Junior Laravel/PHP Full Stack Developer - Atlantic Seaboard

Introduction

Junior Laravel/PHP Full Stack Developer - Atlantic Seaboard (Office-Based)

Salary: Lucrative package on offer!

Are you a passionate Laravel PHP Full Stack Developer looking to grow your career while working with a diverse and exciting technology stack?

Our client, a leading UK-based telecommunications and technology provider, is seeking a Junior Laravel PHP Full Stack Developer to join their growing development team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a developer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and wants to gain exposure to Laravel, PHP, AWS, Redis and modern cloud infrastructure.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve multiple components of an existing and new applications, including device-level software, REST API, database, and front-end portal.

• Work with a tech stack that includes PHP (Laravel 13 Framework), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, Redis and AWS technologies.

• Write clean, scalable, and efficient code for both front-end and back-end development.

• Ensure application performance, security, and scalability are top priorities.

• Collaborate with the development and customer service teams to design and implement new features and enhancements.

• Manage and optimize MySQL databases hosted on AWS Aurora, ensuring optimal performance and query efficiency.

• Creating background services and queues that interacts with Redis queues.

• Maintain REST API endpoints, integrating them with various front-end and back-end components.

• Work with AWS EC2 for deploying and managing cloud-based services and infrastructures.

• Use Laravel’s Broadcasting features to implement real-time communication between various parts of the application and third-party APIs.

• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing codebase.

• Continuously stay up to date with Laravel Framework best practices.

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Matric/Grade 12.

• Relevant degree/diploma/ certifications.

• Proven experience with Laravel Framework for both back-end development and front-end software development.

• A good understanding of MySQL and experience working with AWS Aurora MySQL instances.

• Proficiency in front-end development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript including a strong understanding of creating reusable front-end components in Laravel.

• A good understanding of AWS EC2 and Aurora infrastructure for hosting and deploying applications.

• Experience working with Laravel Broadcasting for real-time web functionality.

• Experience working JavaScript and other technologies for client-side data storage when a connection is not available to ensure device-level functionality is retained until a connection can be established.

• Solid understanding of web services, third party RESTful APIs, and how to integrate them with back-end and front-end technologies.

• Familiarity with modern development practices such as Agile, continuous integration, and version control (Git).

• Good problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills including understanding and optimization of AI generated code.

• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a team.

• Willing to work according to you UK Hours and SA Public Holidays.

Interested?

To apply for the role, email a detailed CV to

info@truniq.co.za

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and should you not hear from us within two weeks, then please consider your application unsuccessful.