Full-Stack Senior PHP Developer

3 days ago

Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa SydSen Recruit (ZA) Full time

We're Hiring: Full-Stack Senior PHP Developer (Lead)

Hybrid | Johannesburg

Start Date: 5 January 2026

Contract: 1 Year (3-Month Probation)

CTC: R60,000 per month

Are you a highly experienced
Senior PHP Developer
ready to step into a
Lead
role and drive the development of a large-scale, AI-driven customer experience platform?

If you thrive in complex architecture, enjoy solving high-volume data challenges, and can lead technical delivery with confidence — we want to meet you.

What You'll Be Working On

As the Lead Full-Stack PHP Developer, you will architect, build, and maintain mission-critical systems that power a multi-brand, multi-tenant CX platform. Your work will span:

  • Backend engineering using advanced PHP, Laravel/Symfony principles, and WordPress engineering.
  • AI-driven workflows including classification, augmentation, automation, and orchestration.
  • High-volume data ingestion pipelines consolidating email, chat, WhatsApp, and web interactions.
  • Interactive dashboards, ticketing systems, knowledge bases, and operational analytics.
  • Multi-channel integrations across CRMs, customer platforms, and internal operational tools.

Core Skills We're Looking For

Backend (PHP & Architecture)

  • 7+ years experience (OOP, interfaces, traits, abstract classes)
  • Strong understanding of architectural patterns: Repository, Strategy, Factory, Adapter, Event-Driven
  • Experience with large modular systems & configuration-based logic
  • Strong debugging, exception tracking, and profiling
  • Laravel/Symfony-style ecosystems, queues (Redis), schedulers, job pipelines
  • Advanced WordPress engineering: plugins, custom tables, ACF, WP-CLI

Frontend Expertise

  • HTML5, SCSS, responsive UI
  • ES6+ JavaScript
  • Vue, React, or Alpine
  • Build systems: Vite / Webpack
  • Ability to build dynamic UI: Kanban boards, real-time chats, dashboards, content editors

Integrations & Data Processing

  • REST APIs, Webhooks, OAuth, HMAC
  • High-volume ingestion & parsing
  • CRM syncing & multi-system pipelines
  • Data normalization, fuzzy matching, deduplication, sentiment/intent classification

Database & Storage

  • MySQL/MariaDB optimization, schema design, indexing
  • Analytics-friendly data structures (NPS, lifecycle, metrics)
  • Experience with S3 buckets, secure storage, media pipelines

DevOps Awareness

  • Docker-based dev
  • Linux CLI
  • NGINX/PHP-FPM fundamentals
  • Queue workers, supervisors, and basic observability

What Will Make You Stand Out

  • Experience with AI-assisted systems
  • Building customer experience or CRM platforms
  • Multi-brand SaaS
  • Real-time systems and async pipelines

Who You Are

A hands-on technical leader who can take ownership from architecture → implementation → QA → release.

You document well, collaborate well, and anticipate risks before they surface.

You can work across multiple brands, multiple projects, and help guide a growing team.

Hybrid Work Model

  • 2 days from home
  • 3 days in office

Interested?

If you're ready to lead the engineering of a world-class CX platform and thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact environment —
we'd love to hear from you.

Apply via LinkedIn or send your CV to

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