Software Engineer - PHP

About the role

Crown Interactive, a Nigerian-headquartered software company founded in the UK in 2005 and focused on Africa since 2012, designs and implements sovereign digital platforms for governments and critical sectors. It is looking for a passionate Software Engineer to help design, develop and maintain its software applications.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, test and maintain PHP-based web applications.
• Write clean, efficient and well-documented code following industry best practices.
• Collaborate with front-end developers, designers and other engineers to create seamless user experiences.
• Optimise application performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Design and implement APIs and integrate third-party services.
• Maintain and improve database structures (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) and ensure security and data protection.
• Take part in code reviews, learning, development and mentorship programmes.

Required profile

• First degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 6 years of proven experience as a PHP software engineer.
• Ability to lead a team and mentor junior engineers.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication and teamwork skills, able to work independently and in a team.
• Experience with workflow application systems, enterprise platforms and SaaS application deployment is an advantage; experience with power-sector applications and knowledge of Java are also advantages.

Required skills

• PHP 7+ and OOP, with Yii1 and Yii2.
• Laravel and other MVC frameworks such as Symfony or CodeIgniter.
• MySQL and PostgreSQL, including query optimisation.
• Linux and Git, GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket.
• RESTful and SOAP API development; HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Vue.js, React or Angular are a plus.
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) are a plus; Agile experience is a plus.