Versatile Laravel & PHP Developer: ERP/CRM & API Specialist

JobCubby; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 160,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and flexible working

Professional development support

Certification salary increases

Coaching and wellbeing resources

Team socials and events

Job summary

First Focus in Christchurch, NZ is seeking an experienced Laravel / PHP Developer to join our Technology team on a 12 month fixed term contract.

You’ll contribute across multiple customer engagements and internal initiatives, using modern PHP, Laravel and Laravel Filament to deliver robust, scalable business applications.

You’ll have the opportunity to influence architecture, mentor other developers and stay hands-on, with a culture that values solving real problems and customer value.

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial experience with PHP and Laravel.
• Strong experience with Laravel Filament.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Excellent SQL skills across MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD and modern development workflows.
• Docker and containerisation experience.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• A solid understanding of software architecture and design patterns.
• Experience with Vue.js or React.
• Experience working within Agile teams.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with ERP, CRM or financial systems will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Developing, enhancing and maintaining Laravel applications across multiple customer environments and internal platforms.
• Building scalable ERP and CRM solutions.
• Designing and developing RESTful APIs and third‑party integrations.
• Building intuitive administration interfaces using Laravel Filament.
• Optimising MySQL and PostgreSQL databases for performance and scalability.
• Contributing to architecture, design decisions and engineering standards.
• Implementing and improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices.
• Working with Docker and cloud platforms including AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• Exploring AI‑assisted development where it delivers genuine customer value.
• Participating in code reviews and sharing knowledge across the engineering team.
• Mentoring developers and contributing to a collaborative engineering culture.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Laravel Filament

RESTful APIs

SQL

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Git

CI/CD

Docker

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Vue.js

React

Agile

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Docker

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

First Focus in Christchurch, NZ is seeking an experienced Laravel / PHP Developer to join our Technology team on a 12 month fixed term contract.

You’ll contribute across multiple customer engagements and internal initiatives, using modern PHP, Laravel and Laravel Filament to deliver robust, scalable business applications.

You’ll have the opportunity to influence architecture, mentor other developers and stay hands-on, with a culture that values solving real problems and customer value.