Jobs in Soweto, South Africa

Are you a highly experienced, ambitious Backend PHP Developer looking for a challenging role where you can learn lots?

We are looking for a motivated developer to come join our fast-paced, fun and rewarding team of professionals.

If you are passionate about technology, constantly seeking to learn and improve your skill set, then you are who we are looking for!

• Previous working experience as a PHP Developer for (5+) year(s)


• Knowledge of authentication and authorization patterns


• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system


• Familiarity with limitations of PHP, as well as workarounds


• Experience with PHP MVC frameworks (Symfony, Laravel, etc.)


• Good relational database skills (e.g. MySQL, MariaDB)


• Proven expertise in working with API services (REST and SOAP)


• Knowledge of Agile development practices (TDD, refactoring, continuous integration)


• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment


• Comfortable collaborating with other team members and stakeholders


• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., git)


• Strong preference for open-source solutions

• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality


• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle


• Build and innovative well designed and well architected applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team


• Design, code and maintain applications using best practices


• Utilize backend services, and expand our architecture


• Refactor, optimize and improve the existing codebase


• Use test driven development and acceptance tests to ensure feature quality


• Engage other stakeholders around all tasks, evaluations, suggestions, schedules and technical and process issues


• Document the components and architecture


• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development


• Knowledge sharing with rest of the team

Please note

• This is not a client facing role.