Specialized Recruiting Group is a technology company looking for a skilled full-stack PHP engineer to design, build, and maintain a SaaS platform. The role involves collaborating with product managers and engineers to develop features using the Laravel framework and ensuring high-quality code through testing and maintenance.
Responsibilities:
- Write clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code for both back‑end and front‑end components
- Diagnose and refactor existing software to fix bugs, adapt to new processes, or boost performance
- Gather user needs and assess technical feasibility within schedule and budget limits
- Implement new features and improvements while keeping defect rates low
- Partner with teammates to create effort estimates based on stakeholder goals
- Assist QA and support staff in troubleshooting production issues
- Take on additional tasks as needed to support team objectives
Requirements:
- Deep experience with back‑end and front‑end web technologies, including: Laravel PHP framework, MySQL (or comparable relational store), Redis or similar caching layers, MongoDB or other NoSQL stores, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
- Self‑motivated with a focus on delivering value to users and colleagues
- Familiarity with cloud hosting platforms such as DigitalOcean, AWS, or equivalent
- Proficiency with Git‑based version control (GitHub, GitLab, etc.)
- Strong technical acumen spanning development and operations
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English
- Highly organized, able to juggle multiple projects efficiently
- Creative problem‑solver comfortable tackling complex challenges
- Minimum of 7 years of professional software‑engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- Exposure to Python, C#, OCR tools, or machine‑learning/AI is a plus but not required