Senior Laravel Developer – Pod 1: Operations & Execution

Carpoollogistics; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Carpool seeks a Senior Laravel Developer for Pod 1: Operations & Execution in Atlanta to own core workflows from load management to carrier outreach.

You will collaborate with operations, product, and platform engineers, mentoring juniors and driving real-time systems using Laravel, MySQL, and AWS.

Qualifications

• 4+ years building production web applications in LAMP or modern PHP stacks.
• Expertise in Laravel, Eloquent, queues, jobs, events, listeners, and PHP 8+ features.
• Strong MySQL knowledge: schema design, indexing, and query optimization.
• Proficiency with Blade, Livewire, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, AWS/Vapor, and Docker.
• Experience with AI coding assistants and strong prompting abilities.
• Senior-level code review and mentorship capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Own load management systems: lifecycle, planning board, appointments, consolidation, journey tracking, and rate confirmation
• Build vehicle workflows including BOL generation, inspections, VIN decoding, and tracking
• Develop bidding systems with auto-acceptance rules, margin logic, and notifications
• Enhance location and mapping features using AWS Location services and Google Maps
• Support carrier outreach through campaign creation and AI-assisted email analytics
• Design end-to-end features from requirements through testing and rollout
• Optimize high-volume, real-time workflows via queue tuning, indexing, and caching
• Mentor engineers and lead code review

Skills

Laravel

Eloquent

Queues

Jobs

Events

Listeners

PHP 8+

MySQL

Blade

Livewire

Alpine.js

Tailwind CSS

AWS/Vapor

Docker

AI coding assistants

Prompting abilities

Code review

Tools

Docker

AWS/Vapor

Google Maps

AWS Location Services

Job description

Senior Laravel Developer – Pod 1: Operations & Execution

Full Time Atlanta

About Carpool

Carpool is the logistics infrastructure powering the modern car economy. We combine proprietary technology with a vetted carrier network of 13,000+ transporters to move 200,000+ vehicles annually for dealerships, auctions, OEMs, and fleets nationwide. Headquartered in Atlanta, Carpool is one of the fastest-growing companies in vehicle logistics.

The Role

Join Pod 1: Operations & Execution — the engineering team building the real-time systems that manage loads from creation through delivery. You'll report to engineering leadership and collaborate with operations, product, and platform engineers to own core workflows including load management, vehicle management, bidding, mapping, and carrier outreach.

Responsibilities

• Own load management systems: lifecycle, planning board, appointments, consolidation, journey tracking, and rate confirmation
• Build vehicle workflows including BOL generation, inspections, VIN decoding, and tracking
• Develop bidding systems with auto-acceptance rules, margin logic, and notifications
• Enhance location and mapping features using AWS Location services and Google Maps
• Support carrier outreach through campaign creation and AI-assisted email analytics
• Design end-to-end features from requirements through testing and rollout
• Optimize high-volume, real-time workflows via queue tuning, indexing, and caching
• Mentor engineers and lead code review

Qualifications

• 4+ years building production web applications in LAMP or modern PHP stacks
• Expertise in Laravel, Eloquent, queues, jobs, events, listeners, and PHP 8+ features
• Strong MySQL knowledge: schema design, indexing, and query optimization
• Proficiency with Blade, Livewire, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, AWS/Vapor, and Docker
• Experience with AI coding assistants and strong prompting abilities
• Senior-level code review and mentorship capabilities

Compensation

Competitive compensation package: base salary and comprehensive benefits. In-person at Atlanta Tech Village.