Senior Backend Developer / Laravel & PHP / REMOTE

Amalfi Jets; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in luxury aviation is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to lead the backend development of their innovative platform. This role offers the opportunity to design and maintain robust APIs, ensuring seamless integration with third-party services while managing secure infrastructure. Join a passionate team in a collaborative environment that values creative freedom and career growth. Your contributions will shape a next-gen product, providing high visibility to a premium clientele. If you’re ready to make a real impact in a rapidly growing team, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

100% Company Paid Healthcare

Dental and Vision Plans

15 Days Paid Time Off (PTO)

Company Issued Apple iPhone

Company Issued Macbook Pro M4

Qualifications

• 4-6+ years of backend development experience required.
• Strong proficiency in PHP, with Laravel preferred.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain RESTful APIs for mobile and web clients.
• Optimize backend logic using Laravel and manage secure infrastructure.
• Collaborate with frontend developers for seamless integration.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

RESTful APIs

AWS

MySQL

CI/CD

Version Control (Git)

Communication Skills

Tools

AWS

Git

Firebase

HubSpot API

Job description

Senior Backend Developer / Laravel & PHP / REMOTE

Senior Backend Developer / Laravel & PHP / REMOTE

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Base pay range

$130,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

Annual Bonus

About The Company:

Amalfi Jets is a leading private jet charter company providing unparalleled experiences for our customers globally. True to our mission and motto of "Exploring the world with you." Our mission is to allow our customers to unlock more of the world, elegantly and efficiently. We work with customers in across six continents and provide clear quality, safety, and excellence standards in everything we do. We share our mission and our commitment to excellence on our social media platforms, @amalfijets where we have over 3.7M followers and gain over 100 million impressions each month.

• Our company consists of our aviation department, social media brand, and technology.

Amalfi Jets is looking for an experienced Senior Backend Developer to lead the backend development of our high-end Amalfi Reserve Platform. You’ll be responsible for developing and maintaining robust APIs, managing secure infrastructure, and ensuring seamless integration with third-party services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs for mobile and web clients
• Maintain and optimize the admin panel and backend logic using Laravel
• Collaborate with mobile and frontend developers for seamless integration
• Integrate third-party services such as payment gateways, CRMs, and analytics
• Ensure application performance, security, and scalability
• Manage staging and production deployments on AWS
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and error reporting tools

Qualifications

• 4-6+ years of backend development experience
• Strong proficiency in PHP (Laravel preferred)
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL or equivalent)
• Solid understanding of REST API principles and integration patterns
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar)
• Familiarity with payment systems (e.g., Stripe, Square)
• Comfortable working with SSH/SFTP, CI/CD tools, and version control (Git)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Bonus: Experience with Firebase tools, HubSpot API, or aviation-related tech

Why Work Here?

• Build Real Impact: Shape a next-gen product in the luxury aviation space
• Collaborative Environment: Work side-by-side with a lean, passionate team in LA
• Creative Freedom: Make meaningful architectural and technical decisions
• High Visibility: Your work will be seen and used by a premium clientele
• Career Growth: Be part of a rapidly growing team with long-term opportunities

Location:

REMOTE / Ideal Candidate would be open to Hybrid.

• $130,000 - $200,000 USD per year
• 100% Company Paid For Healthcare, Dental, Vision Plans
• 15 Days Paid Time Off (PTO) Per Year
• Company Issued Apple iPhone + Macbook Pro M4

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Airlines and Aviation

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