PHP Symfony Developer at CashXpress Nigeria Limited

• We are looking for a genius who thrives on clean code, performance optimization, and tackling exciting projects! If you love working with Symfony PHP to build secure, efficient, and innovative financial solutions, we want YOU on our team!

Description of the role

• Development of new functionality, creation of new services, support for existing solutions, and migration of the application to a microservices structure.
• Product is a Digital Money Lending platform for providing customers with fast loans.
• The product has numerous integrations with various services (banks, service providers, credit bureaus, mobile operators, accounting systems).

Major technologies:

• Programming language PHP versions 8+
• Framework: Symfony 5/6;
• Infrastructure: Docker, GCP, Gitlab CI/CD;
• Databases: Mysql 5/8, Redis;
• Queue Broker: Rabbit MQ;
• Testing: PHPUnit.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or any related field is required.
• Must have served (NYSC).

Major Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in PHP programming with Symfony (5+ for senior roles);
• Programming experience with PHP version 8;
• Experience with PHP framework Symfony and its packages:
• Doctrine;
• Dependency Injection
• Validator
• Event Dispatcher
• Messenger
• API Platform
• Experience with MySQL, Redis, Rabbit MQ;
• Knowledge of REST API;
• Experience with Git, Gitlab CI/CD (nice to have for a middle, a must for a senior);
• Understanding of unit/functional/integration testing and experience in writing tests (PHPUnit);
• Experience in developing and maintaining applications in a microservices architecture (nice to have for a middle, a must for a senior);
• Experience with SWAGGER – API description, generation, and SDK usage (nice to have for a middle, a must for a senior);
• Experience with Docker/docker compose (nice to have for a middle, a must for a senior);
• Knowledge of coding standards and adherence to them;
• Understanding of SOLID and DDD (must);
• Experience with Scrum is to your advantage.