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Senior Backend Developer
The Legends AgencyDurban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa30+ days ago
Job descriptionLanguages & Frameworks : PHP 8+, Laravel, SQL, T-SQL, JavaScript (basic) DevOps & Tooling : GitHub Actions, CI / CD pipelines, Composer Testing : PHPUnit, Pest, Mockery, Postman (for API testing), tSQLt Data & ML (Nice to have) : Python (scikit-learn, pandas), PHP ML libraries Cloud & Infra (Nice to have) : Azure 5+ years of backend development experience, including Laravel 8+ in production environments. Proficient in designing and optimizing SQL databases for transactional systems. Experience with external service integration via REST APIs (OAuth, JSON). Familiar with TDD or BDD workflows and CI pipelines. Solid grasp of Git version control, code reviews, and team workflows. Strong architectural thinking, especially around modular and extensible backends.
Key Responsibilities :
- Architect, develop, and maintain scalable RESTful APIs.
- Integrate and interface with third-party platforms (e.g., authentication services, data feeds, SaaS tools).
- Design and optimize high-performance SQL queries and relational schema for transactional systems.
- Build and extend modular Laravel applications using SOLID principles and modern PHP patterns.
- Implement CI pipelines and comprehensive test coverage using automated testing frameworks.
- Maintain and evolve code in GitHub with PR-based collaboration and branching strategies.
- Collaborate on backend architecture decisions, contributing to high-level system design.
- Mentor junior engineers in software architecture, testability, and scalable design.
- (Optional) Implement data-driven automation using ML models in backend services (e.g., Python microservices or PHP ML libs).
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Senior Developer • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa