Senior Laravel Developer

Lawrence Harvey Search & Selection; Sarasota (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawrence Harvey Search & Selection is seeking a Senior Laravel Developer for a healthcare technology company in the Sarasota area. You will design, build, and scale secure applications that support providers and patient outcomes, taking ownership across architecture, product development, and integrations.

You will lead backend services, REST APIs, and frontend features while collaborating with leadership and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of professional software development experience.
• At least three years of hands-on Laravel experience in production.
• Strong proficiency with PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy Laravel applications.
• Build scalable backend services and REST APIs.
• Develop responsive frontend functionality.
• Own troubleshooting of complex issues and improve performance, security and reliability.
• Maintain integrations with third-party systems and external APIs.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Contribute to product planning, technical design and release management.

Skills

5+ years software development

3+ years Laravel

REST APIs design

Git workflows

OOP concepts

Security best practices

Problem solving

Tools

Laravel

PHP

MySQL

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

APIs

Git

Docker

CI/CD

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Job description

Senior Laravel Developer - Healthcare Technology

We're partnering with a growing healthcare technology company looking to hire an experienced Senior Laravel Developer to help design, build, and scale applications that directly support healthcare providers and patient outcomes. This is a hands-on engineering position with the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, taking ownership across architecture, product development, integrations and technical delivery.

The Role

You'll play a key role in developing and improving secure, scalable healthcare applications, with responsibilities including:

• Design, develop, test and deploy applications using PHP, Laravel, MySQL and JavaScript
• Build scalable backend services, REST APIs and database architectures
• Develop responsive and intuitive frontend functionality
• Own troubleshooting and resolution of complex application issues
• Improve application performance, reliability and security
• Build and maintain integrations with third-party systems and external APIs
• Work closely with product and business stakeholders to turn requirements into technical solutions
• Contribute to product planning, technical design and release management

Technical Leadership

This is more than a heads-down development position. You'll have the opportunity to influence how the engineering function operates by:

• Contributing to architectural decisions and coding standards
• Providing mentorship and technical guidance to junior developers
• Evaluating new technologies and recommending improvements
• Participating in Agile development, sprint planning and project estimation
• Communicating technical concepts effectively across technical and non-technical teams

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• 3+ years of hands-on Laravel experience in production
• Strong proficiency with PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Strong experience building and integrating RESTful APIs
• Good understanding of software architecture, OOP and secure development practices
• Experience with Git and modern software development workflows
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working independently while collaborating across a wider team

Nice to Have

• Experience within healthcare isn't essential, but exposure to any of the following would be particularly valuable: Healthcare technology, digital health or clinical software
• Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
• HIPAA and healthcare data security
• EHR/EMR integrations
• Third-party healthcare APIs
• AWS or Azure
• Docker and CI/CD pipelines
• Agile development environments

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to take on a highly influential engineering role where you'll combine hands-on Laravel development with technical ownership and product input. You'll be building technology with a tangible real-world purpose, helping deliver healthcare solutions that directly impact patient care while working within a collaborative, mission-driven environment.