Senior / Mid-Level Backend Developer at Zojatech Limited

Zojatech Limited - We are a digital transformation consultancy and software development company that provides revolutionary and effective software solutions to businesses. Our goal is to provide software solutions that streamline work processes, enhance work productivity, enable business scalability and shape our clients as innovative leaders of their industry. At Zojatech, we consider ourselves your partners, and we take care of your technology so that you can focus on your business. The goal of every member of our team is to make your business challenge-free, maximize your productivity, enable you better serve your customers, and most importantly, enable the digital success of your business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior / Mid-Level Backend Developer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Description

• This position is responsible for the design, development, testing and deployment of software systems that meets customer requirement.
• The role also involves sitting within the IT team of a business, and will be involved in liaising with the Business Analysts and Development Managers to ensure software projects meet requirements.

Responsibilities

• Fix bugs in product and make it more efficient Bug free application.
• Ensure all projects are delivered within the timeline.
• Delivered software within specified timelines.
• Ensure documentation standard is followed at all times.
• Standard code documentation.
• Resolve all customer support request within the SLA.
• Good customer rating without escalation to management.

Requirements

• Strong background in PHP and some of its framework (Laravel / Lumen particularly).
• Experience with modern-day development tools including version control, preprocessors, task runners, etc.
• Understanding of the SOLID programming principles.
• Expertise working with packages and other developers’ codebases.
• Dedication to TDD.
• Experience designing, integrating, and writing APIs.
• Expertise working with relational databases.
• Experience with cloud computing architectures.
• Comfortable with linux servers and some dev-ops.
• Desire to work with project managers, designers, and other developers.
• Excellent verbal and time management skills.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize projects to meet deadlines.
• Experience working in small cross functional Agile teams to build complex systems.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with software design and developmentin a test-driven environment.
• Knowledge of coding languages (e.g. PHP, JavaScript) and frameworks / systems (e.g. Laravel, VueJs, Git).
• Experience with databases and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks.
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude.
• Definition of competence levels is in Appendix.

Key Competencies:
Awareness:

• A good understanding of whatis involved in an area of expertise and its relevance to the business.
• Ability to describe the main elements of the area of expertise and their importance to the business; and
• Ability to recognize how and where competences in expertise are relevant to their own job.

Knowledge:

• Ability to interpret and evaluate information and advice from experts in an area of Expertise.
• Knowledge and ability to correctly use the terminology (vocabulary) of the area of Expertise.
• Ability to hold an informed debate with experts in the Area of Expertise; and
• Ability to ask questions that test the viability of proposalsin an Area of Expertise.

Skill:

• Ability to consistently carry out the activities of an area of Expertise to the required standard.
• Ability to perform satisfactorily majority of activities of the Area of Expertise.
• Ability to translate guidelines and standards for the Area of Expertise into practical actions.
• Ability to solve imaginatively common technical / operational problems in the Area of Expertise, and
• Ability to guide and advise othersin operational/technical aspects of the Area of Expertise.

Mastery:

• Ability to diagnose and resolve significant, unusual problems and to successfully adapt aspects of an Area of Expertise.
• Ability to creatively solve significant, complex, non-routine problems in the Area of Expertise.
• Ability to adapt practices from other markets or countries for use in the Area of Expertise; and
• Ability to generate substantial improvements to local practices and procedures for the Area of Expertise.

Application Closing Date
19th August, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: career@zojatech.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.