Senior Laravel Developer

MIGRATIONIT; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions company in Saudi Arabia seeks an experienced backend developer to design and develop web applications using PHP Laravel Framework. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience, expertise in MYSQL optimization, and a solid background in Agile methodologies. This role involves mentorship and participating in the development of new features, ensuring best practices, and handling technical documentation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in backend development.
• Proficiency in designing, developing, and testing software in PHP Laravel Framework.
• Experience with high availability and concurrency requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new features in collaboration with the Dev team.
• Evaluate and enforce software development best practices.
• Mentor less-senior developers and provide constructive feedback.

Skills

Backend development

PHP Laravel Framework

MYSQL optimization

System administration

AWS

Google APIs

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with Dev team members, designing, developing, testing, and deploying new features and functionalities with industrial best practices.
• Take ownership of the solution design and development for the critical components. Evaluate, implement, and enforce software development best practices. Participate in the technical support, troubleshooting and root cause investigation.
• Participate in the system integration by providing technical insights, including estimation and technical proposals.
• Investigating and fixing bugs, refactoring, and improving performance.
• Mentoring less‑senior developers on the team and providing thoughtful, constructive feedback on pull requests and design documents.
• Participating in Agile / Scrum development processes.
• Developing and maintaining the essential technical documents.
• Offering technical support for web applications and mobile apps.
• Keeping a mindset of continuous learning.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in backend development.
• Proficiency in designing, developing, and testing software in PHP Laravel Framework; open to using multiple languages.
• Experience in PHP Laravel implementing solutions that handle high availability and concurrency with low latency requirements.
• Experience in MYSQL and able to optimize SQL queries performance.
• Experience with system administration is an extra.
• Experience designing and developing applications in an Amazon Web Services and make use of Google APIs.
• Experience deploying and supporting software across the entire Continuous Delivery life cycle as a plus.