Laravel Engineer

OpportuLand; France; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid vacations

English classes

Remote work option

Office near city-center

Job summary

OpportuLand in France seeks a Laravel Engineer to develop backend services with PHP/Laravel and contribute to a TypeScript/React frontend when needed. You will design scalable APIs, optimize databases, and collaborate with product and design teams to deliver features in iterative sprints.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience, strong SQL, REST API design, and a passion for architecture. Hybrid or remote work options are available, with a culture that embraces AI-assisted development.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with PHP/Laravel as the primary backend stack.
• Strong SQL knowledge; ability to write queries, understand indexes and reason about performance.
• Experience building or consuming REST APIs and working with JSON integrations.
• Genuine architecture-thinking; able to defend decisions with data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend and frontend services using Laravel and TypeScript.
• Design, document, and defend architectural decisions for new features and refactors.
• Design and optimize backend systems and databases to serve customers.
• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve production issues.

Skills

PHP/Laravel

SQL

REST API

Git

CI/CD

Agile

TypeScript

React

English

AI tools familiarity

Tools

Git

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

## Laravel EngineerOn behalf of our Client from France, Mobilunity is looking for a Laravel Engineer.Our client is a table management software and CRM that enables restaurant owners to welcome their customers easily. The app is useful to manage booking requests and register new bookings. You can view all your bookings, day after day, wherever you are and optimize your restaurant's occupation rate. Our client offers a commission-free booking solution that guarantees freedom above all. New technologies thus become the restaurateurs best allies for saving time and gaining customers while ensuring a direct relationship with them.Their goal is to become the #1 growth platform for Restaurants. They believe that restaurants have become lifestyle brands, and with forward-thinking digital products, restauranteurs will create the same perfect experience online as they already do offline, resulting in a more valuable, loyalty-led business.You'll be building and evolving the systems that power multi-location restaurant groups across Europe. Your primary playground is PHP/Laravel on the backend, and you're comfortable navigating a TypeScript/React frontend codebase, contributing to frontend services when needed.Beyond the code, they are looking for someone who genuinely enjoys thinking about architecture - someone who forms opinions, defends them with data, and changes their mind when shown a better path. They want a builder who is naturally drawn to new technologies and sees AI-assisted development not as a gimmick, but as a real productivity multiplier.Responsibilities:Develop and maintain backend and frontend services using Laravel and TypeScriptDesign, document, and defend architectural decisions for new features and refactors, in collaboration with the other developers of the teamDesign and optimize backend systems and databases to serve client's customersInvestigate, diagnose, and resolve application-related issues in productionCollaborate with the Product Manager, Designer, and the other developers of the team to scope and deliver new features on a regular basisParticipate in code reviews and mentoring to maintain engineering excellence across the squadRequirements:5+ years of professional software development experience, with PHP/Laravel as your primary backend stackStrong SQL knowledge - you write queries, understand indexes, and can reason about query performanceExperience working on highly available, high-traffic applicationsProven ability to articulate and justify architectural decisions: weighing trade-offs around scalability, maintainability, and explaining the reasoning clearly to peers and stakeholdersFluency with REST API design and experience consuming or building JSON integrationsComfortable working in Git-based workflows with pull requests, branches, and CI gatesActive user of AI development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) - you've integrated these into your daily workflow and are curious about pushing them furtherA track record of working in Agile environments with cross-functional teamsUpper-intermediate to advanced English proficiencyNice to have:Experience with React and/or Next.jsTypeScript skills and hands-on experience with TypeScript - you can read, write, and review frontend code confidentlyKnowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS) and containerization (Docker)Familiarity with Keycloak (OIDC/OAuth2, B2B/B2C realm configuration, identity providers)Exposure to Domain-Driven Design (DDD) or hexagonal/clean architecture patternsExperience with state management libraries (MobX, Redux, Zustand, etc.)In return we offer:The friendliest community of like-minded IT-peopleOpen knowledge-sharing environment - exclusive access to a rich pool of colleagues willing to share their endless insights into the broadest variety of modern technologiesMobilunity Medical Insurance program designed to attend our teams' needsPaid vacations and sick leaves, including 5 paid days per year that don't require a sick notePerfect office location in the city-center (900m from Lukyanivska metro station with a green and spacious neighborhood) or remote mode engagement: you can choose a convenient one for you, with a possibility to fit together bothNo open-spaces setup - separate rooms for every team's comfort and multiple lounge and gaming zonesEnglish classes in 1-to-1 & group modes with elements of gamificationNeverending fun: sports events, tournaments, music band, multiple affinity groupsCome on board, and let's grow together!