ENVIRONMENT:

• THE coding talents of a Mid-level PHP Developer with creative problem-solving ability is wanted to join the team of a cutting-edge FinTech company. Your core role will be to architect, develop and maintain both internal and client-facing functionality, from inception through to deployment, full life cycle.
• You will write clean, efficient and reusable code, utilizing best practices such as SOLID, DRY and KISS, assist with refactoring legacy code into a new Symfony / ReactJS based system while creating & consuming APIs.
• The successful candidate will possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering, or a related field (Equivalent experience may also be considered) with PHP – 2+ years practical OOP experience, WordPress doesn’t count, 2+ years MySQL/Postgres, Symfony, or Laravel & Git.

DUTIES:

• Architect, develop and maintain both internal and client-facing functionality, from inception through to deployment, full life cycle.
• Write clean, efficient and reusable code, utilizing best practices such as SOLID, DRY and KISS.
• Monitor, test, improve and upgrade existing functionality.
• Assist with refactoring legacy code into a new Symfony / ReactJS based system.
• Assist with maintaining and improving an AWS-based production environment.
• Create and consume APIs (both REST and SOAP).

REQUIREMENTS:

Qualifications –

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (Equivalent experience may also be considered).

Experience/Skills –

• Strong knowledge of PHP (2+ years practical OOP experience, WordPress doesn’t count).
• Strong knowledge of MySQL / Postgres (2+ years practical experience).
• PHP MVC framework experience (2+ years practical experience using Symfony, or Laravel works too).
• Competent with source control (2+ years practical experience using Git)
• Comfortable working in a Linux environment (we like Ubuntu).

ATTRIBUTES:

• Self-directed and self-motivated, able to up-skill and learn new technologies without supervision.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).
• A creative problem solver, that’s willing to explore, with a collaborative open source type mindset.
• Interested to learn a lot, be coached into best practices, work in a team and be corrected at times, confident asking for help.