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

• Writes code and tests, pushing to production independently.
• Reviews code, providing valuable improvements for the team.
• Designs system-level code and delivers significant team-level projects.
• Creates and executes unit test plans.
• Develops detailed technical analysis and design specifications based on functional requirements.
• Investigates and resolves defects.
• Participates in functional and technical specification reviews.
• Participates in creating and executing integration level test plans.
• Monitor services and systems within our infrastructure.
• Works effectively across multiple teams to deliver large projects.
• Continuously improve the architecture methodologies and find ways to improve code design, system performance, high scalability and security vulnerabilities.
• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent 5 years experience.
• 3-5+ years in software development.
• Proven mastery of at least one OO programming language.
• Experience in a scripting language.
• In-depth knowledge of networking, databases, data structures, algorithms, cloud computing, security, code design, distributed systems and testing.
• Understands how to build solutions at scale without increasing technical debt.
• In-depth understanding of coding best practices, system scalability, security and performance tuning.
• Thorough understanding and practice of Test Driven Development.
• Solid experience in Relational Database systems.
• Solid experience in Issue Tracking systems (Jira advantageous).
• At least 1 other OOP language eg. Python
• Elastic Search
• MySQL
• Google BigQuery & PubSub
• Experience with e-commerce based applications