PHP Web Developer: Mid-Senior (Pipeline) at Clickatell

Purpose

As a Web Developer, you will be joining an agile team of versatile developers who are passionate about the products they build. We enable our clients to seamlessly transact and engage with their customers (on a global scale via channels like WhatsApp, Google RCS, Apple Business Chat, etc).

You will be developing user centric solutions for the administration portal of the core messaging platform of Clickatell. You will play a vital Web Applications Development role where you will convert business requirements into functional deliverables.

Responsibilities of the Role

• Work with an awesome team of developers, designers, and product managers to implement the next range of internal tools and external features for clients.
• Be part of and actively contribute to an Agile/Scrum team that works together to become a high-performing team in delivering world-class technology solutions.
• Utilising PHP and Bootstrap for development and maintenance of user interfaces and client-side web applications on our commercial and internal platforms.
• Play a vital Web Applications Development role where you will take the designs created and converting them into functional deliverables.
• General system maintenance to improve the structure and maintainability of the platform.
• Support applications while working with on-site and remote development teams.

Requirements

Requirements of the Role

• 3+ years of software development experience with PHP, HTML/CSS/JS
• Diploma in Information Technology, BTech (IT), B.Sc. Computer Science, or equivalent

Work Experience

• Experience with various PHP frameworks: Symfony 2, Laravel, Zend, Proprietary
• Experience with HTML/JS/CSS, Bootstrap, and other component libraries
• Experience with Git, GitLab or other Source Control Management tools
• Experience with integration of data from various back-end services and databases
• Experience with various dependency management tools: Composer, Bower, NPM
• Familiarity with Test automation, unit tests and functional tests an advantage
• Familiarity with AWS (Amazon Web Services), Jenkins, JIRA an advantage

Characteristics and Skills

• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Analytical, organised and the ability to prioritise tasks.
• Ability to take on responsibility, ownership and be accountable.
• Creative thinking and take an innovative/flexible approach to problem-solving.
• Innovative and takes risks, not shy to experiment, does not follow the crowd, and does what needs to be done to succeed.
• Work independently, with a high degree of responsibility and ownership.
• Passion for technology, attention to detail, assertive nature and self-driven.
• Excellent communication and technical documentation skills.
• Team player, sharing of knowledge, interpersonal skills, mentoring of others.
• Good organisational skills, positive outlook on life, logical thinker.
• Live up to the Clickatell values:
• Be Curious. Be Collaborative. Be Courageous. Be Creative. Be a Champion!

Benefits

• Perks of the Role
• Medical Aid contribution
• Pension fund contribution
• Quarterly performance incentive bonus
• Risk benefit company contributions
• Reimbursable communications allowance for internet and mobile phone bills
• Half-day off on your birthday
• 5 personal days leave a year, over and above your annual leave
• Remote Working (our offices are currently open for essential use only due to COVID-19)
• Home office set-up with laptop, monitor and other related items.