Senior Full-Stack PHP Developer – Laravel, React/Vue

• Build and maintain scalable, full-stack web applications using Laravel on the back end and React/Vue on the front end
• Contribute to architecture decisions, including service design, data modeling, caching, and queue-based processing
• Design and build RESTful APIs and integrations with internal and third-party systems
• Develop reusable Laravel packages and front-end components shared across projects
• Refactor legacy code, optimize queries, and improve response times
• Write automated tests and participate in code reviews and CI/CD improvements
• Document technical decisions, APIs, and specifications
• Collaborate with product, design, QA, and engineering teams to scope and deliver features
• Ensure software development best practices and timely delivery of product functionality
• Own features end to end, from database design and APIs to the React/Vue user interface
• Build and scale business-critical web applications and transform requirements into reliable, maintainable, high-performing software

• 5+ years of professional experience with modern OOP PHP (8.x)
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Laravel
• Strong knowledge of the Laravel ecosystem: Eloquent, Queues, Jobs, Events, Service Container, Middleware, Authentication
• 3+ years of production experience with React or Vue
• Strong TypeScript and modern JavaScript skills
• Experience designing RESTful APIs, including authentication, validation, and error handling
• Solid SQL skills (MySQL or PostgreSQL)
• Experience with schema design, indexing, and query optimization
• Hands-on experience with Redis and queue-based architectures
• Experience with automated testing (PHPUnit, Pest, Jest, Vitest, or Playwright)
• Comfortable with Git-based workflows, pull requests, and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working in AI-assisted development environments (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, etc.)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good written and spoken English
• Nice-to-have: Inertia.js, Livewire, Next.js/Nuxt, Tailwind CSS, Docker, AWS, Forge, Vapor, PHPStan, Larastan, Pint, WebSockets, Reverb, RabbitMQ, microservices architecture, event platforms, ticketing systems, Stripe, PayPal