Senior Laravel and Angular Developer for Live UK Regulated Platforms

We are a UK compliance technology business working with FCA-regulated firms. We run two live web platforms built on Laravel (back end) and Angular (front end), used daily by paying customers. Our previous lead developer has left, so you will be taking over an existing codebase rather than starting fresh. You will work with our in-house front-end developer and our product owner, who sets priorities and writes the specs. What you will do - Own back-end development in Laravel (currently version 10, moving to 11) - Fix bugs and ship features in the Angular front end - Manage servers, hosting, deployments and backups - Keep both platforms stable and secure, including occasional out-of-hours support for outages - Work through an existing defect backlog and a planned feature roadmap What we need - Strong production Laravel experience: Policies and Gates, queues, scheduled jobs, major version upgrades - Modern Angular (version 15 or later). AngularJS-only experience is not suitable. - Linux server administration and deployment pipelines - Proven experience taking over another developer's codebase with limited documentation - Experience handling sensitive personal data. UK GDPR knowledge is a strong plus. - Clear written English and availability for at least two calls per week, between 9am and 5pm UK time Nice to have - Flutter - Third-party API integrations (finance, vehicle data, accounting) - Experience in financial services or another regulated sector How we will hire - Shortlisted candidates complete a small paid trial task on a staging environment - You will sign an NDA and IP assignment before accessing any code - Long-term engagement for the right person, with the potential to become a permanent role To apply, start your proposal with the word "Inherited" and tell us about one Laravel or Angular codebase you took over from another developer: what state it was in, and what you did first.