Laravel Team Lead (MYSQL + Restful APIs)

Mindtel; India; Remote; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote-first with flexible hours

Lead cross-functional projects for全球客户

Quarterly learning stipend and access

Job summary

Mindtel is a fast-scaling tech innovation hub delivering enterprise-grade web apps and scalable APIs for global clients. We rely on modern PHP stacks, clean architecture, and RESTful design, with Laravel as a technical backbone.

We seek a Laravel Team Lead to drive delivery, mentor talent, and ensure architectural excellence across the stack, collaborating with frontend and DevOps to deploy and monitor via CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Must-have Laravel experience for building and scaling multi-tenant SaaS apps.
• Strong MySQL database design and query optimization.
• Proficient in RESTful API design and OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.
• Familiar with PHPUnit and test-driven development.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git version control.

Responsibilities

• Lead and architect Laravel-based web apps and RESTful APIs for multi-tenant SaaS.
• Design and optimize MySQL schemas and queries for performance and integrity.
• Enforce REST API best practices—versioning, authentication, pagination, rate limiting, and OpenAPI.
• Mentor juniors via code reviews, pairing, and architecture walkthroughs.
• Collaborate with frontend and DevOps to deploy and monitor via CI/CD.
• Uphold PSR, SOLID, DRY; emphasize testing with PHPUnit and observability.

Skills

Laravel

MySQL

RESTful APIs

PHPUnit

Composer

Git

API Documentation

CI/CD Pipelines

Docker

Redis

GitHub Actions

Tools

Docker

Redis

GitHub Actions

Job description

About the Opportunity

A fast-scaling tech innovation hub operating in the SaaS and digital transformation space, we build enterprise-grade web applications and scalable API ecosystems for global clients. We rely on modern PHP stacks, clean architectural patterns, and robust RESTful API design to deliver performant, maintainable solutions—fast. Our Laravel Team Leads are the technical backbone of our engineering culture, driving delivery, mentoring talent, and ensuring architectural excellence across the stack.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead and architect Laravel-based web applications and RESTful API services for high-traffic, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Design, code, review, and optimize MySQL database schemas and complex queries for performance, integrity, and scalability.
• Enforce REST API best practices—versioning, authentication, pagination, rate limiting, and OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.
• Guide junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and architectural walkthroughs while fostering clean, testable code.
• Collaborate with frontend and DevOps teams to deploy, monitor, and automate Laravel apps via CI/CD pipelines.
• Champion engineering standards: PSR, SOLID, DRY, testing (PHPUnit), and logging/observability in production environments.

Skills & Qualifications

• Must-Have
• Laravel
• MySQL
• RESTful APIs
• PHPUnit
• Composer
• Git
• API Documentation (Swagger/OpenAPI)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Preferred
• Docker
• Redis
• GitHub Actions

Benefits & Culture Highlights

• 100% remote-first with flexible hours & asynchronous collaboration.
• Opportunity to lead cross-functional projects serving global clients.
• Quarterly learning stipend and access to premium technical courses.