Senior PHP / Code Igniter Developer at Zercom Systems Nigeria Limited

At Zercom systems, we offer the highest levels of experience, professionalism and integrity as well as certified expertise in virtually all computing systems and products to solve the most challenging needs. We work closely with our clients to understand the nature of their business challenges and ultimate business objectives and offer best possible solutions using the latest innovations in the Business/IT industry. With our core competencies in the areas of Process Automation, Business Transformation, and Learning & Development, we guarantee to take your business to the next level.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior PHP / Code Igniter Developer

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are looking for a smart individual to join the team with sound knowledge of web development (Core PHP, PHP Symphony Framework, API Platform, HTML5, CSS, jQuery, AJAX).
• Focus of the job will be to develop the server-side logic and responsive front end.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Should be logically strong and quick.
• Innovative and creative, able to champion new ideas and initiatives with attention to detail.
• Flexible and resourceful.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Responsible for application design, code development, testing and deployment, and maintenance
• Write well designed and optimized code
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
• Implement new features and maintain the existing codebase
• Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary
• Troubleshoot, test, and maintain the core product and database to ensure strong optimization and functionality.
• Develop solutions based on queries given by clients.
• Create and run ad hoc reports written in SQL and iterating through large datasets in PHP
• Tune database (indexes and schema organization)

Job Experience / Skills

• 2+ years B.Sc. degree in IT or Computer Science in any field with NYSC Completion Certificate
• 2+ years experience developing web based applications in PHP
• Proficient in the latest PHP versions 7 and understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP.
• Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks (Symphony, Laravel, CodeIgniter, or any other MV- framework).
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Working knowledge of front-end technologies - JavaScript/jQuery, HTML5 and CSS3.
• Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming.
• Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions.
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds.
• Familiarity with MySQL databases and their declarative query languages.
• Proficient understanding of Git & Bitbucket.

Application Closing Date
17th March, 2021.