Software Engineer (PHP/Laravel)

Salix Data is hiring for the Software Engineer (PHP/Laravel) position in Nairobi. This is a full time, mid level role. Experience: 0 – 4 yrs. SALIX has a global footprint, with headquarters and sales offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, and service facilities in Kenya and India.

We have worked with over 2,500 of the fastest growing and most successful businesses in our region, including all local Fortune 500 companies, and many regional leaders, such as Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and The Columbus Dispatch.Job Description

Write clean, reusable, and maintainable code following industry best practices.

Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain robust applications using PHP and the Laravel framework.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs, third-party services, and external data sources.
• Design, optimize, and manage relational databases including MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, bugs, and scalability challenges.
• Develop and execute unit and integration tests to ensure application reliability and quality.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with testing tools such as PHPUnit, Pest, or similar frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with Redis, Memcached, or other caching technologies.
• Knowledge of queue management and background job processing using Laravel Queues, Horizon, RabbitMQ, or similar…

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