Full Stack Engineer (Laravel)

LaraBench; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401k

Equity

Job summary

LaraBench is seeking a mid-level software engineer to build and ship features in a Laravel-based stack, spanning database schemas, API endpoints, and a Vue.js interface.

You will write clean, tested, well-documented code, participate in code reviews, and integrate with third-party APIs and internal services. Expect collaboration with Product and QA to deliver production-ready features while improving tooling and tests.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of professional software development experience.
• Working experience with Laravel (or another modern MVC framework, with genuine interest in Laravel).
• Solid PHP fundamentals and object-oriented design.
• Front-end experience with Vue.js, React, or similar, plus HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Practical SQL skills and experience designing and querying relational databases (MySQL or similar).
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows and code review.
• Experience writing automated tests (Playwright, or similar).
• Exposure to AWS or another cloud platform.
• Experience with queues, background jobs, or event-driven workflows.
• Interest in fintech, financial services, or regulated environments.
• Any hands-on experience with LLM APIs or AI-assisted features.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features in our Laravel application, from database schema through API endpoints to the Vue.js interface.
• Write clean, tested, well-documented code and participate actively in code review.
• Integrate with third-party APIs and internal services, handling errors, retries, and edge cases thoughtfully.
• Work with Product Managers and QA to clarify requirements, break down work, and get features to production.
• Debug and resolve issues across the stack, including performance and data-integrity problems.
• Contribute to improving our tooling, tests, and development workflow.

Skills

Communication

Code review

Tools

Laravel

Vue.js

MySQL

Git workflows

Playwright

AWS

Job description

• Build and ship features in our Laravel application, from database schema through API endpoints to the Vue.js interface.
• Write clean, tested, well-documented code and participate actively in code review.
• Integrate with third-party APIs and internal services, handling errors, retries, and edge cases thoughtfully.
• Work with Product Managers and QA to clarify requirements, break down work, and get features to production.
• Debug and resolve issues across the stack, including performance and data-integrity problems.
• Contribute to improving our tooling, tests, and development workflow.
• 2-4 years of professional software development experience.
• Working experience with Laravel (or another modern MVC framework, with genuine interest in Laravel).
• Solid PHP fundamentals and comfort with object-oriented design.
• Front-end experience with Vue.js, React, or similar, plus solid HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Practical SQL skills and experience designing and querying relational databases (MySQL or similar).
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows and code review.
• Clear written and verbal communication, and a willingness to ask questions early.
• Experience writing automated tests (Playwright, or similar).
• Exposure to AWS or another cloud platform.
• Experience with queues, background jobs, or event-driven workflows.
• Interest in fintech, financial services, or regulated environments.
• Any hands-on experience with LLM APIs or AI-assisted features.
• Competitive salary + equity.
• Healthcare coverage.
• 401k