Ringier South Africa is a technology company supporting international marketplaces. We build and maintain the tech for Classifieds Marketplaces across the world. Our platforms attract millions of views per month and are market leaders in their respective countries. We aim to solve all of the technical requirements for running a highly scalable, highly available marketplace business. It does this while still giving local customizations for different countries and continuously improving from what we’ve learned in other markets.
Job Description
What will you do?
Your mission is to design, build and implement high quality Laravel PHP based platform while diagnosing and resolving complex issues on a highly trafficked set of websites.
Lead on projects/tasks from solution design, to implementation and monitoring within timeframes and expectations
Work with and also improve on existing Software Development Processes
To participate and interact during Agile ceremonies
Self Planning - We give the freedom to come up with unique solutions to complex problems
Delivery - Deadlines can be tight, we like to move quickly
Get involved in the lifecycle of our products
Able to solve complex and unique software problems
Design and implement new features and enhancements
Fix bugs assigned during the sprint planning process
Play a key role in reviewing and approving work of your peers as part of the software development process
Ability to optimize application code for web performance and accessibility
Qualifications
Degree / Diploma preferred but not required
7+ years in development roles
Firm grasp of Laravel framework (v10.0 and later) with a focus on Blade templating and highly competent in software design patterns
Firm grasp of Tailwind CSS framework or another “utility-based” CSS approach preferred by not required.
Experience with AWS or similar preferable
Professional, Self motivated attitude
Broad knowledge of development processes, technologies and problems operating highly scalable software solutions
Analytical and strong problem solving skills
Able to work autonomously in all stages of development including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes and testing
Good understanding of both front and back-end development
Ability to work from your location with your own fast and stable internet connection as well as a productive home office workspace.
Professional, self-motivated attitude.
Proficient in written and oral English communication.
High attention to detail
Additional Information
Why work for us?
We are fully remote! Work from anywhere in the world within a 3 hour SAST timezone
We have co-working spaces in Cape Town, Mauritius, Kenya & Nigeria
A cutting-edge development stack is waiting for your code contribution
You will be working with over 80+ highly skilled technical minds (and expanding)
Backing of the international media powerhouse Ringier AG, which allows us to access
world-class development resources, shared knowledge, and a wealth of international
business insights
Our teams work with a wide range of tech stacks
We are committed to the future growth prospects of our employees by allowing autonomy,
flexibility and an opportunity to master your respective skill
