Senior Laravel Engineer
Location: Malawi
Our Client, a software company with its Head Office in Cape Town, South Africa, is looking for a Senior Laravel Engineer with at least 5–6 years of solid experience in a web application development environment to join their client-dedicated team supporting one of the biggest operators in South Africa.
THE ROLE
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:
• Work in a high-transactional environment with extremely high availability and low tolerance for downtime.
• Work with REST APIs and protocols including HTTP/S and SMPP.
• Work with and improve CI/CD pipelines for applications.
• Implement API integrations with mobile networks, partners and third-party stakeholders.
• Work alongside highly skilled team members and gain exposure to various areas of technology.
• Design, document and build new features in existing applications and new services.
• Conduct maintenance, refactoring and bug fixes.
• Respond to system alerts and investigate issues in existing applications.
• Work with AWS services such as ECS, Redshift, S3, RDS and Athena.
• Provide development estimates and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Write ad-hoc SQL reports to assist stakeholders with data-driven decision-making.
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
• Expert knowledge of PHP and Laravel, including Artisan, RBAC and caching.
• Familiarity with Docker, MySQL and microservice environments.
• Experience with API integrations and web-based application development.
• Experience working in high-availability and high-transaction environments.
Advantageous, but not required:
• Kubernetes
• Node.js
• React
• Go
• Java
• Another strongly typed programming language
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
We are looking for engineers who are passionate about their work and committed to continuously developing their skills.
The ideal candidate should have:
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements.
• A strong commitment to software development best practices.
• A self-learning and proactive approach.
• Good time-management skills.
• Intellectual curiosity.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
WHAT THE COMPANY OFFERS
The Company offers a range of year-round benefits, including:
• Competitive salary.
• Flexible working hours.
• Quarterly company events and social activities.
• A relaxed working environment with no formal dress code.
• 20 days annual leave plus one day of birthday leave.
• Annual birthday gift.
• Additional benefits as length of service increases.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should send their application letter together with a comprehensive CV to:
The Managing Consultant
The Job Centre Limited
P.O. Box 1048
Lilongwe, MALAWI
Email: jobcentre@africa-online.net
Alternatively, candidates may log in to www.jobcentre.mw and register to apply online.
