Overview
Intermediate: PHP Developer Jobs in Midrand, South Africa at Miway Insurance Limited
Overview
At MiWay, our purpose is to enable people to live their way. We understand that life is not just about “things” but the meaning that those things bring to your life. We believe that technology and innovation have infinite possibilities when it’s inspired by humans by you. We focus on our clients’ needs; finding new ways to simplify their lives and how they do things.
We give them products, services, and solutions that enable them to live and enjoy life on their own terms – in their own way. Agile values and principles are strongly embedded in our culture, and they are at the core of how we make decisions and how we approach adding value within the company.
Build a successful career with us
We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
What
will you do?
We’re looking for a talented, passionate Front-End Developer to work on MiWay’s ever-growing technology-stack and applications. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning and developing world-class solutions within a cross-functional team. We’re looking for a developer to contribute towards sustainable, intuitive, and functional solutions that meet business needs. The candidate will have an impact on the technical direction of our applications and shape the success of the customer experience.
Our department’s purpose is to deploy working software that adds business value daily. To achieve this, we require team members to be open and comfortable with active participation in reviewing code and standards, supporting production to maintain its stability and have a good problem-solving approach to understand and solve a wide range of issues. We value constructive communication, accountability, and growth within the team.
What
will make you successful in this role?
Minimum Qualification Required
- Computer science or engineering qualification.
Minimum Experience
- 4+ years of development experience in software development.
- Working experience with PHP related projects with exposure to PHP 7.4 or greater
- Knowledge of MVC oriented PHP frameworks (with additional preference to Symfony 5 or greater)
- Good understanding and working experience with JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks and libraries (with additional preference to Vue.js, Nuxt.js and jQuery)
- Experience with user interface design and reporting on key user experience metrics.
- Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software.
- Solid understanding of web application architecture.
- Good understanding of software development design patterns.
- Understanding of software systems used in the development process:
Code versioning (Git), Release management (Bitbucket & Bamboo) and Issue Tracking (JIRA).
Deliverables
- Plan, design & develop solutions within a team.
- Perform a wide range of development tasks on the mobile, desktop and API platforms, ensuring cross-browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness.
- Conduct or assist with code quality reviews of solutions.
- Conduct or assist with troubleshooting and debugging of developed solutions in development and production environments.
- Attend and provide input in team and stakeholder meetings relating to technical and architecture requirements.
- Conduct internal knowledge sharing sessions on developed solutions and best practices.
- Contribute towards well documented, quality, tested and reusable code, ensuring development is followed through to completion that is in accordance with team standards and the solution specification.
Competencies Required
- Good understanding of interaction design, user-centered design process, as well as strong knowledge of user experience principles, techniques, and patterns.
- Good verbal & written communication skills with the ability to engage with a variety of roles.
- Strong time…
Title: Intermediate: PHP Developer
Company: Miway Insurance Limited
Location: Midrand, South Africa
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