MID LEVEL DEVELOPER

LaraBench; Watford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

LaraBench in Borehamwood near Watford is seeking a Mid-Level Full Stack Developer to join its small in-house tech team. You will own features from development through deployment on Laravel backend and Vue frontend, supporting business-critical platforms.

The role emphasizes hands-on ownership, collaboration, and practical testing against production data. Strong PHP/Laravel and Vue 3 experience is essential, with a focus on performance and robust reporting.

Qualifications

• PHP with Laravel 8+ (Eloquent, migrations, queues, events, Blade).
• Vue 3 with SFCs and Composition/Options API.
• MySQL queries, indexing, performance awareness.
• REST APIs integration and debugging.
• Git and code review in a team.
• Careful work with live production data.
• Thorough verify-before-you-ship mindset.

Responsibilities

• Deliver features across core business workflows and dashboards.
• Develop new reporting dashboards in the Vite/Vue application.
• Build and maintain queue jobs, background reporting, PDF/Excel generation.
• Integrate third-party APIs and webhooks.
• Improve test coverage and front-end build as the platform evolves.
• Own features end-to-end, collaborating with colleagues and users.

Skills

PHP Laravel

Vue 3

MySQL

REST APIs

Git

Production systems

Testing mindset

Tools

Tailwind CSS

Vite

Redis

AWS

Azure SQL

Job description

MID-LEVEL FULL STACK DEVELOPER

Office Based

Experience: Approximately 3–5 years

We are delighted to be partnering with a highly successful and well-established organisation within the finance sector, based in Borehamwood. Following continued year-on-year growth, the business is going from strength to strength and is now looking for a talented Mid-Level Full Stack Developer to join its small, collaborative in-house technology team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a developer who enjoys taking ownership of their work and wants to play an important role in the continued development of business-critical platforms within a growing organisation.

The Role

As a Mid-Level Full Stack Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the company's core business platforms and reporting applications.

Working across both the Laravel backend and Vue front end, you will take ownership of features from initial development through to deployment. The systems support a range of customer and partner journeys, administration processes, reporting and internal dashboards used by teams across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver new features, enhancements and fixes across core business workflows, customer-facing dashboards, document generation and partner journeys.
• Develop new reporting dashboards within the Vite/Vue reporting application, taking features from data queries through to charts, tables and user-facing functionality.
• Build and maintain queue jobs, background reporting processes and PDF and Excel generation.
• Work with a variety of third-party integrations and external APIs.
• Help increase automated test coverage and improve the front-end build as the platform continues to evolve.
• Take ownership of features throughout the development lifecycle while working closely with colleagues and the people who use the systems day to day.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of a mature and business-critical codebase.

Essential Skills & Experience

• PHP and Laravel 8+, including Eloquent, migrations, queues, events and Blade.
• Vue 3, including single-file components, Composition or Options API and component state.
• MySQL, with experience writing non-trivial queries and an understanding of indexes and query performance.
• Consuming, integrating and debugging third-party REST APIs and webhooks.
• Git, branch-based development and code review.
• Working carefully with live production systems and sensitive data.
• Taking a thorough, verify-before-you-ship approach to development.

Desirable Experience

Experience with any of the following would be beneficial but is not essential:

• Tailwind CSS and component libraries such as shadcn/Reka UI.
• Data visualisation tools including ECharts, Chart.js or D3.
• Vite or legacy webpack/Laravel Mix.
• Redis, AWS (S3, Cognito) or Azure SQL.
• PHPUnit or Pest, with experience writing and maintaining automated tests.