PHP Senior Software Developer

About the role

Chedid Capital Group, an investment group in the (re)insurance industry with subsidiaries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, is looking for a PHP Senior Software Developer. The developer builds core applications, websites and mobile apps for the group, coordinates with project management on deliverables, engineers high-level software designs, implements complex coding operations and coaches junior members on advanced coding techniques.

Key responsibilities

• Engineer software designs according to requirements and standards.
• Deploy a centralized backend application serving several frontend mobile and web apps via an API gateway and custom parameters.
• Maintain the identity service, CRM application and other services as required.
• Integrate web and mobile apps with policy issuers and external digital wallets.
• Supervise IT projects, escalate issues when needed, and contribute to the Agile project management platform so changes are recorded and assessed.
• Provide progress reports, attend gap-analysis meetings and help identify new business requirements.
• Help develop security, continuity and disaster recovery policies, implement security architecture, and coordinate with external SOC and penetration testers on hardening.
• Coordinate the development team, run training sessions, and keep up with IT and technology trends.
• Document applications with comments to support continuity and sustainability.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology or a similar field.
• 5+ years of experience in application development.
• Knowledge of Linux-based machines is a plus.

Required skills

• Front-end: Vue.js, JavaScript
• Back-end: PHP, Laravel, MySQL
• Web service architectures, cloud infrastructure and DevOps (Azure, Azure DevOps)