REMOTE – USA | Hiring PHP Lead Developer / Architect (LAMP) | PHP, Laravel & AWS

LaraBench; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LaraBench is seeking a PHP Lead Developer / Architect (LAMP) to own architecture, security posture and delivery quality for ERP applications. You will write and review production code, set architectural direction, and collaborate with DevOps to ensure scalable, secure deployments.

Ideal candidates have 10–15 years of experience, expert PHP/Laravel skills, and a strong focus on performance and security in a remote, USA-based team operating in UK time zones.

Qualifications

• Hands-on leader with architecture and security focus.
• Extensive PHP/Laravel experience with ERP systems.
• Strong REST API design and database optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design, evaluate and own ERP module architectures and platform evolution.
• Write, review production code and lead performance profiling.
• Own deployments, environments and release readiness across dev/stage/prod.
• Implement and enforce engineering standards and security reviews.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

OOP & Design Patterns

REST API

MySQL

AWS

Docker

CI/CD

Security

Performance Tuning

Tools

Nginx/Apache

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

remoteleadcontract# REMOTE - USA | Hiring PHP Lead Developer / Architect (LAMP) | PHP, Laravel & AWSTMS, LLCRemote / United States Salary not disclosedlaravelphpapidockerawsdescription## Job descriptionChrome desktop can translate this description on-device without sending the text to LaraBench.Role: PHP Lead Developer / Architect (LAMP)Duration: Long TermLocation: USA- Need someone who can work in the UK time zone- Remote Experience: 10-15 YearsJob Description:We are hiring a hands-on technical leader to own the architecture, security posture and delivery quality of our business-critical ERP applications.Role: PHP Lead Developer / Architect (LAMP)Duration: Long TermLocation: USA- Need someone who can work in the UK time zone- RemoteExperience: 10-15 YearsJob Description:We are hiring a hands-on technical leader to own the architecture, security posture and delivery quality of our business-critical ERP applications. You will write and review production code, set architectural direction. You will also work with infrastructure and security teams to keep our applications scalable, secure and resilient.Technical SkillsCore: PHP 5.x-8.x (deep OOP, SOLID, DRY, design patterns), Core PHP, Laravel 10.x-13.x, REST API designData: MySQL (schema design, indexing, query optimization, replication/backup strategies)### Platform: Linux (Ubuntu), Docker, web server tuning (Nginx/Apache)### Cloud: AWS EC2, S3, Secrets Manager (plus IAM, VPC, security groups)### CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub ActionsTesting: Phpunit, unit/integration/API testing, debugging and profiling toolsTemplate Engines: Working experience with templating engines like Blade, Smarty, Twig### Frontend: JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3### Core Responsibilities/Capabilities:Design, evaluate and recommend technical architectures for ERP modules, integrations and platform evolution.Stay hands-on: develop critical components, debug complex production issues and lead performance profiling and tuning.Own production deployments, environment setup and release readiness across dev, staging and production.Establish engineering standards: SOLID, DRY, design patterns, Phpunit test coverage and code quality gates.### An eye for security vulnerabilities, SQL Injection, DDOS, XSSPartner with infrastructure/DevOps on CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), containerization and AWS hosting.Implement and operationalize SAST and DAST in CI/CD pipelines, and triage and close findings.Conduct vulnerability assessments and remediate issues in live production systems.Run security-first code reviews and threat modelling for new features and integrations.### Compliance exposure to SOC 2 and GDPRSecrets handling, CI/CD design, containerization and deployment safety.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.Originally posted on Himalayas