Senior / Mid-Level Backend Developer at Zojatech Limited

Description

• This position is responsible for the design, development, testing and deployment of software systems that meets customer requirement.
• The role also involves sitting within the IT team of a business, and will be involved in liaising with the Business Analysts and Development Managers to ensure software projects meet requirements.

Responsibilities

• Fix bugs in product and make it more efficient Bug free application.
• Ensure all projects are delivered within the timeline.
• Delivered software within specified timelines.
• Ensure documentation standard is followed at all times.
• Standard code documentation.
• Resolve all customer support request within the SLA.
• Good customer rating without escalation to management.

Requirements

• Strong background in PHP and some of its framework (Laravel / Lumen particularly).
• Experience with modern-day development tools including version control, preprocessors, task runners, etc.
• Understanding of the SOLID programming principles.
• Expertise working with packages and other developers’ codebases.
• Dedication to TDD.
• Experience designing, integrating, and writing APIs.
• Expertise working with relational databases.
• Experience with cloud computing architectures.
• Comfortable with linux servers and some dev-ops.
• Desire to work with project managers, designers, and other developers.
• Excellent verbal and time management skills.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize projects to meet deadlines.
• Experience working in small cross functional Agile teams to build complex systems.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with software design and developmentin a test-driven environment.
• Knowledge of coding languages (e.g. PHP, JavaScript) and frameworks / systems (e.g. Laravel, VueJs, Git).
• Experience with databases and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks.
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude.
• Definition of competence levels is in Appendix.

Key Competencies:
Awareness:

• A good understanding of whatis involved in an area of expertise and its relevance to the business.
• Ability to describe the main elements of the area of expertise and their importance to the business; and
• Ability to recognize how and where competences in expertise are relevant to their own job.

Knowledge:

• Ability to interpret and evaluate information and advice from experts in an area of Expertise.
• Knowledge and ability to correctly use the terminology (vocabulary) of the area of Expertise.
• Ability to hold an informed debate with experts in the Area of Expertise; and
• Ability to ask questions that test the viability of proposalsin an Area of Expertise.

Skill:

• Ability to consistently carry out the activities of an area of Expertise to the required standard.
• Ability to perform satisfactorily majority of activities of the Area of Expertise.
• Ability to translate guidelines and standards for the Area of Expertise into practical actions.
• Ability to solve imaginatively common technical / operational problems in the Area of Expertise, and
• Ability to guide and advise othersin operational/technical aspects of the Area of Expertise.

Mastery:

• Ability to diagnose and resolve significant, unusual problems and to successfully adapt aspects of an Area of Expertise.
• Ability to creatively solve significant, complex, non-routine problems in the Area of Expertise.
• Ability to adapt practices from other markets or countries for use in the Area of Expertise; and
• Ability to generate substantial improvements to local practices and procedures for the Area of Expertise.

Application Closing Date
19th August, 2025.