Senior Software Developer (PHP/LARAVEL)
Tower Group
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 7+ years' experience as a Software Developer / Senior Software Developer.
- College or University degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Proficient with PH.
- 0P, Laravel and JavaScript.
- The ideal candidate will be an IT professional with excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal).
- The candidate needs a proven track record as a Senior Software Developer.
- The position is part of an agile development team, building and working on enterprise payment grade software systems on top of a PHP Laravel and VUE.js development stack.
- A hybrid working environment is embraced, allowing the team members to work both on-site and remotely. As a result, proficiency in virtual team management and the ability to manage deliverables in a virtual setting are essential requirements for this position.
- Reporting to the DevOps Manager.
- Maintain high standards of software quality.
- Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web- and android based business applications.
- Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
- Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.
- Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
- Package and support deployment of releases.
- Work with teammates in the upgrade and rewrite of legacy software.
- Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
- Analyse and resolve technical and application problems.
- Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
- Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget.
- Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimization
- Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development techniques and theories
- Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment.
- Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes.