Experienced Laravel Developer (Remote) - Immediate Start - $90p/h


We’re looking for a self-driven Laravel Developer to help us build and maintain a suite of modern web apps. This is a remote role, for an Australian-based developer.


You’ll be joining a small, experienced team - collaborating closely and tackling tasks autonomously - so we’re after someone who can manage their own workload confidently. We are a busy small development agency. We are looking for someone who is able to start immediately and can spin up projects and support our team.


The perfect canditate will have clear communication, a solid understanding of development processes and understand how to work in a fast-paced agency enviornment.


What you’ll be doing:

  • Developing and maintaining several Laravel-based applications
  • Working with PostgreSQL databases and optimizing for performance
  • Managing deployments and CI/CD (DevOps experience essential)
  • Building clean, well-tested APIs and integrating third-party services
  • Working alongside front-end developers using Vue and React


What you’ll bring:

  • Solid Laravel 10+ experience (+5 years)
  • Strong PostgreSQL and database design skills
  • Experience with Redis, TDD, and PHPUnit
  • Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, webhooks, and RESTful architecture
  • DevOps experience (Docker, CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment)
  • Expert knowledge of queue workers and native Laravel eloquent models


Nice to have:

  • Frontend experience with NextJS (React) and NuxtJS (Vue - Composition API)
  • A proactive mindset and great communication skills


Please include a cover letter with your past experience and how this directly related to the above skills. Please start with how do you handle background tasks and optimize performance in Laravel?