Senior Laravel Developer

Role Overview

• Feature Development (40%)
• Design and implement new features from conception to deployment.
• Create database schemas, Eloquent models, and relationships.
• Build interactive Livewire components with polished UIs.
• Write comprehensive tests for new functionality.
• Bug Fixes & Maintenance (30%)
• Troubleshoot issues across frontend and backend.
• Optimize database queries and eliminate N+1 problems.
• Refactor legacy code to modern Laravel standards.
• Fix UI inconsistencies and responsive design issues.
• Design & Polish (30%)
• Translate design concepts into functional interfaces.
• Ensure consistent styling using Tailwind conventions.
• Implement loading states, transitions, and micro-interactions.
• Maintain design system consistency across the application.

Requirements

• Strong expertise in Laravel (experience with Laravel 11/12's modern structure preferred)
• Deep understanding of Eloquent ORM, relationships, and query optimization
• Experience with Laravel's ecosystem: queues, events, policies, form requests
• Proficient with database design, migrations, and seeders
• Knowledge of Laravel testing (PHPUnit)
• Expert-level Livewire 3 knowledge (including Volt single-file components)
• Strong Tailwind CSS skills (v4 experience a plus)
• Solid Alpine.js fundamentals for reactive UI patterns
• Comfortable with component-based architecture
• Understanding of loading states, wire:model patterns, and lifecycle hooks
• Ability to build complete features from database to UI
• Debug issues across the entire stack
• Make design decisions that balance aesthetics with functionality
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code
• Follow PSR-12 and Laravel best practices
• Nice to Have: Experience with Flux UI component library, Laravel Nova administration panel experience, Inertia.js knowledge, Understanding of Laravel Pint, Fortify, Contributions to open-source Laravel packages, Eye for UI/UX design principles.

Tech Stack

• Flux
• JavaScript
• Laravel