Senior Developer

Overview

We are looking for an experienced and hands on Senior Laravel Full Stack Developer to join Shoptimised and play a key role in evolving our platform as we move from a monolithic architecture towards a service oriented design.

This role is suited to someone who is comfortable working independently, contributing architectural ideas, and taking ownership of large, loosely defined pieces of work. You will work closely with the CTO and Lead Developer, influencing technical direction while remaining deeply involved in delivery.

• Design and deliver production ready Laravel based services as part of an evolving microservice architecture.
• Lead service extraction from the existing monolith, contributing ideas and approaches while collaborating on final decisions.
• Take ownership of complex features from concept through to deployment with minimal supervision.
• Identify, document, and reduce technical debt across the codebase.
• Implement and improve background processing, queues, and asynchronous workflows.
• Build observability into everything you deliver, including logging, metrics, and operational visibility.
• Improve test coverage by introducing PHPUnit tests for new features and refactored code.
• Collaborate closely with QA, Product, and Dev Ops to ensure reliable and predictable releases.
• Contribute across the stack when needed, including Livewire and Blade based frontend work.
• Mentor and support other developers through code reviews and day to day collaboration.
• Stay current with the Laravel ecosystem and apply relevant improvements pragmatically.

• Strong commercial experience with modern PHP (8.2+) and Laravel (10 or later), with a focus on building robust, maintainable systems.
• Strong experience designing and operating microservices in production.
• Solid experience with MySQL, Redis, and queue based systems.
• Comfortable working in Docker based development environments.
• Strong sense of ownership, autonomy, and responsibility.
• A natural focus on observability, reliability, and operational control.
• Clear communicator who values collaboration and cultural fit.