Senior PHP/Laravel Engineer – Build Scalable Systems

Satellite Office; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 5,226,000 - 7,840,000; Full time

Job summary

Leaptel, a Melbourne-based internet service provider, is seeking a Senior Developer to join the scrum-enabled development team. You will build and maintain internal tools and customer-facing products, using PHP 8 and Laravel, while shaping APIs, data models, and scalable architectures.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders, QA, and other developers to ensure high-quality, timely delivery. Occasional deployments outside standard hours and a focus on automated testing are expected.

Qualifications

• Strong English language skills, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to work in Melbourne hours to align with head office.
• Flexibility for planned deployments outside standard hours.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years in a similar DevOps or Systems Engineering role.
• Experience with remote-based teams and automated CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Software development & design for internal tools and customer products.
• Design, develop, test and maintain robust, scalable applications with PHP/Laravel.
• Build and integrate APIs, background jobs, and data models.
• Write clean, maintainable code; contribute to architectural decisions.
• Lead and participate in code reviews; uphold QA standards.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and documentation.

Skills

PHP 8

Laravel Framework

Javascript Framework

Local Development

Linux servers

DB design/query optimization

Git workflows

API design/REST/GraphQL

AI Tooling/Automation

DevOps

Education

Bachelors or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Vagrant

GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Leaptel, a Melbourne-based internet service provider, is seeking a Senior Developer to join the scrum-enabled development team. You will build and maintain internal tools and customer-facing products, using PHP 8 and Laravel, while shaping APIs, data models, and scalable architectures.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders, QA, and other developers to ensure high-quality, timely delivery. Occasional deployments outside standard hours and a focus on automated testing are expected.