Senior Laravel Engineer: Backend APIs & Scalable Systems

ILIAS Solutions; Diegem; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

ILIAS Solutions in Diegem, Belgium, is seeking a motivated PHP/Laravel developer to join a small, independent team. You will build modern back-end services, write clean, scalable code and shape how systems evolve.

You contribute to APIs, databases, and performance improvements, take ownership of challenging problems, and collaborate with a compact team in a flexible, evolving environment.

Qualifications

• Built multiple real projects beyond tutorials or school assignments
• Showcase code or applications you developed
• Experience with Laravel and PHP
• Understanding of APIs and databases (e.g. MySQL)
• Enjoy building from scratch and taking ownership of problems
• Comfortable in evolving, less-structured environments
• Interest in performance, scalability and clean code
• Structured and analytical way of working
• Clear communication and collaboration

Responsibilities

• Develop applications using Laravel and PHP
• Build and integrate APIs and database structures
• Improve performance and system reliability
• Write clean, structured and maintainable code with focus on scalability
• Contribute to technical decisions and architecture discussions
• Work closely with a small team and share ideas

Skills

Code quality

Ownership

Collaboration

Structured thinking

Tools

Laravel

PHP

MySQL

Filament

React

Docker

Job description

ILIAS Solutions in Diegem, Belgium, is seeking a motivated PHP/Laravel developer to join a small, independent team. You will build modern back-end services, write clean, scalable code and shape how systems evolve.

You contribute to APIs, databases, and performance improvements, take ownership of challenging problems, and collaborate with a compact team in a flexible, evolving environment.