39 - Senior PHP Developer
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Our client builds the platform that turns that data into useful insight, helping healthcare organisations plan capacity, schedule care and run their processes better every day. They're looking for a Senior PHP Engineer who wants to take ownership of real technical challenges, build new functionality from idea to production, and help the developers around them grow.
What you'll be doing
Expanding and continuously improving applications built on Symfony and Laravel
Prioritising work together with your team and the Product Owner, and proposing new functionality you then get to build
Experimenting freely: good ideas get a listening ear and budget behind them
Owning technical challenges and discussing design decisions openly with your colleagues
Coaching less experienced developers through code reviews and technical sparring sessions
Building software that processes large volumes of healthcare data, where reliability, performance and maintainability really matter
The team
You'll join one of three scrum teams, working alongside experienced data warehouse developers, front-end developers, information analysts and testers. The wider team also includes UX/UI designers, mathematicians and consultants, so you'll spar daily with people from different disciplines and keep each other up to date on developments in your fields.
Tech stack
PHP (Symfony, Laravel), VueJS, MySQL, PHPUnit, Docker, Git, GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Linux and Windows environments
What you bring
A completed bachelor's degree (HBO level or equivalent)
At least 5 years of relevant experience as a PHP developer, handling complex challenges
Solid experience with Symfony or Laravel
Strong knowledge of OOP and design patterns
Strong SQL skills in combination with MySQL databases
Experience with Docker and Git, and familiarity with both Linux and Windows systems
Hands-on experience with VueJS, PHPUnit, GitLab CI/CD and Kubernetes
A self-starter mindset: you take ownership within your team and projects, and you don't wait around
You break the silence and actively seek collaboration, including during remote work periods
Natural energy, and you enjoy bringing colleagues along as you piece the puzzle together
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- Department
- Outstaffing
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
About Tunga
Tunga is the go-to platform for hiring African software developers. Companies from all over the world use Tunga to hire African software developers to execute software projects, as full-time or part-time members of distributed software teams.
Tunga’s mission is to create tech jobs for African youths and has a community of over 3000 software developers.
We were founded in 2015 and have served over 250 clients from all over the world. Tunga’s clients have a diverse profile: SMEs, startups, corporates, and NGOs all belong to our client base.