Full Stack Developer

LaraBench; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension

Private healthcare

Life insurance

On-site team environment

Training & development

Company events

Job summary

LaraBench is hiring a mid-level Full Stack Developer in Borehamwood to join a small in-house tech team. You will own features end-to-end across Laravel and Vue, building and maintaining core lending platforms, dashboards and reporting systems handling sensitive data.

Ideal candidates bring practical PHP/Laravel experience, Vue 3 proficiency, solid MySQL skills, and a keen eye for test-driven development. The role emphasizes on-site collaboration and opportunities to learn new technologies while

Qualifications

• Commercial experience with PHP and Laravel (8+).
• Build applications with Vue.js 3 and state management.
• Good working knowledge of MySQL and performance considerations.
• Experience consuming REST APIs and webhooks.
• Comfortable with Git and code reviews; production mindset.
• Careful approach to handling personal and financial data in live systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver features across core lending platforms and reporting systems.
• Develop and enhance reporting dashboards with Vue/Vite.
• Implement background jobs, automated reporting, and document generation.
• Integrate KYC/AML providers and open banking services.
• Increase test coverage to improve release confidence.
• Improve frontend build and development efficiency as the platform grows.

Skills

PHP & Laravel

Vue.js

REST APIs

Git

Testing mindset

Tools

MySQL

Vite

Redis

Laravel Mix

AWS / Azure

Job description

Job Title: Full Stack Developer

Location: Borehamwood

Salary: Up to £45,000

Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am to 5.30 pm

Benefits

• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays, with additional leave for length of service.
• Pension, private healthcare and life insurance.
• On-site, collaborative working environment with a friendly, supportive team.
• Training and development support, with opportunities to learn new technologies and grow your role.
• Company events, team activities and other employee benefits.

About the role of Full Stack Developer:

We are looking for a mid-level Full Stack Developer to join a small, in-house technology team based in Borehamwood. The role involves building and maintaining core lending platforms and reporting systems across borrower, broker and investor journeys, loan administration, broker onboarding, and internal dashboards used by sales and underwriting teams. You will own features end to end, working across the Laravel backend and Vue frontend, on live systems handling personal and financial data.

Responsibilities for the role of Full Stack Developer:

• Deliver new features, enhancements and fixes across key platform workflows, including lending and ledger processes, borrower and investor dashboards, document generation, and broker and introducer journeys.
• Build and enhance reporting dashboards within our Vite/Vue reporting application, taking features from data querying and processing through to intuitive charts and tables.
• Develop background processing and queue-based jobs, automated reporting, and PDF and Excel document generation.
• Develop and maintain third-party integrations, including KYC/AML providers, open banking services such as Plaid, Companies House, and Microsoft Teams notifications.
• Gradually increase automated test coverage to improve reliability, maintainability and confidence in releases.
• Continuously improve and optimise the frontend build and development experience as the platform evolves.

Experience required for the role of Full Stack Developer:

• Commercial experience with PHP and Laravel (8+), including Eloquent, migrations, queues and events.
• Experience building applications with Vue 3, including components and state management.
• Good working knowledge of MySQL, including queries, indexes and basic performance considerations.
• Experience working with REST APIs and webhooks.
• Comfortable using Git, working with branches and participating in code reviews.
• A careful approach to production systems and customer data, with a habit of checking and testing your work before release.

Desirable:

• Tailwind CSS and component libraries such as shadcn/Reka UI.
• ECharts, Chart.js or D3.
• Vite, Webpack/Laravel Mix, Redis, AWS or Azure SQL.
• PHPUnit or Pest and an interest in writing automated tests.
• Experience in financial services, lending or property finance - or an interest in learning the industry.

For more information regarding the role of Full Stack Developer, please get in touch with us.