Junior PHP Developer :: PayFast (Permanent Position, Cape Town)

PayFast

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Job Description

We are looking for a skilled Junior PHP Developer to join our development team to help meet the demands of our rapid growth. You will be involved in expanding our existing ecommerce plugins, expanding our existing payment platform and building new & exciting features and applications relating to payments, online commerce, fraud detection and security. The successful candidate would possess PHP development skills and a general enthusiasm for web development and the internet. We're a startup who wants to employ ambitious and committed people to grow with the company!

Salary and Benefits

  • Remuneration negotiable in line with experience
  • 20 days leave annually
  • Relaxed working environment
  • Nimble startup environment with minimal red tape
  • Exposure to some cool tech
  • 10% own time for experimentation / contributing to open source


Desired Skills and Experience

  • 6 months - 2 years PHP development experience
  • PHP OOP experience a plus
  • Working experience of MVC design pattern a plus
  • Working knowledge of MySQL (including transactions and atomicity)
  • A working understanding of Linux, preferably Red Hat / Centos a plus
  • Any experience with eCommerce systems a plus (osCommerce, ZenCart etc.)
  • Some front-end design experience
  • Grade 12 certificate and relevant certifications from an accredited institution
  • Degree in computer science, engineering or related area a plus


Tasks and Responsibilities

  • Maintaining and creating PayFast plugins for various platforms
  • Communicating and co-ordinating with external parties relating to development projects
  • Translation of business requirements into detailed designs for implementation
  • Frontend and backend development using PHP, HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, AJAX/jQuery and other related interactive technologies
  • Testing and documentation of developed code
  • Resolve customer technical support queries via email (using company helpdesk), phone (logging to helpdesk as necessary)
  • Enforce rules, policies & end user agreement insofar as client transactions & behaviour is concerned
  • General client relations and administrative tasks


Personality traits

  • Analytical thinking
  • Goal and delivery focused
  • Creative and display high energy levels
  • Consistent performer
  • Work well under pressure

Apply online at: https://payfast.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk0az9
 
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