Senior Vanilla PHP Developer

Title: Senior Developer 

Type: Fulltime  

Terms: Hybrid   

Location: Considering applications from Cape Town South Africa  

Who are we?  

RoomRaccoon was founded by Nadja Buckenberger and Tymen Van Dyl in 2017 with a mission to redefine hotel operations through our all-in-one hotel management system.  

  

Our diverse team of 110 professionals, spread across 5 offices worldwide, serves 2000+ clients across Europe, USA and Africa.  Our benefits include equity, formal training budget allowance, annual hotel allowance, as well as birthday and Xmas vouchers.  

We are looking for a superstar Senior PHP Developer with expert skills in Vanilla PHP. Utilising your 5+ years of experience in PHP Development, you'll be vital to the success of developing and updating new and current features with our Development Team across our award-winning cloud-based Hotel Management System. You will be a cut above the rest if you have experience in the successful development of SaaS products.  

What will you be doing? 

• Develop new and improve existing features as part of the team's sprint goals

• Troubleshoot, debug and maintain existing software measured in line with the engineering performance framework

• Code development and architecture based on development lead to specifications.

• Collaborate well with the development team, Lead developer and Product Owner/Product Manager

• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle

• Add “Shooting star”- additional tasks that are part of the role (not as business as usual - going the extra mile) but not always measured in QPA

Requirements? 

• BSc Computer Engineering or Computer Science or Relevant Software Related Qualification
• 5+ years’ relevant experience in a similar role
• Solid experience in PHP, MySQL, Sass, Git, REST
• Design, code and maintain applications using best practices
• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• Excellent communication skills to both understand the needs of the project but also give feedback to stakeholders and input to other team members
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge and experience working in an agile/scrum environment
• Ability to work with an international team with international customers in different time zones
• Ability to remain flexible and adapt to changing priorities with promptness, efficiency and ease
• Possess proficient analytical and decision-making skills.