Laravel Programmer

Our client is a leading software solutions organisation, who specialise in empowering businesses with innovative technology solutions by providing SaaS solutions tailored to business needs.

They are currently hiring for a Laravel Programmer to build and maintain performant, secure web applications using Laravel, owning front-end integrations and back-end APIs to ship features quickly and economically. 

Location: On-site (Dubai, UAE) 

Type: Full-time

What You'll Do 

• Develop scalable Laravel applications (API + server-rendered) using PHP 8+, Eloquent, queues, events, caching, and testing. 
• Implement front-end features using Blade/Livewire or Inertia with Vue/React; integrate Tailwind CSS where applicable. 
• Design and consume REST (or GraphQL) APIs; integrate 3rd-party services (payments, auth, storage). 
• Optimize performance (query tuning, caching layers), security (OWASP, CSRF, XSS), and reliability (jobs, retries). 
• Write automated tests (Pest/PHPUnit) and participate in code reviews & CI/CD. 

Must-Have Qualifications 

• 3+ years professional Laravel experience; solid grasp of MVC patterns and Laravel ecosystem. 
• Proficiency with MySQL/PostgreSQL, schema design, migrations, and Eloquent relationships. 
• Front-end experience for different front-end tasks (Blade/Livewire or Inertia + Vue/React). 
• Familiar with Composer, artisan, queues (Redis/SQS), storage, mail, and notifications. 
• Comfortable with Git, Docker, and basic cloud deployments (Forge, Vapor, or AWS/GCP). 

Nice to Have 

• Node.js for build tooling or services; WebSockets (Laravel Echo), SSE. 
• DevOps basics (NGINX, CI/CD, observability). 
• Caching (Redis), search (Meilisearch/Elasticsearch), and background workers. 
• Writing clean APIs for consumption by mobile apps. 

Success Metrics 

• Lead time to production and change failure rate within team targets. 
• App performance (TTFB, query count) and error rate improvements. 
• Test coverage and on-time delivery of roadmap features.