Fullstack Software Engineer - Laravel Expert (Contractor, Brazil / PST Time Zone)
Metal Toad, an award-winning AWS Consulting Partner and AWS Managed Services provider based in the USA, is seeking a Fullstack Software Engineer specializing in Laravel.
We are a fully remote professional services firm focused on software engineering and cloud solutions, including Technical consulting, Programming & Quality Assurance, DevOps, Applications, UX, Product management, and Project management. This role requires experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications and working on mission-critical projects. Note: We are currently seeking contractors residing in Brazil for this position.
Compensation will be made in Brazilian Reais (R$).
The candidate must be available to work Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time (PST).
Responsibilities
- Adapt to a dynamic and collaborative work environment, make independent decisions, and communicate them effectively.
- Confirm project requirements by reviewing program objectives, input data, and output requirements with PMs, supervisors, and clients.
- Provide estimates based on requirements, wireframes, and designs.
- Own project success by proactively communicating risks, known issues, and changelogs.
- Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.
- Work as part of a team.
- Code conforms to best practices.
- Appreciate the value of well-tested code.
- Perform peer code reviews.
- Create projects that are free of major defects.
- Maintain a positive and respectful tone in all interactions.
- Deal with backend and frontend tasks according to demand.
- Research new libraries, techniques, and ideas.
- Publish blog posts showing technical expertise.
- Enhance the organization’s reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced to fluent English communication skills are essential for this role.
- 4+ years of experience with Laravel.
- Familiar with relational database concepts.
- Familiarity with Postman and how to make API calls.
- Experience with or knowledge of the following technologies: REST API development and deployment.
- JSON modeling and usage.
- Querying and modeling using a relational data store.
- Using package managers such as composer.
- Using Git for source control.
- Familiar with other PHP stacks.
- Scripting experience with PHP, JavaScript, or Python.
- Experience with web accelerators, load balancers, reverse proxies, and CDNs.
- Agreement with Corporate Values Statement and belief in the company’s mission (to help people) and the principles of open source.
Nice to Have
- AWS certifications or willingness to get certified.
- Interest in Generative AI technologies.