PHP Developer Cape Town (Hybrid)

Our client is seeking an experienced PHP Developer to take ownership of a well-established software platform that plays a critical role within its Revenue Systems division. This is an exciting opportunity for a developer who enjoys working with mature production systems gaining deep technical ownership and driving the ongoing evolution of a platform used by a growing customer base.

The successful candidate will initially focus on knowledge transfer and understanding the existing environment before becoming the internal technical authority responsible for future enhancements maintenance and long-term platform development.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a mature PHP-based software platform
• Participate in structured knowledge transfer from an external development partner
• Maintain support and optimise existing production systems
• Develop new features and enhancements aligned with business requirements
• Build and maintain integrations with third-party systems and APIs
• Ensure software reliability scalability and performance
• Contribute to architectural decisions and platform improvements
• Collaborate with stakeholders across technical and operational teams
• Support best practices in software development testing and deployment

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Technology Software Engineering or a related field
• 5 years of commercial PHP development experience
• Strong proficiency in PHP 8.0 or later
• Experience with Laravel and/or Symfony
• Experience maintaining and improving legacy and custom PHP applications
• Strong MySQL and/or PostgreSQL database experience
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of OAuth2 JWT API Keys and secure integration practices
• Experience with Git version control and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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