Senior PHP Laravel Engineer — Remote, Fast Impact

Nearshore Business Solutions; Bogotá ciudad; Remote; COP 180,606,000 - 216,727,000; Full time

Job summary

Nearshore Business Solutions is seeking a Senior PHP Laravel Developer to build, maintain, and optimize web applications using PHP and Laravel. This remote role in Latin America requires taking ownership of projects, working independently, and delivering high-quality code with minimal supervision.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience, strong OOP PHP, RESTful API design, and proficiency with MySQL or PostgreSQL.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development with PHP and Laravel.
• Strong PHP OOP and software design principles.
• Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision.
• Rapid onboarding to unfamiliar codebases.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs and relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Solid Git, debugging, testing, performance optimization, and secure coding practices.
• Strong problem-solving and ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance web applications using PHP and the Laravel framework.
• Own assigned projects from requirements through delivery.
• Understand existing codebases quickly and contribute from day one.
• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and integrations with third-party services.
• Write clean, secure, scalable code following best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and identify root causes independently.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate progress clearly.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

REST APIs

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Git

OOP

Debugging

Testing

Tools

Docker

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Job description

Nearshore Business Solutions is seeking a Senior PHP Laravel Developer to build, maintain, and optimize web applications using PHP and Laravel. This remote role in Latin America requires taking ownership of projects, working independently, and delivering high-quality code with minimal supervision.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience, strong OOP PHP, RESTful API design, and proficiency with MySQL or PostgreSQL.