Laravel Developer - Contract

Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Laravel Developer to join our technology team on a contract basis.
The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in PHP, Laravel, MySQL, REST APIs, and backend application development. The candidate should also be comfortable using modern AI-assisted development tools to improve coding, debugging, testing, and development productivity.

• Key Responsibilities
•  Develop and maintain applications using PHP and Laravel.
•  Build and maintain REST APIs and backend services.
•  Work with MySQL/MariaDB and optimize database queries.
•  Integrate third-party APIs, payment gateways, and external services.
•  Work with Laravel queues, jobs, events, schedulers, and background processes.
•  Troubleshoot and resolve application and production issues.
•  Optimize application performance, security, and scalability.
•  Write clean, reusable, maintainable, and production-ready code.
•  Use AI-assisted coding tools effectively for development, debugging, refactoring, testing, and documentation.
•  Take end-to-end ownership of assigned features and deliver within committed timelines.

• Good to Have
•  Redis
•  AWS
•  Nginx / Apache
•  Docker
•  CI/CD / GitHub Actions
•  Payment gateway integrations
•  Experience with third-party APIs
•  Experience with legacy Laravel/PHP applications
•  Basic knowledge of React.js / Next.js / AngularJS