Senior PHP/Laravel Engineer — API & UI (Hybrid)

Iridium Satellite, LLC; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Annual bonus

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Iridium Satellite, LLC is seeking an Applications Programmer III to design and build front-end UIs and Laravel APIs within the B/OSS Billing Development team in Chandler, AZ. The role emphasizes translating requirements into robust technical designs and contributing to multiple core systems.

You will work in a hybrid office environment, collaborating with product owners, QA, and operations, while delivering high-quality software and supporting deployments and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing scalable, secure, high performance applications using PHP and Laravel-framework and modern JavaScript technologies including React.js and Node.js.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API development and integration best practices.
• 2+ years of experience with relational databases such as MySQL or Oracle.
• Experience with Git or other version control systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Ability to translate functional requirements into effective technical designs.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate deliverables, analyses, and issues to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong relationship building skills when working with leadership and crossfunctional teams.
• Analytical mindset with strong critical thinking abilities and an aptitude for creative problem solving.
• Proactive in giving feedback and enthusiastic about sharing knowledge.
• Capable of prioritizing personal tasks-and potentially those of others-while meeting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain native PHP-based systems and Laravel-framework UIs and APIs
• Contribute to modernization efforts by adopting the latest tools and technologies
• Optimize application performance through in-memory data processing and caching using Redis
• Participate actively in the Agile Scrum software development lifecycle, including design discussions and close collaboration with product owners, business stakeholders, QA, and operations teams
• Independently deliver high-quality work and drive projects to completion
• Develop and maintain processes, procedures, and required training materials
• Review peer code to ensure adherence to team standards and industry best practices; mentor junior team members
• Produce application builds, patches, and deployments upon completing development tasks
• Support integration, documentation, and launch of new product offerings throughout release cycles; present documented API changes to customers
• Collaborate closely with development and testing teams

Skills

Laravel framework

PHP

React.js

Node.js

Microservices

RESTful API development

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MySQL

Oracle

Redis

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Iridium Satellite, LLC is seeking an Applications Programmer III to design and build front-end UIs and Laravel APIs within the B/OSS Billing Development team in Chandler, AZ. The role emphasizes translating requirements into robust technical designs and contributing to multiple core systems.

You will work in a hybrid office environment, collaborating with product owners, QA, and operations, while delivering high-quality software and supporting deployments and documentation.