About the job Senior PHP Backend Developer Duties and Responsibilities Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality. Learn the business domain and participate in the requirements gathering process. Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle. Build innovative, well-designed, and well-architected applications in collaboration with the UX team. Design, develop, document, test, and debug new and existing software systems, applications and/or components. Participate in the agile software development life cycle, including but not limited to solutions review, validations and retrospective meetings. Utilise backend services, and expand our architecture. Refactor, optimise and improve our existing codebase. Use Test-Driven Development and acceptance tests to ensure feature quality. Engage other stakeholders around all tasks, evaluations, suggestions, schedules and technical and process issues. Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development, and share knowledge with the rest of the team. Qualifications and Experience 5+ years experience as a PHP Developer Working knowledge of authentication and authorisation patterns Integrating data from multiple sources and databases Knowing the limitations of PHP and how to work around them Experience with PHP MVC frameworks (e.g. Symfony, Laravel) Proven expertise in working with API services (REST and SOAP) Experience with Agile development practices (TDD, refactoring, continuous integration) Familiarity with version control systems (e.g. Git) Strong preference for or deep understanding of open-source solutions Experience in automation and linux environments advatageous. #J-18808-Ljbffr