PHP Backend Developer at Credpal Nigeria

Credpal is an innovative solution that seeks to combat the ever complex loan approval process that has deterred millions from achieving specific goals over the years. We believe quality of life can be drastically improved if individuals can easily make purchases and pay overtime at their convenience with reduced or no financial pressure, while also increasing their purchasing capabilities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: PHP Backend Developer

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• We are looking for a PHP Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users.
• Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, creating models, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.
• You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application.
• Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• Design complex algorithms and build them into efficient and reusable PHP modules.
• Integration of data storage solutions
• Good knowledge of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks {{such as Laravel, Yii, etc depending on your technology stack}}
• Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance including PCI DSS compliance.
• Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Good knowledge and development of machine learning models.

Application Closing Date
22nd February, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@credpal.com