PHP Software Development Officer

About this role

The role is for a PHP software development professional to analyse user needs, develop, test, and support secure PHP applications that enhance the company’s registry and business operations. The role involves building and maintaining PHP applications, services and integrations, and working within vendor support and approved change controls. It also covers CoCCA and registry application support, release management, documentation, and ongoing improvement. The employer is StreSERT Services Limited, a professional services organisation in Lagos offering HR and integrated enterprise solutions. The position targets individuals with hands-on PHP development experience and a strong portfolio, with responsibilities spanning development, support, testing, and collaboration across technical and business users.

What you would do

• Analyse requirements with users and document acceptance criteria and data flows
• Develop and maintain PHP applications, services and integrations following approved frameworks and standards
• Build and improve web interfaces and APIs using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and databases
• Estimate work, set priorities with the Head of Technical Services, and demonstrate functionality against criteria
• Investigate and resolve registry-related application and integration issues with vendor support
• Maintain interfaces and integrations around CoCCA and modify components only when authorised
• Support registrar onboarding and testing; understand domain lifecycle operations, DNS concepts, EPP and registry data requirements
• Apply secure development practices including access controls, parameterised queries and secret management
• Prepare deployment and rollback plans and verify application behaviour post-release
• Update technical documentation, runbooks and provide user training and handovers

What they are asking for

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or related field
• Strong practical development portfolio
• Minimum three years of hands-on software development experience including at least two years PHP in production
• Strong PHP skills including object-oriented programming, Composer and a mainstream PHP framework or substantial codebase
• Proficiency in SQL and relational databases (MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL); REST APIs; HTML, CSS and JavaScript; Git; Linux environments
• Evidence of secure coding, debugging, automated testing, peer review and controlled deployment
• Ability to understand unfamiliar code and maintain existing applications

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