Senior Laravel Software Engineer

LaraBench; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

Skarn Associates is seeking a Senior Laravel Software Engineer to own features from design to deployment across a Laravel backend and a mixed frontend stack. You will help deliver AI-enabled data products for the mining and metals industry, with a focus on quality, security, and maintainability.

You will mentor engineers, influence technical standards, and collaborate with product and data teams to translate requirements into robust, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive practical Laravel development experience.
• Experience across a mixed frontend stack: Tailwind, Alpine.js, Bootstrap, jQuery.
• Strong JS fundamentals and API design knowledge.
• Experience with authentication integrations (OAuth2, SSO, SAML).
• Experience using AI coding assistants in daily development.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of enhancements across the Laravel platform.
• Collaborate with product and data teams to translate requirements into robust solutions.
• Set architectural direction and influence technical standards.
• Write clean, well-tested code and review peers.
• Leverage AI-assisted tooling to improve delivery quality and pace.
• Support CI/CD, testing and deployment practices.
• Mentor engineers and foster a collaborative culture.

Skills

Strong JavaScript fundamentals

Excellent communication

Mentor engineers

Tools

Laravel

Tailwind

Alpine.js

Bootstrap

jQuery

OAuth2

SSO

SAML

Claude

Copilot

Job description

This is a senior, hands-on role with technical ownership of features from design through to deployment. You'll be building and maintaining the platforms that deliver Skarn's data products to clients, working across a Laravel-based backend and a mixed frontend stack.

The initial focus will be on delivering product enhancements to our existing codebase, leveraging AI to accelerate development while maintaining high standards of quality, security and maintainability.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading product enhancement design and development across our Laravel platform
• Working closely with product and data teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions
• Leading architectural decisions and helping shape technical standards
• Writing clean, well-tested, maintainable code and reviewing the work of others
• Using AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to improve delivery quality and pace
• Supporting CI/CD, testing and deployment practices
• Mentoring other engineers and contributing to a collaborative engineering culture

Requirements

• Strong commercial experience with Laravel
• Experience working across a mixed frontend stack including Tailwind, Alpine.js, Bootstrap and jQuery
• Strong JavaScript fundamentals
• Solid understanding of relational databases and API design
• Experience with authentication integrations such as OAuth2, SSO or SAML
• Experience using AI coding assistants such as Claude, Copilot or similar as part of day-to-day development
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with non-engineering stakeholders

What we offer

• A senior, high-trust role with real technical ownership
• Investment in modern AI-augmented engineering tooling and practices
• Fully remote working

If you're interested in helping build AI-enabled products for the mining and metals industry, we'd love to hear from you.

About the company

Skarn Associates is a specialised data intelligence company focused on the global mining and metals industry, and we're looking for a Senior Laravel Software Engineer to join our engineering team.