Join a global company delivering data-driven solutions to clients worldwide. Work remotely in South Africa and contribute to high-impact financial and data-focused platforms. Collaborate with distributed teams and drive platform modernisation.
Key Highlights
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Job Description
We are looking for a talented Mid-Level PHP Back-End Developer to join a global information and insights company that delivers advanced data-driven solutions to clients worldwide. This role is 100% remote within South Africa, offering the opportunity to contribute to high-impact financial and data-focused platforms from anywhere in the country.
Requirements:
- 3+ years in PHP back-end development with a solid foundation in OOP and MVC principles
- Strong exposure to Laravel (or another leading PHP framework)
- Confident working with relational databases like MySQL — performance tuning and schema design included
- Comfortable with Git, API integrations (REST/JSON/XML), and writing clean, testable code
- Experience in a remote-first environment, collaborating effectively with distributed teams
- Advantageous experience: Redis/RabbitMQ, Docker, and basic front-end familiarity (e.g., Vue.js/React)
- Understanding of CI/CD processes and deployments
- Bonus: Exposure to secure data handling or financial API integrations
What You’ll Do:
- Build and enhance scalable back-end systems and services in PHP
- Develop and integrate APIs that support financial data workflows
- Partner closely with product and engineering teams to deliver new features
- Maintain databases to ensure performance, reliability, and data integrity
- Contribute to test coverage, automation, and quality improvements
- Help drive platform modernisation and deployment efficiency
- Support the investigation and resolution of back-end-related issues
Apply now!
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If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles.
For more information contact:
Reinie Du Preez
Senior Specialist Recruitment Consultant
E-mail: rdpreez@networkrecruitment.co.za