PHP Developer

Who are we?

KPMG in Bahrain employs over 350 professionals and partners. We provide our clients with a suite of locally supported Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. We recruit the best and brightest from around the world, and currently have a workforce that represents over 20 countries working across our teams. We also pride ourselves on our capabilities to attract, nurture, and empower talent from our communities locally.

We are seeking a PHP Developer who is looking to transition into a professional services environment. This role is ideally suited for a candidate with 3-5 years of hands-on working technical experience to support platform adoption across the organisation, with defined KPIs and goals. The initial term of this contract will be 2 -3 months , with the possibility of extension based on business requirements and performance.

Essential Technical Skills Required

• Backend: Strong working knowledge of PHP (8.x+) and main-stack frameworks for enterprise application development
• Frontend: Clean semantic coding using modern HTML5, CSS3, and standard web principles
• Database Management: Good knowledge of MySQL schema design, relational query optimization, and structured data handling
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products
• AI experience and knowledge is an added advantage

Roles and Responsibilities

Requirement Scoping

• Technical Scoping : Analyse complex client and internal business/ process challenges to produce detailed documentation of the technical scope requirements for new tool development
• Solution Architecture : Identify and design automated workflow solutions for internal business processes and external clients

Platform Management

• Deployment Support : Oversee the localized rollout, deployment, and testing support
• Ongoing Change Management : Directly manage and execute small-scale code enhancements and post-development system updates
• Platform Administration : Maintain and administer KLH central master library to ensure data integrity and system availability

Stakeholder Management

• Local SPOC : Act as the dedicated onsite single point of contact for all local/ regional business units and external client teams
• Risk & IT Alignment : collaborate with with local IT, NITSO, and Risk Management teams to validate scope/ solutions for compliance before deployment
• Tender Assessment/ Business Development : Evaluate government tender applicability for digital/ software solutions and coordinate strategic responses with internal tender teams
• Security & Compliance Frameworks : Understanding of GDPR, PDPL, and other cyber/ data security frameworks of Bahrain

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

Preferred certifications:

• Project Management (PMP-PBA)
• Zend Certified PHP Engineer
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
• Laravel Certification or Symfony Certified Developer

Why KPMG?

At KPMG, you will be part of a global network driving trust, resilience, and innovation .