We are seeking an enthusiastic full-stack Laravel Developer to join our small team, which develops B2B portals and their underlying business logic, supporting schools and fleets to reduce mobile device distractions when it matters. As an experienced Developer, you will have created and/or maintained complex CMS solutions, ensuring quality, security, and usability. You will have a solid understanding of best practices, testing, and experience in balancing the need for shipping code fast and maintaining high quality. This is a great opportunity to join an early-stage company and help define its future.
Responsibilities
* Creating and maintaining secure functional code in the Laravel stack,
* Working with two other full-stack developers and reporting to the CTO,
* Ensuring performance, scalability, and maintainability,
* Getting stuck in with all stages of the software development lifecycle,
* Helping to mentor the team and guiding the selection of technologies and processes around our products,
Must Have Experience
* Great communication skills
* 5+ years of professional PHP development experience
* 3+ years of hands-on Laravel framework experience (versions 8+)
* Modern PHP 8
* Unit and feature testing, preferably PHPUnit, Pest, and Laravel Dusk
* Strong proficiency with MySQL/PostgreSQL database design
* Creating and documenting RESTful APIs
* Working in multi-developer teams, ideally mentoring others
* Experience with version control systems (we use git)
Nice to Haves
* Experience with our tool stack: Docker, GitHub, AWS, Jira, Slack
* Experience deploying apps in AWS (we use ECS)
* Experiences with one or more adjacent backend languages (e.g. C#, Go, Rust, Python, Erlang)
* Experience working with full-stack JS frameworks such as Sveltekit, Next JS, Angular etc
Benefits
* A competitive salary, based on experience
* Potential for stock options, as an early team member
* 25 days of annual leave, excluding bank holidays
* A company device (MacBook Pro 14”, or equivalent)
* Remote working, with occasional get-togethers (London/Bristol)
* An allowance to ensure you have a good working setup
About us
Blackout Technologies is an early-stage startup that creates B2B solutions to help remove distractions for employees at work and students in school. We allow companies to enrol mobile devices into our custom system that is location and proximity aware. Our technology consists of websites, backend services, and mobile applications.