Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the above vacant position of a Full Stack Senior PHP Developer. Webdev (Pvt) Ltd is Zimbabwe’s leading web hosting, online marketing, e-commerce, online payments, and web development company, a multi-award-winning company and a market leader. The job incumbent will be assigned to Webdev’s classifieds.co.zw Dev team which is responsible for building and maintaining the tech for Classifieds Marketplaces with a specific focus on emerging markets in Africa. The Developer will be involved in building the best of breed software products and services for classifieds.co.zw and related brands in collaboration with our international tech team. The required incumbent should match the following responsibilities.
Full dev ownership of specific projects to be rolled out across multiple platforms, countries, and brands.
Assist Head of Classifieds and Product Manager with a compilation of technical specifications.
Dev implementation of desired solutions, including any Backend, Frontend, API, or Admin requirements.
Short-term, project focussed roadmaps for initial roll-outs, together with longer-term roadmaps for support, maintenance, and improvements.
Build custom, beautiful, feature-specific Packages or Microservices to assist with the above. These might be done in Laravel, VueJS, or other technologies that might work better for the given task.
Fix bugs assigned during the sprint planning process.
Play a key role in reviewing and approving the work of your peers as part of the software development process.
Use prescribed tools and work according to the established software development process.
Deliver high-quality software according to agreed timelines
Seasoned communicator as regards technical and business/ functional aspects of assigned work.
Be comfortable working in an agile and fast-paced environment.
Tenacity and the ability to solve complex software bugs.
Keep abreast with industry trends, new technologies, and best practices in the software development space.
Constantly innovate and raise the bar of software quality.
Proactively improve products, systems, processes
Requirements
Relevant Degree / Diploma preferred but not required
Minimum 5+ years experience in software development
Eager to learn new things, open to constructive criticism.
Experience with Blade templates and Laravel is an advantage
A rock-solid understanding of theory, and excellent debugging skills.
Proficient knowledge of ES6 and modern JavaScript preferred but not required
Team player and willing to go beyond the call of duty when the need arises
Experience with Webpack build tools preferred
Firm grasp of Laravel framework (v7.0 and later) with a focus on Blade templating and highly competent in software design patterns
Firm grasp of Tailwind CSS framework preferred.
Solid understanding of Vue.js and/or react JavaScript frameworks
Proficiency in MySQL, Redis, Memcached, and related storage technologies is advantageous.
Solid experience with Continuous Integration, Git
Strong interpersonal skills
Able to work with a diverse team that includes remotely located staff and developers.
Ability to explain technical matters to non-technical staff
Relevant Technologies
MySQL, Elastic DBS
Laravel PHP
HTML, CSS, JS
Webpack, ES6,
VueJS
Memcached, Redis
Jenkins
Terraform,
AWS (ECS, Fargate, S3, RDS, etc)
Laravel Vapor
Interested individuals who are interested and meet the above criteria should apply on the below link on or before 22 December 2021;
Link;https://forms.gle/rtG3TEvCZHVHbbsHA