Php Software Developer

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About Our Client.
The company is revolutionising energy access for clean cooking in Africa. The company is a subsidiary of a company, which is organised as a holding company in the UK, with operational units in Kenya, Tanzania and product development and manufacturing in Hong Kong and China. They provide a reliable and low-cost supply of LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) fuel for clean cooking to low-income households by using innovative smart metering and advanced distribution logistics.

About the Role.
Develop and maintain the software that enable the company and KopaGas to deliver a reliable, cost effective service to our customers. This role reports to the Software Team Lead.
Responsibilities

Work with colleagues to understand the needs of our customers and staff and design user friendly, reliable applications to improve the business operations.
Review design documents, perform code reviews, and contribute to implementation decisions.
Take a lead in designing excellent User Experience.
Build and maintain web applications.
Develop unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
Support and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Operations and Services) to ship excellent applications.
Continually improve our codebase with clean and efficient code as well as solving problems using the most appropriate technology.
Enhance development processes and tool chain to move towards CI/CD (continuous integration and delivery)
Key capabilities

3+ years of software development experience
Experience with PHP and SQL
Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
Proficient in Agile development process
Ability to meet deadlines.
Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle
Ability to work in a distributed team.
Experience deploying solutions with AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Basic understanding of Information Security
Enthusiasm to continually improve skills and learn new technologies
Fluent in English and Kiswahili
Diploma in Information Technology or equivalent
Professional qualifications in one or more software languages an advantage
Female candidates are specially encouraged to apply