Technical Lead/Associate Architect – PHP / Laravel (LAMP)

LaraBench; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

LaraBench is seeking a hands‑on Technical Lead/Associate Architect for PHP/Laravel (LAMP). Location: London, UK. Remote work option available.

You will own the architecture, security posture and delivery quality of our ERP applications, writing and reviewing production code and guiding architectural direction. You will collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to ensure scalable, secure and resilient systems, set engineering standards, and oversee deployments from development to

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of hands‑on technical leadership in software architectures.
• Expert in PHP/Laravel with strong REST API design.
• Experience with Linux, Docker, AWS and CI/CD pipelines.
• Security‑first mindset with code reviews and threat modelling.

Responsibilities

• Design, evaluate and own architectures for ERP modules and platform evolution.
• Stay hands‑on to develop critical components and troubleshoot production issues.
• Own deployments and release readiness across dev, staging and production environments.
• Establish engineering standards and code quality gates (SOLID, DRY, Phpunit coverage).
• Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities (injection, DDOS, XSS).
• Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD and containerization in AWS hosting.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

MySQL

Linux

Docker

Nginx/Apache

AWS

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Phpunit

Security

REST API

SOLID principles

Blade templates

JavaScript ES6

Security testing

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Nginx

Job description

Job Title: Technical Lead/Associate Architect – PHP / Laravel (LAMP)

Location: London, UK

Work Mode: Remote

Experience: 10-15 Years

Job Description:

We are hiring a hands‑on technical leader to own the architecture, security posture and delivery quality of our business‑critical ERP applications. You will write and review production code, set architectural direction. You will also work with infrastructure and security teams to keep our applications scalable, secure and resilient.

Technical Skills

• Core: PHP 5.x–8.x (deep OOP, SOLID, DRY, design patterns), Core PHP, Laravel 10.x–13.x, REST API design
• Data: MySQL (schema design, indexing, query optimization, replication/backup strategies)
• Platform: Linux (Ubuntu), Docker, web server tuning (Nginx/Apache)
• Cloud: AWS EC2, S3, Secrets Manager (plus IAM, VPC, security groups)
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• Testing: Phpunit, unit/integration/API testing, debugging and profiling tools
• Template Engines: Working experience with templating engines like Blade, Smarty, Twig
• Frontend: JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3

Core Responsibilities/Capabilities

• Design, evaluate and recommend technical architectures for ERP modules, integrations and platform evolution.
• Stay hands‑on: develop critical components, debug complex production issues and lead performance profiling and tuning.
• Own production deployments, environment setup and release readiness across dev, staging and production.
• Establish engineering standards: SOLID, DRY, design patterns, Phpunit test coverage and code quality gates.
• An eye for security vulnerabilities, SQL Injection, DDOS, XSS
• Partner with infrastructure/DevOps on CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), containerization and AWS hosting.
• Implement and operationalize SAST and DAST in CI/CD pipelines, and triage and close findings.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and remediate issues in live production systems.
• Run security‑first code reviews and threat modelling for new features and integrations.
• Compliance exposure to SOC 2 and GDPR
• Secrets handling, CI/CD design, containerization and deployment safety.