Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

* 6 - 8 years of professional experience with PHP & Laravel, plus strong knowledge of SOLID/DRY principles.

* Experience working in a stakeholder led environment with strong communication skills.

* Build and consume REST and SOAP APIs to support system integrations.

* 6+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining desktop, mobile, and responsive web applications using Laravel, Node.js, and React frameworks, deployed in AWS.

* Refactor and optimize legacy PHP code while supporting platform stability.

* Solid understanding of Git workflows (branching, pull requests, code reviews) and ability to manage clean commits without debug/unnecessary code.

* Strong understanding of database design, indexing, and performance optimization.

* Practical experience operating AWS production workloads (e.g., EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, EKS, SQS).

* Experience with unit testing, TDD, and functional testing.

* Comfortable working with additional languages or lowerlevel tooling when needed (e.g., Bash, Python).

* Strong SQL skills with MySQL or PostgreSQL

* Comfortable working in fast-paced, cross-functional teams alongside product managers, designers, and other engineers.

* Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively and deliver quality work within agreed timelines.