Mid-Level Backend PHP Developer
Posted 5
views
Summary
A mid-level backend PHP developer in Randburg, South Africa, designs and maintains RESTful APIs and backend services using PHP and Laravel, optimizes relational databases, and collaborates with frontend and DevOps teams on integration and deployment pipelines.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services using PHP and modern frameworks (e.g., Laravel or similar).
- Collaborate with frontend developers to ensure seamless integration across the application stack.
- Write clean, maintainable, testable, and well-documented code following established coding standards and best practices.
- Design, manage, and optimize relational databases, ensuring efficient schema design and high-performance queries.
- Work with DevOps teams to support deployment pipelines, environment management, and source control processes.
Required Skills and Experience
- 3+ years of professional PHP development experience.
- Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and MVC architecture.
- Solid experience with Laravel or other modern PHP frameworks.
- Experience using Git and collaborative version control workflows.
- Working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON, and XML.
- Experience writing and maintaining unit and feature tests.