The purpose of the position of the Mid-Level PHP Developer is to join a team of developers to develop and maintain an internal administration system/website that is developed in object orientated PHP. This includes developing new features, maintaining the current code base and fixing bugs.

A PHP Developer is responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. A PHP Developer is also responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Qualifications & Experience

Grade 12 certificate or equivalent Level 4 qualification issued by SAQA

Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or diploma in Information Technology

Clear criminal and ITC record

Experience in PHP, OOP, MVC, MySQL, MS-SQL, JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, HTML, CSS, XHTML, AJAX

Minimum of 3-5 years working experience

Skills & abilities

Customer Care Skills:

Bilingual

Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

Work under pressure and able to meet deadlines

Excellent time management

Quality orientated

Display a sense of urgency

Diplomatic & patient

Problem solving skills

Display initiative, maturity and a high degree of professionalism

Liaise and build relationships with clients

Administrative Skills:

Strong planning and organizational skills

Detail focused and attention to quality

Analytical mind

Excellent numeracy and literary skills

Technical Skills:

Expert knowledge of computer languages

Expert knowledge of computer program design methods and techniques

Experience of object oriented programming (essential)

Front-end development including jQuery (essential).

Understanding of Ajax (desirable, not essential).